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Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.

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Instance of
family name
Named after
fisher
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language of work or name
Polish
different from
Fischer
writing system
Latin script
Soundex
F260
Cologne phonetics
387
Caverphone
FSKA111111
Commons category
Fischer (surname)
native label
Fischer
transliteration or transcription
Фишер
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Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.

==People with the surname== === A === Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official Adam Fischer (disambiguation) Adolf Fischer (disambiguation) Alfred Fischer (disambiguation) Andrea Fischer (born 1960), German politician Andrea Fischer (scientist), (born 1973), Austrian glaciologist Andrew Fischer (disambiguation) Angeline Fuller Fischer (1841–1925), American writer Anna Fischer (born 1986), German actress and singer Annie Fischer (1914–1995), Hungarian pianist Anton Fischer (disambiguation) Arthur Fischer (disambiguation) Axel Fischer (born 1966), German politician

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