# Fish (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fish/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,924 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,425 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,387 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (24,612 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /fɪʃ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From fish, a metonymic occupational surname for a fish seller or a nickname for someone who resembled a fish. It could also be an Americanized spelling of German Fisch.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fish in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fish in the United States and Australia.

## People named Fish

- Albert Fish, American serial killer, pedophile and cannibal (1870–1936)
- Mardy Fish, American tennis player (born 1981)
- Hamilton Fish, American politician (1808–1893)
- Bobby Fish, American professional wrestler
- Stanley Fish, American literary theorist and lawyer (born 1938)
- George Fish, American rugby union player (1895–1977)
- Samantha Fish, American singer, composer and guitarist
- Jenny Fish, American speed skater
- Hamilton Fish III, American politician (1888-1991)
- Robert L. Fish, American writer (1912–1981)
- Maree Fish, Australian field hockey player
- Matt Fish, American basketball player (born 1969)

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Fitch, Fisk, Fiske, Fisch, Fox, Foss, Fuchs, Fusco, Fuqua, Fazio, Fike, Fogg.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.