Buchanan Forename

398,932nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 458 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Buchanan Forename Definition:

A Usage name, meaning: Surname of fifteenth president, United States of America.

Buchanan Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
2641:1,373,24625,879
Malawi
100%
851:201,3218,458
South Africa
100%
341:1,603,90151,699
Indonesia-141:18,425,976483,081
Liberia
100%
101:441,20612,452
Jamaica-81:360,40310,541
England
100%
61:9,267,15467,986
Scotland
100%
61:891,7289,103
Australia-51:2,731,52422,009
Botswana
100%
41:546,11213,807
Nigeria
100%
41:44,391,090271,718
India
50%
 
31:404,959,3243,244,417
Canada
100%
31:11,044,45776,719
Papua New Guinea
100%
31:2,717,438132,395
Thailand
100%
21:35,032,906298,615
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280

Buchanan (134,389) may also be a surname.

Buchanan Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Usage name, meaning: Surname of fifteenth president, United States of America.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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