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Buchanan

in Michigan

There are 1,710 people with the last name "Buchanan" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Buchanan 453
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  1. is 449th most common Chase
  2. is 450th most common Gomez
  3. is 451st most common Vandyke
  4. is 452nd most common Case
  5. is 453rd most common Buchanan
  6. is 454th most common Hanna
  7. is 455th most common Bradford
  8. is 456th most common Sweet
  9. is 457th most common Bentley

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Buchanan

James, Robert, David, John, Ronald, William, Brian, Michael, Barbara, Patricia

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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