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Buis

in Indiana

There are 248 people with the last name "Buis" in Indiana.

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Ranking in Indiana

NameRank
Buis 2,682
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  1. is 2,678th most common Schuck
  2. is 2,679th most common Weyer
  3. is 2,680th most common Asbury
  4. is 2,681st most common Broughton
  5. is 2,682nd most common Buis
  6. is 2,683rd most common Burcham
  7. is 2,684th most common Duran
  8. is 2,685th most common Henley
  9. is 2,686th most common Hufford

Similar Names and Nicknames

Buss, Bussey, Busse, Baize, Buist, Buys, Bois, Boisseau, Boise, Baisch

Most Common First Names for Buis

Donald, Michael, James, Jeffrey, Brandon, Jennifer, Sandra, Carolee, Chad, Gerald

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Meaning & History

1. French: from French buis ‘box (tree)’, in any of a number of possible applications. It may have been a topographic name for someone who lived by a box thicket, or a metonymic occupational name for a worker in the wood (see Box).

2. Dutch: patronymic from the Germanic personal name Buso, Boso.

FOREBEARS An immigrant from the Perigord region of France was variously documented in Champlain, Quebec, in 1670, as Buy, Bouy, or Lebuis, with the secondary surname Lavergne.

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