Surname Bois (Bois 
, ド 
, Буа 
) , all over the world, is a common cognomen. The last name Bois is characteristic of Reunion, where it is quite a common surname, Grenada, and Saint Lucia (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in France, Canada, and Belgium. Much less frequently, Bois is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Bois | France, Indonesia, United States, Belgium, Canada |
| ド | Japan |
| Буа | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia |
| بوا | Morocco, Egypt |
| john du bois English baron (1253–1290) (b. 1253) |
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| jean du bois FR (b. 1250) |
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| pierre du bois Italian historian and writer, IT (b. 1430) |
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jean du bois (?-1626), FR (b. 1501) |
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| antoine du bois bishop (b. 1469) |
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hendrick du bois Dutch painter, BE (b. 1587) |
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| siméon du bois FR (b. 1536) |
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| guillaume des bois (b. 1546) |
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| marie du bois born 1601; died 1679 (b. 1601) |
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| pierre du bois pastor (1616-1696) (b. 1616) |
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| edward du bois painter (1619–1696), BE (b. 1619) |
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| nicolas du bois born ca. 1620; died 1696 (b. 1620) |
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| simon du bois Flemish portrait painter active in England (1632-1708), NL (b. 1632) |
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| claude bosc du bois, seigneur d'ivry-sur-seine 1641 - 1715 (b. 1641) |
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| mathieu du bois 1650 - 3 Jul 1700 (b. 1650) |
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