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Bishop

in North Carolina

There are 3,008 people with the last name "Bishop" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Bishop 310
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  1. is 306th most common Mcgee
  2. is 307th most common Sawyer
  3. is 308th most common Cruz
  4. is 309th most common Fleming
  5. is 310th most common Bishop
  6. is 311th most common Arnold
  7. is 312th most common Dean
  8. is 313th most common Hensley
  9. is 314th most common Sharpe

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bishop

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

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 North Carolina

Since June 2009
1,072

Most Popular Search

William Bishop, NC (9 searches)
Source: Current searches and listings for US adults on WhitePages. (nv2)

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