Buchanen Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Buchanen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buchanen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England21:27,859,030389,889
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1201:418,48930,805

Buchanen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Buchanen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Buchanen is found most frequently in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buchanen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Buchanen is the 2,689,253rd most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. Buchanen occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Buchanen reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 11,326,842. In The United States Buchanen is most prevalent in: New York, where 16 percent are found, Nebraska, where 16 percent are found and Washington, where 13 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 19 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.

Buchanen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Buchanen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Buchanen last name declined 73 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Buchanen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Buchanen last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

Buchanen earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 35.42% less than the national average, earning $27,867 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Buchanen
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