Fishman Surname

30,591st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,449 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Fishman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the fishman,' a fisher.

1461. Andrew Fishman, rector of Beeston, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

Fishman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,0191:30,1573,748
Israel3,3501:2,555323
Canada5981:61,6157,211
Russia5621:256,44727,050
England2511:221,98418,690
Germany1131:712,43854,203
Australia1051:257,10223,526
Uzbekistan651:475,83311,089
Belarus521:182,71323,870
Argentina371:1,155,22769,250
Latvia341:60,2959,027
Switzerland291:283,20422,806
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Kazakhstan151:1,178,83365,606
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Costa Rica131:367,6983,592
Peru91:3,531,56931,288
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Scotland81:669,22723,443
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
China61:227,886,92811,701
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
France21:33,211,361423,184
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States861:583,93839,464

Fishman (49) may also be a first name.

Fishman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the fishman,' a fisher.

1461. Andrew Fishman, rector of Beeston, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) A fisherman or seller of fish.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Fishman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fishman (Russian: Фишман) occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fishman? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 30,591st most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 417,648 people. The surname Fishman occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Fishman are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 72 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Fishman is also the 1,430,306th most widespread given name worldwide It is held by 49 people.

The last name Fishman is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 12,019 people, or 1 in 30,157. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 24 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Florida, where 11 percent live. Aside from The United States it exists in 63 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Fishman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fishman has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 13,976 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 25,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fishman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (85%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Fishman surname are 41.12% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.35% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Fishman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 3836.69% more than the national average, earning S/. 763,128 per year; in South Africa they earn 28.93% less than the national average, earning R 168,900 per year; in United States they earn 31.11% more than the national average, earning $56,574 USD per year and in Canada they earn 51.59% more than the national average, earning $75,316 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Fishman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fishman in the Russian language
Фишманfisman-

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