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Buchanan

in Virginia

There are 2,077 people with the last name "Buchanan" in Virginia.

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Buchanan 328
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  1. is 324th most common Curtis
  2. is 325th most common Steele
  3. is 326th most common Parrish
  4. is 327th most common Chambers
  5. is 328th most common Buchanan
  6. is 329th most common Hess
  7. is 330th most common Douglas
  8. is 331st most common Ayers
  9. is 332nd most common Khan

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Buchanan

James, David, John, Robert, William, Charles, Ronald, Richard, Thomas, 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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