The Bishop surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 114,034 people carried this name — #238 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,370 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 67 people named Bishop.
Most of them — 50 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
63 people named Bishop live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Bishop in American newspapers,
1880–1952.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,347,218 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bishop,
with a public archive behind them.
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William James Bishop 1805–1888 · painter -
Edward Bishop 1811–1887 · politician -
Harriet Bishop 1817–1883 · writer -
Stephen Bishop 1820–1857 · explorer -
Charles Reed Bishop 1822–1915 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 193 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bishop.
- Bisbal 132 · U.S. census
- Bisch 517 · U.S. census
- Bischoff 6,663 · U.S. census
- Bise 1,458 · U.S. census
- Bisel 769 · U.S. census
- Bisenius 212 · U.S. census
- Bisi 195 · U.S. census
- Bisogno 287 · U.S. census
- Bissel 215 · U.S. census
- Bisset 653 · U.S. census
- Bissey 366 · U.S. census
- Bissinger 481 · U.S. census
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