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Buis

in the US

There are 1,168 people with the last name "Buis" in the United States.

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Buis 19,149
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  1. is 19,145th most common Pettijohn
  2. is 19,146th most common Porcaro
  3. is 19,147th most common Royalty
  4. is 19,148th most common Brunn
  5. is 19,149th most common Buis
  6. is 19,150th most common Carmel
  7. is 19,151st most common Chadbourne
  8. is 19,152nd most common Dogan
  9. is 19,153rd most common Jani

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Buis

John, James, Michael, Thomas, Robert, William, Charles, David, Jeffrey, Richard

Meaning & History

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).

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.

Recent Searches for "Buis" in the US

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John Buis (9 searches)
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