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Buchanan

in Illinois

There are 2,288 people with the last name "Buchanan" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

NameRank
Buchanan 387
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  1. is 383rd most common Blair
  2. is 384th most common Hogan
  3. is 385th most common Garza
  4. is 386th most common Brady
  5. is 387th most common Buchanan
  6. is 388th most common Ingram
  7. is 389th most common Chambers
  8. is 390th most common Flynn
  9. is 391st most common Silva

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Buchanan

James, Robert, John, Mary, Michael, David, William, Susan, Kenneth, Michelle

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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