Buchanan

in the US

There are 54,125 people with the last name "Buchanan" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Buchanan 438
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  1. is 434th most common Waters
  2. is 435th most common Osborne
  3. is 436th most common Mack
  4. is 437th most common Norman
  5. is 438th most common Buchanan
  6. is 439th most common Tate
  7. is 440th most common French
  8. is 441st most common Mueller
  9. is 442nd most common Hartman

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Buchanan

James, Robert, John, David, William, Michael, Mary, Charles, Richard, 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 (17911868), 15th President of the U.S. (185761), 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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