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Buchanan

in Maryland

There are 919 people with the last name "Buchanan" in Maryland.

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Ranking in Maryland

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Buchanan 515
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  1. is 511th most common Booth
  2. is 512th most common Johns
  3. is 513th most common Beall
  4. is 514th most common Holloway
  5. is 515th most common Buchanan
  6. is 516th most common Knox
  7. is 517th most common French
  8. is 518th most common Hayden
  9. is 519th most common Cain

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Buchanan

John, James, Robert, William, David, Michael, Betty, Charles, Barbara, Mary

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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