Surname · also Germanic
Piskonen
“bishop”
Piskonen is a surname, possibly from Germanic, ultimately from Swedish. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Piskonen possibly goes back to Swedish biskop, meaning “bishop.”
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Where it comes from
Piskonen possibly comes from Germanic, and ultimately from Swedish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Piskonen as a surname developed from Biskop.
Piskonen’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Piskonen as a surname developed from the Swedish form Biskop.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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