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Buchanan

in Washington DC

There are 98 people with the last name "Buchanan" in Washington DC.

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Buchanan 517
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  1. is 513th most common Cannon
  2. is 514th most common Feldman
  3. is 515th most common Shorter
  4. is 516th most common Browne
  5. is 517th most common Buchanan
  6. is 518th most common Flowers
  7. is 519th most common Olson
  8. is 520th most common Samuel
  9. is 521st most common Wilkerson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Buchanan

Elizabeth, Wiley, Annette, Dale, David, Esther, James, John, Linda

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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