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Bishop

in Missouri

There are 2,572 people with the last name "Bishop" in Missouri.

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Ranking in Missouri

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Bishop 187
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  1. is 183rd most common Rose
  2. is 184th most common Hampton
  3. is 185th most common Weaver
  4. is 186th most common Lawrence
  5. is 187th most common Bishop
  6. is 188th most common Pierce
  7. is 189th most common Becker
  8. is 190th most common Gordon
  9. is 191st most common Carr

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bishop

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

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 Missouri

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John Bishop, MO (9 searches)
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