How common is the surname Fisk?

9,779 people in the United States had the surname Fisk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,572 Americans. It ranked 3,634th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fisk?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fisk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fisk?

Jack Fisk, American production designer and director, followed by Schuyler Fisk.

Where is the surname Fisk most common?

Wikidata records people named Fisk in the United States.

Is the surname Fisk getting more or less common?

More common. 9,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,779 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Fisk

A Norse occupational surname, carried by 9,779 people in the United States.

Pronounced /fɪsk/ 1 syllable Soundex F200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fisk is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

English occupational surname for a fisherman or fish seller, or a cognominal surname for someone thought to resemble a fish, from Old Norse fiskr (cognate with Old English fisc), from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz.

Fisk is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,779 people named Fisk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,572 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 9,742.

#3,634

rank among US surnames

9,779

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,356)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,625	Huey	9,800	31,505
#3,626	Clemente	9,797	31,514
#3,627	Lomax	9,789	31,540
#3,628	Reddick	9,785	31,553
#3,629	Chaffin	9,782	31,563
#3,630	Broyles	9,781	31,566
#3,631	Lucio	9,780	31,569

Who is named Fisk

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

92% of people named Fisk identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fisks

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jack Fisk
American production designer and director, born 1945
Schuyler Fisk
American actress, singer and songwriter, born 1982
Carlton Fisk
American baseball player, born 1947
James Fisk
American businessman (1835–1872)
James Fisk
American politician (1763-1844)
Steve Fisk
American record producer, born 1953

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Fisk

Fisk has the Soundex code F200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F200.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fisk come from?: English occupational surname for a fisherman or fish seller, or a cognominal surname for someone thought to resemble a fish, from Old Norse fiskr (cognate with Old English fisc), from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz.
How common is the surname Fisk?: 9,779 people in the United States had the surname Fisk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,572 Americans. It ranked 3,634th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fisk?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fisk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fisk?: Jack Fisk, American production designer and director, followed by Schuyler Fisk.
Where is the surname Fisk most common?: Wikidata records people named Fisk in the United States.
How do you pronounce Fisk?: Fisk is /fɪsk/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Fisk?: Fisk is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Fisk getting more or less common?: More common. 9,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,779 in 2010, up 0.4%.