The derksen Surname

derksen Name Meaning and History

Dutch, North German, and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Derk.

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The derksen name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the derksen family name as far back in history as possible.

derksen Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of derksen Families in the US in 1920

Number of derksen families

6-10

3-5

1-2

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Leonard Derksen, Jr. age 81 years. * Served in WWII Navy Pacific. *	KENNELLYMARKA	0
Jacob/Jakob Derksen and Sara Thiessen	jvoor22	0
DERKSEN/DOERKSEN/DUERKSEN/DIRKSEN/DERCKSEN/DOERCKSEN/DUERCKSEN/DIRCKSEN/	bobstrong	3
Edwin J. DERKSEN Obituary	jafetcho1963	1
Ben P Derksen	Jean Koehn	6
Family roots search	Violet Manteuffel	5
Looking for descendants of Peter P. Derksen	Derksen/Deorksen/Derkson/Deorkson	1
Heinrich Duerksen	Georgia Dirks Richards	0
looking for info on Frederik Cristian Derksen	need info	0

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