Last Name FISK

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Meaning	Nickname: The fish. Possibly from Icelandic 'fiskr.' From 'Fisc,' revenue, public funds.

Origin	English, French, Jewish, Finnish, Irish, South african, Hungarian

Rank	3,356 (2000 US census)	2,933 (1990 US census)

Count	9,742 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.12%, or 9169 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.96%, or 191 total occurrences, as black,
0.51%, or 50 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.47%, or 46 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.18%, or 115 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.76%, or 171 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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