German: from Latin fiscus ‘basket’, a humanistic
Latinization of the German name Korb. This is a metonymic
occupational name for a basketmaker or a peddler, or a habitational
name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a
basket.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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