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Bishop

in Texas

There are 6,396 people with the last name "Bishop" in Texas.

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Ranking in Texas

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Bishop 317
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  1. is 313th most common Padilla
  2. is 314th most common Austin
  3. is 315th most common Haynes
  4. is 316th most common Rivas
  5. is 317th most common Bishop
  6. is 318th most common May
  7. is 319th most common Fox
  8. is 320th most common Horton
  9. is 321st most common Richards

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bishop

James, David, John, Robert, Michael, William, Charles, Richard, Jerry, Gary

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 Texas

Since June 2009
2,819

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James Bishop, TX (86 searches)
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