The Fix surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,282 people carried this name — #6,431 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (5,289).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 679 people named Fix.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
74 people named Fix live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 41 people named Fix live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
54 people named Fix is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Fix in American newspapers,
1807–1813.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,240,482 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fix,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marjorie Louise Fix d. 1981
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Henry Fix 1751–1837
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Christian Gotthelf Fix 1761–1809 · writer
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Joseph Fix 1775–1843
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Théodore Fix 1800–1846 · economist
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Théobald Fix 1802–1874 · librarian
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fix.
- Fischesser 209 · U.S. census
- Fisher 214,703 · U.S. census
- Fisse 138 · U.S. census
- Fister 1,292 · U.S. census
- Fite 5,656 · U.S. census
- Fitte 105 · U.S. census
- Flach 1,471 · U.S. census
- Flagel 265 · U.S. census
- Flahaut 108 · U.S. census
- Flak 278 · U.S. census
- Flamand 367 · U.S. census
- Flament 191 · U.S. census
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