Bischof Surname

27,482nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,560 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

Bischof Surname Definition:

(German) Member of a bishop’s entourage or household; one who came from Bischof, in Germany; one playing the part of a bishop in play or pageant.

Bischof Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7,1201:11,3071,445
Switzerland4,3781:1,876173
Austria3,8581:2,207184
United States2,1901:165,50616,799
Hungary4071:24,1192,685
Brazil2981:718,37026,318
Canada1701:216,73920,919
Australia1631:165,61817,113
South Africa1231:440,46937,524
Argentina1171:365,32828,402
Czechia1151:92,46515,378
Dominican Republic921:113,4014,751
Poland671:567,29552,993
France591:1,125,809120,603
Venezuela471:642,64011,225
Netherlands391:433,00544,158
England391:1,428,66862,556
Croatia341:124,37118,240
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
Liechtenstein271:1,421148
Sweden251:393,87027,867
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
Norway191:270,64728,127
Chile161:1,101,03021,213
Mexico151:8,275,08036,578
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Slovakia91:592,93964,129
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Guatemala71:2,297,5246,613
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Bahamas31:130,5841,472
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1491:337,03826,036

Bischof Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Member of a bishop’s entourage or household; one who came from Bischof, in Germany; one playing the part of a bishop in play or pageant.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Bischof Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bischof Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bischof is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bischof? popularity and diffusion

It is the 27,482nd most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 372,574 people. The surname Bischof occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Bischof live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Bischof is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 7,120 people, or 1 in 11,307. In Germany Bischof is primarily found in: Bavaria, where 22 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in 61 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 22 percent are found and Austria, where 20 percent are found.

Bischof Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bischof has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,470 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 279 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bischof Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bischof surname are 13.1% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.87% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Bischof earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 0.09% more than the national average, earning 346,390 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 70.67% more than the national average, earning R 405,576 per year; in United States they earn 5.24% more than the national average, earning $45,411 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.09% more than the national average, earning $57,675 CAD per year.

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Bischof Reference & Research

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