Across the world, Jerko (Jerko 
, Йерко 
, Єрко ) is quite a rare manly firstname. Forename Jerko is characteristic to Southern Europe, particularly Croatia, where it is quite a common masculine name, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is quite a rare male name, and Slovenia. Not in comparison with a country population the name is most common in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Paraguay. Likewise, Jerko is the last name as well as a forename.
| Jerko Gržinčič Croatian Roman Catholic priest, Salesian, physicist, mathematician, musician, conductor and compose, Yugoslavia (b. 1905) |
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| Jerko Šižgorić (b. 1899) |
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| Jerko Šimić (b. 1906) |
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Jerko Ivanković Lijanović politician from Bosnia and Herzegovina, ba (b. 1969) |
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| Jerko Bulić Yugoslav athlete (b. 1924) |
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| Jerko Skračić (b. 1918) |
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| Jerko Bezić Croatian ethnomusicologist, HR (b. 1929) |
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Jerko Leko Croatian footballer, HR (b. 1980) |
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| Jerko Marasović (b. 1923) |
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| Jerko Ješa Denegri Art historian, art critic, HR (b. 1936) |
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Jerko Matulić Croatian handball player, HR (b. 1990) |
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| Jerko Viktor Tognola (b. 1934) |
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| Jerko Čehovin politician, Slovenia (b. 1946) |
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| Jerko Tipurić Belgian footballer, Belgium (b. 1960) |
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| Jerko Novak Slovenia (b. 1957) |
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Jeronim Szabolcs Maric (b. 1978) |
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| Jerko Mikulić association football player (b. 1976) |
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| Jerko Marčić actor (b. 1979) |
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| Jerko Granic association football player, HR |
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| Jerko Hrabar researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-7665-6319 |
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| Jerko Markovina researcher |
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| Jerko Ferri-Certić researcher |
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| Jerko Bozikovic Belgian dancer, Belgium |
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| Jerko Fućak |
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| Jerko Machiedo |
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| Jerko Vlahović |
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| Jerko Crnčić |
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| Jerko Rosin |
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| Jerko Bažovka |
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| Jerko Rukavina |
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| Jerko Marinić Kragić Republic of Venice (b. 1991) |
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