Czech surnames
Fišer: what the name means
Fišer: “fisherman” (from German Fischer).
In January 2017, 8,870 people in Czechia were named Fišer or Fišerová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,103
- Around Brno243
- Around Kladno196
- Around Plzeň169
- Around Teplice159
Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.
In America the name was often written without the Czech accents, so family papers may say Fiser.
To find the family in the old parish books, you need the village they came from.
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Questions
What does the surname Fišer mean?
Fišer: “fisherman” (from German Fischer).
How many people are called Fišer in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 8,870 people in Czechia were named Fišer or Fišerová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Fišer most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,103), Brno (243), Kladno (196).