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Bishop

in Georgia

There are 4,193 people with the last name "Bishop" in Georgia.

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Ranking in Georgia

NameRank
Bishop 194
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  1. is 190th most common Sullivan
  2. is 191st most common Moss
  3. is 192nd most common Berry
  4. is 193rd most common Maddox
  5. is 194th most common Bishop
  6. is 195th most common Gilbert
  7. is 196th most common Lawson
  8. is 197th most common Stevens
  9. is 198th most common Ingram

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bishop

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

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 Georgia

Since June 2009
1,879

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James Bishop, GA (9 searches)
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