Where does BISHOP rank in the most common names in the U.S.?

BISHOP is identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a surname with more than 100 occurrences in the United States for the year-2000 U.S. Census. In "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000", the Census Bureau tabulated the surnames of all people who had obtained Social Security Numbers by the year 2000.

BISHOP ranks # 238 in terms of the most common surnames in America for 2000.

BISHOP had 114,034 occurrences in the 2000 Census, according the U.S. government records.

Out of a sample of 100,000 people in the United States, BISHOP would occur an average of 42.27 times.

Race / ethnic origin

The race categories shown in these files are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups: "White only", "Black only", "American Indian and Alaskan Native only", "Asian and Pacific Islander only", "Two or More Races", and "Hispanic".

For the last name of BISHOP the Census Bureau reports the following race / ethnic origin breakdown:
  • 86.38 percent, or 98,503 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic White Only"
  • 9.71 percent, or 11,073 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic Black Only"
  • 0.46 percent, or 525 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only"
  • 0.51 percent, or 582 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native"
  • 1.41 percent, or 1,608 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races"
  • 1.53 percent, or 1,745 total occurrences, were "Hispanic Origin"



NOTE: Fields suppressed for confidentiality are assigned the value "Insignificant"

The presentation of data on this site focuses on summarized aggregates of counts and characteristics associated with surnames, and, as such, do not in any way identify any specific individuals.

All data is derived from David L. Word, Charles D. Coleman, Robert Nunziata and Robert Kominski (2008). "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000". U.S. Census Bureau.

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