Buchaan Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Buchaan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Buchaan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buchaan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buchaan is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Buchaan.
How Common Is The Last Name Buchaan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,311,814th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Buchaan reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Buchaan is primarily found in: Kentucky, where 50 percent live and Michigan, where 50 percent live. Besides The United States it occurs in one country. It is also found in Scotland, where 33 percent live.
Buchaan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Buchaan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Buchaan
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