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Bishop

in Rhode Island

There are 300 people with the last name "Bishop" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Bishop 325
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  1. is 321st most common Raposa
  2. is 322nd most common Deluca
  3. is 323rd most common Demers
  4. is 324th most common Mccormick
  5. is 325th most common Bishop
  6. is 326th most common Gagne
  7. is 327th most common Crowley
  8. is 328th most common Paquette
  9. is 329th most common Sylvia

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bishop

William, Robert, David, Edward, Charles, Steven, Brian, George, Jeanne, 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 Rhode Island

Since June 2009
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William Bishop, RI (9 searches)
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