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Bishop

in Arkansas

There are 1,437 people with the last name "Bishop" in Arkansas.

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Ranking in Arkansas

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Bishop 216
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  1. is 212th most common Howell
  2. is 213th most common Glover
  3. is 214th most common Williamson
  4. is 215th most common Watts
  5. is 216th most common Bishop
  6. is 217th most common Craig
  7. is 218th most common Byrd
  8. is 219th most common Haynes
  9. is 220th most common Dean

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bishop

James, John, David, Charles, Mary, Robert, Linda, Michael, Jerry, Sharon

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 Arkansas

Since June 2009
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James Bishop, AR (9 searches)
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