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 | 5 |
Buckinghamshire | 5 |
Berkshire | 21 |
Cambridgeshire | 6 |
Channel Islands | 0 |
Cheshire | 147 |
Cornwall | 11 |
Cumberland | 3 |
Derbyshire | 92 |
Devon | 39 |
Dorset | 79 |
Durham | 179 |
Essex | 316 |
Gloucestershire | 74 |
Hampshire | 160 |
Herefordshire | 1 |
Hertfordshire | 209 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 1 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 114 |
Lancashire | 2,129 |
Leicestershire | 59 |
Lincolnshire | 213 |
London | 800 |
Middlesex | 254 |
Northumberland | 158 |
Norfolk | 431 |
Northamptonshire | 27 |
Nottinghamshire | 151 |
Oxfordshire | 5 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 1 |
Shropshire | 4 |
Suffolk | 177 |
Somerset | 64 |
Surrey | 93 |
Sussex | 102 |
Staffordshire | 40 |
Warwickshire | 32 |
Westmorland | 1 |
Wiltshire | 9 |
Worcestershire | 36 |
Yorkshire | 851 |
Anglesey | 1 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 1 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 5 |
Denbighshire | 4 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 141 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 27 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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School | 708 |
Cotton Weaver | 169 |
Private Means | 55 |
General Labourer | 48 |
Farm Labourer | 47 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 44 |
Weaver | 42 |
Labourer | 40 |
General Servant (domestic) | 33 |
Housekeeper | 29 |
None | 29 |
Clerk | 28 |
Domestic Servant | 27 |
Dressmaker | 26 |
At Home | 25 |
Cotton Winder | 22 |
Farmer | 22 |
Weaver Cotton | 22 |
Carter | 20 |
Scholar | 20 |
At School | 19 |
House Painter | 18 |
Shop Assistant | 18 |
Carpenter | 16 |
Coal Miner (hewer) | 15 |
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 |