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BUCHANAN

in Montana

There are 129 people with the last name "BUCHANAN" in Montana.

Ranking in Montana

Name	Rank
BUCHANAN	699

is 695th most common Hanley
is 696th most common Metzger
is 697th most common Staley
is 698th most common Stoltz
is 699th most common Buchanan
is 700th most common Evenson
is 701st most common Kober
is 702nd most common Maloney
is 703rd most common Mattson

Meaning & History

BUCHANAN

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.