Buchanan Surname
Approximately 134,389 people bear this surname
Buchanan Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Buchanan,' a parish in Stirlingshire This name has ramified strongly, and almost become English by familiarity.
1807. Married — John Buchanan and Elizabeth Richardson: St. George, Hanover Square.
Read More About This SurnameBuchanan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 88,404 | 1:4,100 | 452 |
| Canada | 9,346 | 1:3,942 | 525 |
| Australia | 8,918 | 1:3,027 | 419 |
| England | 7,984 | 1:6,979 | 1,014 |
| Scotland | 6,240 | 1:858 | 122 |
| Jamaica | 4,255 | 1:674 | 124 |
| New Zealand | 2,877 | 1:1,574 | 195 |
| South Africa | 1,596 | 1:33,946 | 4,339 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,391 | 1:1,326 | 276 |
| Ireland | 368 | 1:12,796 | 1,541 |
| Argentina | 346 | 1:123,536 | 10,431 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Wales | 261 | 1:11,856 | 1,315 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 155 | 1:356 | 84 |
| Panama | 153 | 1:25,570 | 1,581 |
| Mexico | 152 | 1:816,620 | 11,767 |
| Dominican Republic | 139 | 1:75,057 | 3,477 |
| Thailand | 131 | 1:539,224 | 92,925 |
| Germany | 98 | 1:821,484 | 59,964 |
| Costa Rica | 96 | 1:49,792 | 1,138 |
| Spain | 69 | 1:677,566 | 30,057 |
| Indonesia | 57 | 1:2,320,161 | 139,963 |
| Guernsey | 51 | 1:1,264 | 261 |
| France | 49 | 1:1,355,566 | 135,191 |
| Honduras | 41 | 1:215,035 | 2,321 |
| Brazil | 40 | 1:5,351,858 | 134,966 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| Liberia | 34 | 1:129,663 | 9,726 |
| Chile | 30 | 1:587,216 | 14,299 |
| Norway | 26 | 1:197,780 | 22,769 |
| Jersey | 25 | 1:3,968 | 780 |
| Anguilla | 23 | 1:584 | 55 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Switzerland | 21 | 1:391,091 | 29,271 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Hong Kong | 19 | 1:386,078 | 3,192 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 18 | 1:6,132 | 931 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Isle of Man | 17 | 1:5,048 | 1,065 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Bermuda | 12 | 1:5,440 | 820 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Cayman Islands | 11 | 1:5,808 | 770 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Guatemala | 6 | 1:2,680,445 | 6,792 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,162 | 1:3,812 | 681 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 6,246 | 1:599 | 99 |
| England | 1,520 | 1:16,036 | 2,361 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:92,260 | 4,121 |
| Isle of Man | 9 | 1:6,030 | 597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12,310 | 1:4,080 | 503 |
The alternate forms: Buchanán (1) are calculated separately.
Buchanan (458) may also be a first name.
Buchanan Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Buchanan,' a parish in Stirlingshire This name has ramified strongly, and almost become English by familiarity.
1807. Married — John Buchanan and Elizabeth Richardson: St. George, Hanover Square.
From the district of the name in Stirlingshire. The original name of the Buchanans was Macallan, which see. Buchanan of Auchmar (in 1723) says the original patronymic was retained by the eldest cadet when disused by the rest of the clan, but in the old genealogical tree of the Buchanans, of date 1602, the first Buchanan mentioned is "Sir Valtir yat conquest pairt of ye landis frae ye Mauslanis" (Strathendrick, p. 284). ('Conquest' is an old Scots law term meaning the acquisition of real property in other ways than by inheritance.) Dominus Absolone de Buchkan witnessed a charter by Malcolm, earl of Lennox to Sir Robert Herthford, precentor of Glasgow, a. 1224 (RMP., p. 217). Alan de Buchanan was one of the witnesses to a charter of lands of Gartechonerane to Malcolm Macedolf c. 1270 (Levenax, p. 84). Malcolm de Bougheannan who rendered homage, 1290 (Bain, II, p. 205) is probably Malcolm Macabsolon, one of the witnesses to a charter by Earl Malcolm to Sir John of Luss, 1316. Walter de Buchanan had a grant of Auchmarr in 1373 (Levenax, p. 59). Maurice Buchanan, who acted as treasurer to Princess Margaret, wife of the Dauphin of France (afterwards Louis XI) is reputed to have been author of the Book of Pluscarden. George Buchanan (1506—82) was a Latin scholar of European fame, and James Buchanan (1791—1868), fifteenth president of the United States was of Scottish ancestry. Arnong the Pennsylvania Germans Buchanan is used as an Englishing of Buchenhain. Balquhannan 1566, Balquhannen 1553, Bochannane 1627, Boquhannan and Buchquhannan 1536, Boquhennan 1621, Boquhennane 1622, Bowhanan and Bowhannan 1562, Buchquhannane 1526, Buchquannan 1525, Buchunnuch 1662, Bucquannane 1622, Bucquhannane 1492, Buhannane 1588, Buquhannan 1512, Buquhannane 1611.
(Celtic) belonging to Buchanan (Scotland) [a Pictish name: nothing to do with Welsh bychan or with Gaelic bothan, a hut. —K. Meyer]
A well known Scottish name, quite numerous in Tyrone and other Ulster counties. Bibl; MIF 38*
Place name in Stirlingshire, Scotland.
(Scottish) One who came from Both-Chanain (the Canon’s seat), in Stirlingshire.
A parish in co. Stirling, possessed by the family in early times. BUCK. The animal, famed in the chase, and familiar as an armorial ensign and as a trader's sign. Le Buc. H.R.
Local: from the parish of Buchanan in Stirlingshire. The family are descended from Macoum de Boquhanan, whose name is on the Ragman's Roll, 1296.
Local. A parish in the shire of Sterling, Scotland. The derivation of the name is uncertain. It is probably from the same root as Buchan.
A location name in Fife.
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Buchanan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buchanan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buchanan occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Buchanán. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buchanan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,181st most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,227 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Buchanan are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 72 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Buchanan is also the 398,932nd most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 458 people.
Buchanan is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 88,404 people, or 1 in 4,100. In The United States Buchanan is most frequent in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and North Carolina, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States it exists in 115 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 7 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.
Buchanan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Buchanan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Buchanan surname rose 718 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 525 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 68 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 1,535 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Buchanan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Presbyterian (46%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Buchanan surname are 16.03% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.8% registered with the party.
The amount Buchanan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 139.4% more than the national average, earning 828,528 kr per year; in Peru they earn 261.02% more than the national average, earning S/. 69,984 per year; in South Africa they earn 101.59% more than the national average, earning R 479,052 per year; in United States they earn 3.87% less than the national average, earning $41,480 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.29% more than the national average, earning $51,813 CAD per year.
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