Last Name FISCHER

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Meaning	A fisher.

Origin	German, Jewish, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Swiss, Chilean, Slovakian, Austrian, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank	419 (2000 US census)	554 (1990 US census)

Count	70,095 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

95.71%, or 67088 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.86%, or 603 total occurrences, as black,
0.45%, or 315 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.35%, or 245 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.08%, or 757 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.55%, or 1086 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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