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Bishop

in Louisiana

There are 843 people with the last name "Bishop" in Louisiana.

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Ranking in Louisiana

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Bishop 616
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  1. is 612th most common Cavalier
  2. is 613th most common Jeansonne
  3. is 614th most common Crosby
  4. is 615th most common Burgess
  5. is 616th most common Bishop
  6. is 617th most common Credeur
  7. is 618th most common Flores
  8. is 619th most common Griffith
  9. is 620th most common Whitaker

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bishop

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

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 Louisiana

Since June 2009
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James Bishop, LA (9 searches)
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