Explore the Family Name Visscher

The meaning of Visscher

Dutch and North German: occupational name for a fisherman, from Middle Dutch visscher ‘fisherman’. Compare Visger and Visser. History: Harmen Visscher came from Hoorn in the Netherlands to Beverwyck in New Netherland (now Albany, NY) in or before 1643. Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Pieter, Gerrit, Jantje, Klaas.

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How common is the last name Visscher in the United States?

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Visscher has seen a slight increase between the years 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the rank of the surname was 40,203, but it moved up to 38,691 in 2010, marking a change of about 3.76%. Similarly, the count of people with this surname also increased from 513 in 2000 to 571 in 2010, showing an increase of 11.31%. However, the proportion of people with the surname Visscher per 100k remained at 0.19 in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#40,203	#38,691	3.76%
Count	513	571	11.31%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.19	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Visscher

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals carrying the Visscher surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a marginal decrease in this percentage (97.47% in 2000 to 97.02% in 2010). In 2010, a small percentage (1.75%) started identifying as Hispanic, which was not recorded in 2000. There were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. The category of 'Two or more races' also remained at 0 for both the years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.47%	97.02%	-0.46%
Hispanic	0%	1.75%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%