Biskup Surname

39,584th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Biskup Surname User-submission:

'Biskup' means 'bishop' (Catholic) in many Slavic languages, including Croatian and Polish.

Biskup Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland6,6121:5,748681
Russia2,6951:53,4787,012
Germany1,4951:53,8506,999
United States1,1491:315,45628,848
Czechia3521:30,2094,896
France1511:439,88663,493
Australia1051:257,10223,526
Canada901:409,39536,056
England891:626,04636,944
Belarus841:113,10816,763
Brazil781:2,744,54381,769
Argentina671:637,96144,681
Austria601:141,92419,117
Croatia531:79,78513,729
Slovakia411:130,15723,900
Kazakhstan371:477,90535,586
Scotland201:267,69112,985
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Norway101:514,22941,629
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Ireland51:941,78816,185
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Biškup (1,183) are calculated separately.

Biskup Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

'Biskup' means 'bishop' (Catholic) in many Slavic languages, including Croatian and Polish.

- tomi

Biskup Last Name Facts

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

Biskup (Russian: Бискуп) is more commonly found in Poland than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Biškup. For other potential spellings of Biskup click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Biskup? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 39,584th most common surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 549,630 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Biskup live; 74 percent live in Eastern Europe and 53 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

Biskup is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is borne by 6,612 people, or 1 in 5,748. Outside of Poland it occurs in 42 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 20 percent live and Germany, where 11 percent live.

Biskup Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Biskup has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Biskup surname expanded 38,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Biskup Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (38%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Biskup last name are 0.079999999999998% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.15% being registered with the party.

The amount Biskup earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 3.31% more than the national average, earning $44,576 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.18% more than the national average, earning $51,762 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Biškup941,183/
Biszkup922/
Biskoup921/
Viskup83581/
Byskup83361/
Biscup8390/
Biskub8384/
Biskupová80406/
Biskupova8010/
Bisscup770/
Byskub6770/
Viskub6767/
Vyskup6740/
Bescup6734/
Viscup672/
Viçkup671/
Viskeuv621/
Vyskub50569/

Biskup Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Biskup in the Russian language
Бискупbiskup-

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