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FISHER

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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

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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.

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

British Surnames