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Bishop

in California

There are 5,994 people with the last name "Bishop" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Bishop 418
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  1. is 414th most common Watkins
  2. is 415th most common Harper
  3. is 416th most common Han
  4. is 417th most common Curtis
  5. is 418th most common Bishop
  6. is 419th most common Nava
  7. is 420th most common Mann
  8. is 421st most common Fuller
  9. is 422nd most common Leung

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bishop

Robert, Michael, David, James, John, William, Richard, Mary, Brian

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 California

Since June 2009
2,205

Most Popular Search

Robert Bishop, CA (62 searches)
Source: Current searches and listings for US adults on WhitePages. (nv2)

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