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Buchanan

in Pennsylvania

There are 1,928 people with the last name "Buchanan" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Buchanan 489
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  1. is 485th most common Shannon
  2. is 486th most common Bowen
  3. is 487th most common Mccann
  4. is 488th most common Rush
  5. is 489th most common Buchanan
  6. is 490th most common Mcdermott
  7. is 491st most common Hardy
  8. is 492nd most common Stover
  9. is 493rd most common Savage

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Buchanan

James, Robert, David, John, William, Charles, Mary, Richard, Michael, Thomas

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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