Fish Name Meaning: An occupational name derived from the Anglo-Saxon word 'fische' meaning 'fish',someone who was a 'catcher' or 'seller' of fish.
Usually given to a person who's occupation was a fisherman but also sometimes used as a name for some who resided close to a fish dam/weir.
Discover how your Fish ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 8 |
Buckinghamshire | 2 |
Berkshire | 12 |
Cambridgeshire | 21 |
Channel Islands | 1 |
Cheshire | 66 |
Cornwall | 43 |
Cumberland | 16 |
Derbyshire | 15 |
Devon | 50 |
Dorset | 75 |
Durham | 55 |
Essex | 64 |
Gloucestershire | 24 |
Hampshire | 60 |
Herefordshire | 0 |
Hertfordshire | 79 |
Huntingdonshire | 0 |
Isle of Man | 4 |
Kent | 55 |
Lancashire | 1,245 |
Leicestershire | 25 |
Lincolnshire | 178 |
London | 427 |
Middlesex | 14 |
Northumberland | 115 |
Norfolk | 348 |
Northamptonshire | 44 |
Nottinghamshire | 122 |
Oxfordshire | 1 |
Rutland | 0 |
Shropshire | 7 |
Suffolk | 223 |
Somerset | 76 |
Surrey | 30 |
Sussex | 33 |
Staffordshire | 15 |
Warwickshire | 8 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 3 |
Worcestershire | 7 |
Yorkshire | 251 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 1 |
Cardiganshire | 3 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 9 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 5 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 409 |
Agricultural Labourer | 130 |
At Home | 71 |
House Servant | 64 |
Labourer | 43 |
Hand Loom Weaver | 38 |
Weaver | 33 |
Servant | 32 |
Dress Maker | 30 |
Coal Miner | 27 |
House Keeper | 26 |
Power Loom Weaver | 25 |
Shoe Maker | 21 |
Powerloom Weaver | 20 |
Power Loom Weaver Cotton | 19 |
Tailor | 18 |
Cotton Weaver | 18 |
Farm Labourer | 18 |
Pauper | 16 |
Laundress | 16 |
Errand Boy | 15 |
Sawyer | 13 |
Nurse | 12 |
Butcher | 11 |
General Servant | 11 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Fish | 2,643 |
Mary Fish | 2,642 |
John Fish | 2,500 |
Elizabeth Fish | 1,717 |
James Fish | 1,577 |
George Fish | 1,539 |
Thomas Fish | 1,467 |
Sarah Fish | 1,406 |
Ann Fish | 905 |
Alice Fish | 897 |
Jane Fish | 851 |
Robert Fish | 782 |
Charles Fish | 756 |
Joseph Fish | 690 |
Ellen Fish | 669 |
Henry Fish | 661 |
Margaret Fish | 565 |
Annie Fish | 549 |
Hannah Fish | 547 |
Eliza Fish | 489 |
Frederick Fish | 478 |
Richard Fish | 449 |
Emma Fish | 404 |
Samuel Fish | 386 |
Arthur Fish | 379 |