How common is the surname Bischof?

1,518 people in the United States had the surname Bischof in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,390 Americans. It ranked 18,286th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bischof?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bischof identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bischof?

Noah Bischof, Austrian association football player.

Where is the surname Bischof most common?

Wikidata records people named Bischof in Austria.

Is the surname Bischof getting more or less common?

More common. 1,437 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,518 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Bischof

A German occupational surname, carried by 1,518 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B210

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bischof is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Occupational surname borrowed from German Bischof (“bishop”).

Bischof is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,518 people named Bischof in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,390 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,437.

#18,286

rank among US surnames

1,518

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #17,935)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,278	Merlin	1,519	203,256
#18,286	Langlais	1,518	203,390

Who is named Bischof

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Bischof identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bischofs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Noah Bischof
Austrian association football player, born 2002

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bischof

Bischof has the Soundex code B210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B210.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bischof come from?: Occupational surname borrowed from German Bischof (“bishop”).
How common is the surname Bischof?: 1,518 people in the United States had the surname Bischof in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,390 Americans. It ranked 18,286th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bischof?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bischof identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bischof?: Noah Bischof, Austrian association football player.
Where is the surname Bischof most common?: Wikidata records people named Bischof in Austria.
What type of surname is Bischof?: Bischof is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Bischof getting more or less common?: More common. 1,437 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,518 in 2010, up 5.6%.