Buchanaan Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Buchanaan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guyana | 10 | 1:76,222 | 5,818 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Buchanaan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buchanaan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buchanaan occurs more in Guyana more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buchanaan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Buchanaan are found; 83 percent are found in South America and 83 percent are found in Gallo-Germanic South America.
This surname is most common in Guyana, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 76,222. In Guyana Buchanaan is most frequent in: Cuyuni-Mazaruni, where 90 percent live and Demerara-Mahaica, where 10 percent live. Besides Guyana this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Buchanaan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Buchanaan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Buchanaan last name decreased 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 Buchanaan
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