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 | 3 |
Buckinghamshire | 3 |
Berkshire | 18 |
Cambridgeshire | 9 |
Channel Islands | 0 |
Cheshire | 152 |
Cornwall | 8 |
Cumberland | 1 |
Derbyshire | 90 |
Devon | 38 |
Dorset | 58 |
Durham | 135 |
Essex | 299 |
Gloucestershire | 53 |
Hampshire | 157 |
Herefordshire | 7 |
Hertfordshire | 185 |
Huntingdonshire | 0 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 94 |
Lancashire | 2,022 |
Leicestershire | 53 |
Lincolnshire | 197 |
London | 918 |
Middlesex | 180 |
Northumberland | 133 |
Norfolk | 401 |
Northamptonshire | 21 |
Nottinghamshire | 170 |
Oxfordshire | 4 |
Rutland | 0 |
Shropshire | 6 |
Suffolk | 188 |
Somerset | 72 |
Surrey | 50 |
Sussex | 86 |
Staffordshire | 43 |
Warwickshire | 29 |
Westmorland | 1 |
Wiltshire | 6 |
Worcestershire | 42 |
Yorkshire | 794 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 2 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 2 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 5 |
Glamorgan | 84 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 11 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Cotton Weaver | 271 |
Living On Own Means | 65 |
General Servant Domestic | 59 |
General Labourer | 57 |
Scholar | 48 |
Cotton Winder | 42 |
Dress Maker | 33 |
Farmer | 28 |
Domestic Servant | 25 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 24 |
Charwoman | 22 |
Cook Domestic | 21 |
Agricultural Labourer | 20 |
Cotton Spinner | 19 |
Cotton C Weaver | 18 |
Housemaid Domestic | 17 |
Bricklayer | 16 |
House Keeper Domestic | 14 |
School | 14 |
House Painter | 14 |
Carpenter | 13 |
House Keeper | 13 |
Dock Labourer | 12 |
Draper Assistant | 12 |
Coal Hewer | 12 |
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 |