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Bishop

in Illinois

There are 2,803 people with the last name "Bishop" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Bishop 300
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  1. is 296th most common Chen
  2. is 297th most common Davidson
  3. is 298th most common Hopkins
  4. is 299th most common Fischer
  5. is 300th most common Bishop
  6. is 301st most common Novak
  7. is 302nd most common Meyers
  8. is 303rd most common Leonard
  9. is 304th most common Hampton

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bishop

Robert, James, Michael, David, John, William, Mary, Richard, Barbara, Mark

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 Illinois

Since June 2009
1,219

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Robert Bishop, IL (9 searches)
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