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Buchanan

in Kentucky

There are 1,229 people with the last name "Buchanan" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

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Buchanan 422
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  1. is 418th most common Eldridge
  2. is 419th most common Conner
  3. is 420th most common Francis
  4. is 421st most common Bray
  5. is 422nd most common Buchanan
  6. is 423rd most common England
  7. is 424th most common Burchett
  8. is 425th most common Chambers
  9. is 426th most common Holmes

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Buchanan

James, Robert, William, Charles, David, John, Mary, Nancy, Larry, Richard

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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