How common is the surname Fiske?

4,110 people in the United States had the surname Fiske in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,121 Americans. It ranked 8,060th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fiske?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fiske identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fiske?

Billy Fiske, American bobsledder and pilot (1911-1940), followed by John Fiske.

Where is the surname Fiske most common?

Wikidata records people named Fiske in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Fiske getting more or less common?

More common. 3,921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,110 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Fiske

A surname, carried by 4,110 people in the United States.

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). Fiske is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,110 people named Fiske in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,121 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,921.

#8,060

rank among US surnames

4,110

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,826)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,055	Fant	4,111	75,102
#8,060	Ginsberg	4,110	75,121
#8,065	Kindle	4,109	75,139
#8,067	Jessee	4,108	75,157

Who is named Fiske

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

93% of people named Fiske identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fiskes

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Billy Fiske
American bobsledder and pilot (1911-1940)
John Fiske
American philosopher and historian (1842-1901)
Willard Fiske
American librarian, book collector, and chess player (1831–1904)
Minnie Maddern Fiske
American actress, playwright, and editor (1865–1932)
Susan T. Fiske
American psychologist, born 1952
John Fiske
American media scholar (1939–2021)
Thomas Fiske
American mathematician (1865–1944)
Helen Hunt Jackson
American novelist, poet, writer, activist (1830–1885)

Notable Fiskes come mostly from the United States (7) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fiske

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

Questions

How common is the surname Fiske?: 4,110 people in the United States had the surname Fiske in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,121 Americans. It ranked 8,060th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fiske?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fiske identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fiske?: Billy Fiske, American bobsledder and pilot (1911-1940), followed by John Fiske.
Where is the surname Fiske most common?: Wikidata records people named Fiske in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Fiske getting more or less common?: More common. 3,921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,110 in 2010, up 4.8%.