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Buchanan

in Alabama

There are 1,396 people with the last name "Buchanan" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

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Buchanan 408
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  1. is 404th most common Fletcher
  2. is 405th most common Keith
  3. is 406th most common Stinson
  4. is 407th most common Blackwell
  5. is 408th most common Buchanan
  6. is 409th most common Skinner
  7. is 410th most common Cross
  8. is 411th most common Cagle
  9. is 412th most common Gregory

Similar Names and Nicknames

Buchholz, Bucher, Buchan, Buchman, Buch, Buchner, Buchheit, Bucholz, Buchholtz, Bucholtz

Most Common First Names for Buchanan

James, John, William, Michael, Robert, Mary, David, Thomas, Charles, Linda

Meaning & History

Scottish: habitational name from Buchanan, a place near Loch Lomond, perhaps named with Gaelic buth chanain ‘house of the canon’.

FOREBEARS The name Buchanan was brought independently to North America from Scotland by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. George Buchanan came to MD in 1698.James Buchanan (1791–1868), 15th President of the U.S. (1857–61), was born near Mercersburg, PA, the son of a successful land speculator and store keeper, who had emigrated to PA from Scotland in 1783. The surname originated in the 13th century when the place name Buchanan was taken as a surname by Gilbrid McAuslan, head of a cadet branch of the clan McAuslan.

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