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    The surname Fishback

    A surname, carried by 1,917 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F212

    Fishback: #15,309 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fishback #15,309, 1,917 people Fishback: #15,309 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fishback #15,309, 1,917 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fishback is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,917 people named Fishback in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,057 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,910.

    #15,309
    rank among US surnames
    1,917
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,370)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,303Canto1,918160,973
    #15,309Kinner1,917161,057
    #15,318Quisenberry1,916161,141

    Who is named Fishback

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    83% of people named Fishback identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fishbacks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dominique Fishback
      American actress, born 1991
    • William Meade Fishback
      American politician (1831-1903)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fishback

    Fishback has the Soundex code F212, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F212.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fishback?
    1,917 people in the United States had the surname Fishback in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,057 Americans. It ranked 15,309th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fishback?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Fishback identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fishback?
    Dominique Fishback, American actress, followed by William Meade Fishback.
    Where is the surname Fishback most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fishback in the United States.
    Is the surname Fishback getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,910 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,917 in 2010, up 0.4%.