The biscoe Surname

biscoe Name Meaning and History

English: probably a habitational name from Burscough in Lancashire, so named with Old English burh ‘fortified place’ + Old Scandinavian skógr ‘wood’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The biscoe name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the biscoe family name as far back in history as possible.

biscoe Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of biscoe Families in the US in 1920

Number of biscoe families

29-56

10-28

1-9

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John Biscoe - explorer	Ann Behm	6
New E-mail address	janetconnor43	0
Catherine Biscoe	Donnagene Dougherty	0
George Biscoe	kathleenharris927	0
B(r)iscoe in Virginia	ernesttravers1	0
Biscoe	janetconnor43	0
Margaret Virginia Biscoe	Robert Taggart	0
Biscoe of Northumberland, Va 1816	S. Hudson	0
LINDA BISCOE	BILL BISCOE	1
Richard Biscoe and Eleanor Clarke of MD	Dawn Proctor	1

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