How common is the last name Fischer?

70,511 people in the United States have the last name Fischer, about 1 in 4,239. It ranks #460 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FISCHER

#460

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
70,511
About
1 in 4,239
This common or more
31.1%
Who bears it

Of the 70,511 people with the last name Fischer, 91.4% reported their origin as White, 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Fischer

#458 Franco · 70,637#459 Harmon · 70,550#461 Trujillo · 70,403#462 Adkins · 70,363

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fischer, most common first.

#115 Fisher · 206,799#29,704 Fichera · 846#29,734 Fiser · 845#36,847 Ficker · 652#74,639 Ficher · 279

Also a first name

As a first name, Fischer ranks #8,585 of 53,615, with 1,685 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2015, with 104 births. See Fischer as a first name

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