The Fleischer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,981 people carried this name — #8,323 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,947 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Fleischer surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From Middle High German fleischer, vleischer, vleischære, equivalent to Fleisch + -er.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fleischer» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
225 people named Fleischer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 351 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
157 people named Fleischer live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 155 people named Fleischer 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Fleischer.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
414 people named Fleischer are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Fleischer in American newspapers,
1902–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,262 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fleischer,
with a public archive behind them.
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David Fleischer d. 1705 · bookseller
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Gabriele Fleischer d. 2003 · nun
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Gershon Fleischer d. 1974
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Anna Fleischer d. 1619
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Regina Fleischer d. 1582
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Gottfried Fleischer d. 1659
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fleischer.
- Flamme 156 · U.S. census
- Flanders 8,787 · U.S. census
- Flavin 2,064 · U.S. census
- Fleck 8,852 · U.S. census
- Fleig 894 · U.S. census
- Fleisch 321 · U.S. census
- Fleischmann 2,206 · U.S. census
- Fleming 90,677 · U.S. census
- Flesch 1,487 · U.S. census
- Fletcher 83,063 · U.S. census
- Fleurant 609 · U.S. census
- Fleury 4,934 · U.S. census
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