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Buchanan

in West Virginia

There are 457 people with the last name "Buchanan" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

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Buchanan 582
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  1. is 578th most common Stowers
  2. is 579th most common Harrah
  3. is 580th most common Yoho
  4. is 581st most common Gwinn
  5. is 582nd most common Buchanan
  6. is 583rd most common Golden
  7. is 584th most common Crum
  8. is 585th most common Spence
  9. is 586th most common Huff

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Buchanan

James, David, Robert, William, John, Kenneth, Michael, Harold, Melissa, Nancy

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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James Buchanan, WV (9 searches)
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