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Bishop

in Virginia

There are 3,337 people with the last name "Bishop" in Virginia.

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Ranking in Virginia

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Bishop 178
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  1. is 174th most common Lambert
  2. is 175th most common Andrews
  3. is 176th most common Gonzalez
  4. is 177th most common Holland
  5. is 178th most common Bishop
  6. is 179th most common Hodges
  7. is 180th most common Bradley
  8. is 181st most common Garrett
  9. is 182nd most common Henry

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Bishop

Robert, James, William, John, David, Michael, Richard, Mary, Thomas, Donald

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 Virginia

Since June 2009
1,313

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Robert Bishop, VA (7 searches)
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