Last Name DISHER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The disher, one who made ishes, etc, in pewter. This name evidently passed over to America with the Puritans.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 18,397 (2000 US census) 20,284 (1990 US census)
Count 1,387 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.09%, or 1305 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 3.82%, or 53 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.79%, or 11 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.65%, or 9 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Most Popular Greenlandic Baby Names

Below is the list of popular Greenlandic first names in alphabetical order.

First girl baby names:

Ane Marie Karen Johanne Sofie Dorthe Margrethe Sara Naja Anna Kristine Else Louise Helene Karoline Susanne Amalie Elisabeth Paninn...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...


©2015 ANC Labs Inc | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | View in: Classic | Mobile