Fisher Surname
Approximately 432,424 people bear this surname
Fisher Surname Definition:
From the occupation, Old English fiscere, ME. fischere, a fisherman. In Latin charters rendered piscator. Robert dominus Piscator, burgess of Perth, 1292 (Milne, p. 5). Michael Fysser who appears in record in 1344 (RMS., I, 196) as bailie of Perth is probably the Michaele Fisser recorded in 1338 (Keir, 198).
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 277,044 | 1:1,308 | 94 |
| England | 58,603 | 1:951 | 94 |
| Australia | 25,685 | 1:1,051 | 102 |
| Canada | 21,163 | 1:1,741 | 164 |
| South Africa | 13,540 | 1:4,001 | 525 |
| Russia | 8,059 | 1:17,883 | 2,512 |
| Scotland | 4,244 | 1:1,262 | 214 |
| Kazakhstan | 3,657 | 1:4,835 | 700 |
| New Zealand | 3,453 | 1:1,311 | 143 |
| Wales | 2,662 | 1:1,162 | 107 |
| Jamaica | 2,342 | 1:1,225 | 219 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,345 | 1:1,372 | 286 |
| Germany | 1,157 | 1:69,581 | 8,890 |
| Ireland | 858 | 1:5,488 | 864 |
| Mexico | 826 | 1:150,274 | 4,639 |
| Thailand | 546 | 1:129,374 | 19,641 |
| France | 440 | 1:150,961 | 23,407 |
| Saudi Arabia | 437 | 1:70,608 | 10,708 |
| Fiji | 377 | 1:2,372 | 387 |
| Spain | 363 | 1:128,793 | 9,849 |
| Nigeria | 337 | 1:525,646 | 25,906 |
| Zimbabwe | 299 | 1:51,633 | 7,864 |
| Brazil | 182 | 1:1,176,233 | 40,779 |
| Dominican Republic | 177 | 1:58,943 | 2,908 |
| Panama | 174 | 1:22,484 | 1,446 |
| China | 167 | 1:8,187,554 | 554 |
| Japan | 167 | 1:765,535 | 17,758 |
| Netherlands | 164 | 1:102,971 | 16,665 |
| Belarus | 161 | 1:59,013 | 9,946 |
| Bahrain | 147 | 1:9,174 | 1,687 |
| Botswana | 127 | 1:17,220 | 3,386 |
| Philippines | 125 | 1:809,906 | 77,188 |
| Portugal | 123 | 1:84,701 | 4,225 |
| Honduras | 114 | 1:77,337 | 1,520 |
| Chile | 104 | 1:169,389 | 5,602 |
| Uzbekistan | 103 | 1:300,283 | 8,324 |
| Argentina | 101 | 1:423,202 | 32,207 |
| Switzerland | 101 | 1:81,316 | 9,293 |
| India | 99 | 1:7,748,135 | 165,146 |
| Isle of Man | 99 | 1:867 | 127 |
| Italy | 93 | 1:657,599 | 58,183 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 89 | 1:15,326 | 1,933 |
| Malaysia | 84 | 1:351,122 | 18,683 |
| Sweden | 84 | 1:117,223 | 8,378 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 82 | 1:72,837 | 9,616 |
| Bahamas | 81 | 1:4,836 | 493 |
| Jersey | 78 | 1:1,272 | 176 |
| Latvia | 74 | 1:27,703 | 4,232 |
| Belize | 69 | 1:5,152 | 898 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| Nicaragua | 66 | 1:91,229 | 1,815 |
| Belgium | 63 | 1:182,486 | 24,456 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| Guernsey | 59 | 1:1,092 | 205 |
| Norway | 54 | 1:95,228 | 13,033 |
| Greece | 53 | 1:209,053 | 32,911 |
| Israel | 53 | 1:161,465 | 16,670 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 52 | 1:2,167 | 406 |
| Costa Rica | 50 | 1:95,601 | 1,659 |
| Denmark | 50 | 1:112,894 | 10,491 |
| Guyana | 50 | 1:15,244 | 2,051 |
| Bermuda | 46 | 1:1,419 | 226 |
| Guatemala | 46 | 1:349,623 | 4,757 |
| Venezuela | 46 | 1:656,610 | 11,395 |
| Bulgaria | 39 | 1:178,946 | 9,978 |
| Cayman Islands | 39 | 1:1,638 | 210 |
| United Arab Emirates | 37 | 1:247,629 | 17,078 |
| Czechia | 36 | 1:295,374 | 37,799 |
| Estonia | 35 | 1:37,766 | 7,217 |
| Lithuania | 35 | 1:86,703 | 12,314 |
| Guam | 33 | 1:4,852 | 643 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Malta | 30 | 1:14,342 | 837 |
| Gibraltar | 29 | 1:1,171 | 268 |
| Peru | 28 | 1:1,135,147 | 20,057 |
| Finland | 27 | 1:203,582 | 17,121 |
| Hong Kong | 27 | 1:271,685 | 3,066 |
| Poland | 27 | 1:1,407,731 | 83,680 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 23 | 1:4,312 | 570 |
| Colombia | 22 | 1:2,171,549 | 12,645 |
| Hungary | 22 | 1:446,194 | 29,593 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 22 | 1:5,017 | 770 |
| Cyprus | 21 | 1:42,137 | 4,231 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Grenada | 15 | 1:7,236 | 711 |
| American Samoa | 14 | 1:3,983 | 910 |
| Cuba | 14 | 1:823,051 | 6,140 |
| Ecuador | 14 | 1:1,136,132 | 15,474 |
| Slovakia | 14 | 1:381,175 | 50,143 |
| South Korea | 14 | 1:3,660,018 | 674 |
| Egypt | 13 | 1:7,071,981 | 48,111 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Moldova | 11 | 1:323,761 | 25,884 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Barbados | 9 | 1:31,939 | 1,516 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Slovenia | 8 | 1:310,959 | 16,987 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 | 1:4,291 | 379 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
| Cook Islands | 6 | 1:3,030 | 708 |
| El Salvador | 6 | 1:1,057,315 | 4,053 |
| Georgia | 6 | 1:624,258 | 19,750 |
| Ghana | 6 | 1:4,503,449 | 15,363 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 1:15,441,009 | 3,090 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| British Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:6,319 | 600 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Oman | 5 | 1:737,594 | 6,889 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Transnistria | 5 | 1:94,940 | 11,199 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Palestine | 4 | 1:1,137,212 | 16,054 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Myanmar | 3 | 1:17,312,662 | 2,080 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 1:6,936,187 | 18,422 |
| Turkmenistan | 3 | 1:1,829,704 | 11,403 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1:1,143,919 | 35,564 |
| Anguilla | 2 | 1:6,718 | 471 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Libya | 2 | 1:3,121,987 | 6,135 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Sudan | 2 | 1:18,755,098 | 14,167 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,390 | 1:3,187 | 592 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 30,964 | 1:787 | 78 |
| Scotland | 3,062 | 1:1,222 | 215 |
| Wales | 1,007 | 1:1,558 | 106 |
| Isle of Man | 44 | 1:1,233 | 178 |
| Jersey | 26 | 1:1,995 | 333 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 66,841 | 1:751 | 49 |
Fisher (4,429) may also be a first name.
Fisher Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From the occupation, Old English fiscere, ME. fischere, a fisherman. In Latin charters rendered piscator. Robert dominus Piscator, burgess of Perth, 1292 (Milne, p. 5). Michael Fysser who appears in record in 1344 (RMS., I, 196) as bailie of Perth is probably the Michaele Fisser recorded in 1338 (Keir, 198). Donald Fyscher witnessed an Atholl charter of 1455 (Athole, p. 708), Andro Fischer was admitted burgess of Lanerk in 1488 (Lanark, p. 4), Constancius Ficher was tenant in barony of Carstairs in 1513 (Rental), and Thomas Fyschiar was one of the bailies of Edinburgh in 1603 (Laing, 1459). In a number of cases, particulerly about Perthshire, this surname is used as an Englishing of Macinesker, which see. Malcolm Fisher witnessed a sasine of the lands of Ralnacard, 1514 (Grandtully, I, p. 48). Feicheer 1560, Fischair 1546, Fischare 1509, Fischear 1606; Fyscher.
(English) Fisherman [Middle English fis(c)here, Old English fiscere]
Usually of English origin. It is also a synonym of Salmon (q.v.); and occasionally an anglicized form of the Scottish MacInesker. MIF 281*
(English) One who caught or sold fish.
This seems to be a sufficiently obvious derivation from the calling of a fisherman, especially since ' fisher ' occurs in our version of the New Testament in this sense; and Leland in his Itinerary usually describes the smaller sea-coast places as "fischar tounes." In Domesd. and other early records, we meet with the forms Piscator, Le Pecheur, &c. There is, however, curious evidence that some families hearing this name are descendants of Fitz-Urse, one of the assassins of Thomas a Becket. Fitz-Urse is said to have gone over to Ireland, and there to have become ancestor of the Mac Mahon family-Mac Mahon being the Celtic equivalent of 'Bear's son;' but other branches of the family remained in England, and gradually corrupted the family name thus; Fitzour, Fishour, Fisher. The great Kentish family of Berham, or Barham, is also deduced by Philipot, Harris, and other Kentish historians from the same source-apparently upon the strength of the first syllable of that name resembling the word bear, (Ourse-Ursus). See Quarterly Review, September, 1858, p. 379.
A fisherman.
Or Piscator. Ernis Piscator and Galterus of Normandy, 1180-98 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Robert and Godwin P. of England, 1189, and Geoffry Fitz-Ralph Piscator, 1199 (Rot. Pip.; RCR). The name common c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum). It no doubt includes families of different origins.
Fisher. —This name is irregularly distributed over England, being however absent or infrequent in that part lying south of a line joining the mouths of the Thames and the Severn. It is at present most numerous in Cumberland and Westmoreland, Lancashire, Notts, and Norfolk. It is also established in Scotland.
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As with many other German surnames, this surname is also derived from a profession, which in this case is a fisherman.
The oldest known bearers are from the 17th century, but it was probably formed together with many other surnames, with the expansion of the Middle Age cities.
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Fisher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fisher Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fisher (Arabic: فيشر, Russian: Фишер) occurs most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fisher? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,230th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 16,853 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Fisher are found; 66 percent are found in North America and 66 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Fisher is also the 103,557th most commonly used forename on earth, borne by 4,429 people.
Fisher is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 277,044 people, or 1 in 1,308. In The United States Fisher is primarily concentrated in: California, where 9 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname occurs in 179 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.
Fisher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Fisher has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fisher surname expanded 414 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 139 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 264 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 38 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Fisher Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (34%) in Ireland, Orthodox (85%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus, Orthodox (85%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Sunni (33%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Fisher last name are 12.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.56% being registered with the political party.
The amount Fisher earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.76% less than the national average, earning 336,519 kr per year; in Peru they earn 48.42% more than the national average, earning S/. 28,771 per year; in South Africa they earn 16.59% more than the national average, earning R 277,056 per year; in Colombia they earn 19.34% less than the national average, earning $18,311,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.97% more than the national average, earning $43,568 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.45% more than the national average, earning $51,896 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fisher Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher in the Russian language | ||
| Фишер | fiser | - |
| Fisher in the Arabic language | ||
| فيشر | fyshr | - |
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