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Bishop

in Alabama

There are 3,161 people with the last name "Bishop" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

NameRank
Bishop 143
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  1. is 139th most common Harper
  2. is 140th most common Norris
  3. is 141st most common Little
  4. is 142nd most common Barnett
  5. is 143rd most common Bishop
  6. is 144th most common Ingram
  7. is 145th most common Reeves
  8. is 146th most common Simpson
  9. is 147th most common Garner

Similar Names and Nicknames

Bish, Bishoff, Bishara, Bisher, Bishopp, Bishay, Bishir, Bishel, Bisharat, Bishaw

Most Common First Names for Bishop

James, William, Charles, John, Robert, David, Michael, Mary, Richard, Betty

Meaning & History

English: from Middle English biscop, Old English bisc(e)op ‘bishop’, which comes via Latin from Greek episkopos ‘overseer’. The Greek word was adopted early in the Christian era as a title for an overseer of a local community of Christians, and has yielded cognates in every European language: French évêque, Italian vescovo, Spanish obispo, Russian yepiskop, German Bischof, etc. The English surname has probably absorbed at least some of these continental European cognates. The word came to be applied as a surname for a variety of reasons, among them service in the household of a bishop, supposed resemblance in bearing or appearance to a bishop, and selection as the ‘boy bishop’ on St. Nicholas's Day.

Recent Searches for "Bishop" in Alabama

Since June 2009
1,307

Most Popular Search

James Bishop, AL (9 searches)
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