The Bischoff surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,897 people carried this name — #5,077 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,663 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,156 people named Bischoff live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,069 people named Bischoff.
41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 55 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 345 people named Bischoff live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
91 people named Bischoff have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 153 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
42 people named Bischoff is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Bischoff in American newspapers,
1900–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 27,459 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bischoff,
with a public archive behind them.
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Katharina Bischoff 1520–1591 · printer -
Hans Bischoff d. 1959
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Johannes Bischoff 1444–1495 · jurist
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Andreas Bischoff 1481–1558
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Johann Bischoff 1600–1600 · writer
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Daniel Bischoff 1604–1623
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bischoff.
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