Fischgrund Surname

1,020,242nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 248 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Fischgrund Surname User-submission:

The surname Fischgrund means 'fish guardian'. There is a story about the origin of this surname. When the Jews of a town in Austria were given the rights to fish in a lake, one Jew refused because of a dead horse found in the lake. The lord or owner of the lake than appointed one of these Jews to be his fishgrindi, or guardians (of the lake), and by keeping the lake clean the fish would be edible.

Fischgrund Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1521:2,384,598147,132
Israel491:174,64617,612
Poland191:2,000,46098,816
Slovakia121:444,70454,815
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
England31:18,572,686338,250
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Fischgrund Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Fischgrund means 'fish guardian'. There is a story about the origin of this surname. When the Jews of a town in Austria were given the rights to fish in a lake, one Jew refused because of a dead horse found in the lake. The lord or owner of the lake than appointed one of these Jews to be his fishgrindi, or guardians (of the lake), and by keeping the lake clean the fish would be edible.

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Fischgrund Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fischgrund Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Fischgrund occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Fischgrund click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fischgrund? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fischgrund is the 1,020,242nd most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 29,385,266 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Fischgrund live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 152 people, or 1 in 2,384,598. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 24 percent are found, New Jersey, where 23 percent are found and Florida, where 12 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 20 percent are found and Poland, where 8 percent are found.

Fischgrund Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fischgrund surname are 24.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 77.78% registered to vote for the political party.

Fischgrund earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 42.38% more than the national average, earning $61,434 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fishgrund957/
Fischground956/
Fischgreund951/
Fischgrand903/
Fischqrund902/
Fischgrond901/
Fiszgrund846/
Fischgrum840/
Vecchio Grande501/

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