Fishing Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Fishing Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Fishing (42) may also be a first name.
Fishing Demographics
Average Male Fishing Height
174.29 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Fishing Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fishing Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fishing (Russian: Фишинг) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Fishing click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fishing? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,323,005th most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Fishing occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Fishing are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fishing is also the 1,566,439th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 42 people.
The surname Fishing is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria Fishing is most frequent in: Benue, where 66 percent live, Bayelsa, where 31 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 6 percent live and Afghanistan, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisching | 93 | 16 | / |
| Faishing | 93 | 1 | / |
| Fishin | 92 | 211 | / |
| Fising | 92 | 6 | / |
| Fishshing | 88 | 1 | / |
| Faising | 86 | 208 | / |
| Fioshin | 86 | 96 | / |
| Fishina | 86 | 91 | / |
| Fushing | 86 | 3 | / |
| Fishein | 86 | 2 | / |
| Fishine | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fissing | 86 | 1 | / |
| Feising | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fishion | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fisaing | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fioshina | 80 | 58 | / |
| Vishieng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Feisheng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fitching | 80 | 0 | / |
| Fitshine | 80 | 0 | / |
| Fishim | 77 | 535 | / |
| Feshin | 77 | 281 | / |
| Vishin | 77 | 119 | / |
| Fisgin | 77 | 86 | / |
| Fesing | 77 | 77 | / |
| Vising | 77 | 36 | / |
| Fäsing | 77 | 30 | / |
| Fishen | 77 | 11 | / |
| Fixing | 77 | 8 | / |
| Fiseng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fishchein | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fishinova | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vissing | 71 | 798 | / |
| Feshina | 71 | 274 | / |
| Visheng | 71 | 41 | / |
| Fisseng | 71 | 35 | / |
| Fusheng | 71 | 25 | / |
| Fähsing | 71 | 21 | / |
| Fayshin | 71 | 13 | / |
| Feixing | 71 | 12 | / |
| Faiseng | 71 | 12 | / |
| Vishain | 71 | 8 | / |
| Feyshin | 71 | 4 | / |
| Faisung | 71 | 3 | / |
| Phising | 71 | 3 | / |
| Feusing | 71 | 3 | / |
| Visingh | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fuseing | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fidshen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fessing | 71 | 2 | / |
| Faisain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Faisine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fedshin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vushing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Viesing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vishien | 71 | 1 | / |
| Faishen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Foysing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fissine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fiscine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Faishim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Faysing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Feesing | 71 | 0 | / |
| Veising | 71 | 0 | / |
| Fitshen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Fetsing | 71 | 0 | / |
| Fechisin | 67 | 17 | / |
| Phaising | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vaishein | 67 | 4 | / |
| Phishina | 67 | 4 | / |
| Feyshina | 67 | 3 | / |
| Feussing | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fiscisin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Faichine | 67 | 2 | / |
| Faisaeng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veishein | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fišin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vushieng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fischgen | 67 | 0 | / |
Fishing Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fishing in the Russian language | ||
| Фишинг | fising | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fishing
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