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Bishop

in Massachusetts

There are 1,926 people with the last name "Bishop" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Bishop 296
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  1. is 292nd most common Fernandez
  2. is 293rd most common Mcnamara
  3. is 294th most common Reardon
  4. is 295th most common Flores
  5. is 296th most common Bishop
  6. is 297th most common Fuller
  7. is 298th most common Lima
  8. is 299th most common Price
  9. is 300th most common Figueroa

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bishop

Robert, John, David, Michael, Richard, James, Paul, William, Lisa, 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 Massachusetts

Since June 2009
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Robert Bishop, MA (9 searches)
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