Kerkes Family History
Kerkes Name Meaning
Americanized form of Serbian and Croatian Kerkez: nickname from an altered form of ćerkezi ‘wide brims of sleeves of a shirt’ or perhaps an ethnic name from Čerkez ‘Circassian’ more narrowly ‘Cherkess’. Slovak (Kerkeš): probably an altered form of Kerekeš a surname of Hungarian origin (see Kerekes compare below). Probably also an Americanized form of Hungarian Kerekes (compare 2 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022