Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
FISHER
There are approximately 76,333 people named Fisher in the UK. That makes it the 94th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 1,208 are named Fisher.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
Occupational Name
Related and similar surnames
FischerFiser
Ficher
Ffisher
Ffishere
Fiisher
Ffischer
Ffysher
Fischers
Fischear
Fischier
Fihshore
Fischar
Fischher
Fischor
Fischir
Fischiers
Faescher
Fiesher
Fihser
Fieisher
Fisehr
Ficsher
The Fisher surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
FISHER. This seems to be a sufficiently obvious derivation from the calling of a fisherman, especially since ' fisher ' occurs in our version of the New Testament in this sense; and Leland in his Itinerary usually descriljes the smaller sea-coast places as " fischar tounes." In Domesd.