The Bois surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 745 people carried this name — #29,784 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,367 people named Bois.
47 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often Savoie.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
57 people named Bois live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bois.
- Boileau 869 · U.S. census
- Boillat 113 · U.S. census
- Boillot 123 · U.S. census
- Boily 172 · U.S. census
- Boin 146 · U.S. census
- Boire 324 · U.S. census
- Boise 920 · U.S. census
- Boisse 319 · U.S. census
- Boisseau 861 · U.S. census
- Boissiere 153 · U.S. census
- Boisson 126 · U.S. census
- Boissy 173 · U.S. census
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