Fisk Surname

27,110th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,815 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Fisk Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the fish.' Icelandic, fiskr; Danish, fish (Skeat).

Fisk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,5421:26,7663,355
England2,8761:19,3732,764
Australia1,5181:17,7842,489
Canada7571:48,6735,909
New Zealand3391:13,3582,316
France1371:484,83768,361
Sweden1331:74,0365,554
Finland1061:51,8566,233
Wales671:46,1874,386
Scotland591:90,7436,412
Israel411:208,72320,048
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Chile151:1,174,43221,998
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
India91:85,229,487684,495
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Norway61:857,04855,549
Swaziland41:324,550996
China41:341,830,39216,990
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5561:15,6652,313
Wales221:71,2923,399
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,5451:9,0571,153

Fisk (74) may also be a first name.

Fisk Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the fish.' Icelandic, fiskr; Danish, fish (Skeat).

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

Northern forms of Fish, q.v. [Middle English fiske, fyske, Old Norse fisk-r (Dano-Norwegian fisk), fish]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Swedish) A fisherman, often a Swedish soldier name.

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

Anglo-Saxon fisc, a fish.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(French.) From Fisc, revenue, public funds.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Or Fyske, armorially identified with Fyshe or Fish.

The Norman People (1874)

Fisk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fisk (Arabic: فيسك, Russian: Фиск) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fisk? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 27,110th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 367,779 people. The last name Fisk is mostly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Fisk are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 72 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Fisk is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 74 people.

The last name Fisk is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 13,542 people, or 1 in 26,766. In The United States Fisk is mostly found in: California, where 10 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and Michigan, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States it occurs in 57 countries. It is also found in England, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Fisk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fisk has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fisk last name increased 244 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 305 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 843 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fisk Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Fisk last name are 12.98% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.75% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Fisk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 49.48% less than the national average, earning R 120,048 per year; in United States they earn 0.67% more than the national average, earning $43,438 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.36% more than the national average, earning $50,360 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fiske898,623/
Fiskå89250/
Fisck8913/
Fishk896/
Fisks895/
Fisqk891/
Feisk890/
Ffiske8016/
Fisske802/
Fitske801/
Fishke801/
Feiske801/
Fiscke800/
Fiscks800/
Visk75241/
Fusk7515/
Fjsk752/
Fizk751/
Fisx751/
Fesk751/
Fisc751/
Fiskova73314/
Foiseke7315/
Fisková7311/
D'Fiske731/
Feske67699/
Fishkova6736/
Füske6713/
Fißke672/
Fizke672/
Visck671/
Fiskhova671/
Fyosk671/
Fyske671/
Voisk671/
Vishk671/
Phisk671/
Fysek671/
Feshk671/
Fesks671/
Fishx671/
Fishc671/
Fjskg671/

Fisk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fisk in the Russian language
Фискfisk-
Fisk in the Arabic language
فيسكfysk-
فسكfsk-

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Fisk Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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