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Bishop

in Indiana

There are 2,331 people with the last name "Bishop" in Indiana.

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Ranking in Indiana

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Bishop 211
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  1. is 207th most common Willis
  2. is 208th most common Barker
  3. is 209th most common Combs
  4. is 210th most common Hartman
  5. is 211th most common Bishop
  6. is 212th most common Harmon
  7. is 213th most common Williamson
  8. is 214th most common Andrews
  9. is 215th most common Sharp

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bishop

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

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 Indiana

Since June 2009
1,035

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Robert Bishop, IN (9 searches)
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