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Buchanan

in Rhode Island

There are 140 people with the last name "Buchanan" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

NameRank
Buchanan 940
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  1. is 936th most common Malloy
  2. is 937th most common Maxwell
  3. is 938th most common Quigley
  4. is 939th most common Watts
  5. is 940th most common Buchanan
  6. is 941st most common Cassidy
  7. is 942nd most common Dandrea
  8. is 943rd most common Holden
  9. is 944th most common Jean

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Buchanan

John, James, Christine, Wiley, Ann, Bruce, David, Jim, Karen, Sabrina

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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