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There are approximately 65,209 people named Fletcher in the UK. That makes it the 116th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 1,032 are named Fletcher.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

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The Fletcher surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

A maker of arrows, or superintendant of archery. From the French flèche, an arrow.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

FLETCHER. Fr. fleche, an arrow. A maker of arrows— a common and most uecessary trade in the middle ages. Le Flecher, Le Flecchir, Le Fletcher. U.K. FLEWELLEN. (Lond. Direct.) A corruption of Llewellyn, the AVelsh Ijaptismal and family name. FLEXMAN. See Flaxman. FLIGG. See Flegg. FLINT Our Anglo-Saxon ancestors had a suhordinate deity whom they named Flint, and whose idol was an actual flmtstone of large size. The name of the god vould readily hecome the appellation ot a man, and that would in time become hereditary as a surname. Such it had l.econie, Avithout any prefix, at the date otthe H.R., and even in Domesday we have niSuftok an Alwin Flint. The town of Flmt, m North Wales, may however have a claim to its origin.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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