Bois Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 8
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bois Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bois family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 2
Farmer 1
Ship Wright 1
Accountant 1
Clerk 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bois

Name Census Frequency
Francis Bois 12
George Bois 12
Henry Bois 11
John Bois 11
Charles Bois 10
William Bois 10
Ada Bois 8
Peter Bois 7
Sarah Bois 7
Ann Bois 6
Beatrice Bois 6
Eliza Bois 6
Marie Bois 6
Mary Bois 6
Alfred Bois 5
Annie Bois 5
Edith Bois 5
Edward Bois 5
Frances Bois 5
Philip Bois 5
Eleanor Bois 4
Frederick Bois 4
Jane Bois 4
Percy Bois 4
Virginie Bois 3

Bois Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Bees 50% 4,440
2 Boase 60% 2,222
3 Base 25% 2,209
4 Bose 50% 1,817
5 Beese 40% 1,721
6 Buse 25% 1,506
7 Bouse 60% 793
8 Boas 75% 450
9 Bois 100% 292
10 Baas 50% 244
11 Bas 50% 215
12 Bease 40% 192
13 Boose 60% 143
14 Bues 50% 129
15 Bias 50% 100

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The surname Bois is the 9th most popular variant of Bees.

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