Fitch Family History
Fitch Name Meaning
English: of disputed origin. Reaney rejects the traditional
explanation that it is a nickname derived from early modern English
fitch ‘polecat’, as this word is not recorded in this form
until the 16th century, whereas the byname or surname Fitchet
is found as early as the 12th century. He proposes instead that the
name may be from Old French fiche ‘stake’ (used as a boundary
marker), but with the sense ‘iron point’, and so a metonymic
occupational name for a workman who used an iron-pointed implement.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Fitch Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Fitch families
 363 - 724  122 - 362 |
 1 - 121  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Fitch families
|
14 - 26 5 - 13 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Fitch Family Origin
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Fitch Family Occupations
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