Buchannan is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Buchannan
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Buchannan

How popular is Buchannan?

Buchannan is ranked 387617 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Buchannans grew by 7.629428 per cent to 395 since 2000 and ranked 52482 after elevating 453 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 47.09 51.5
Black 45.06 44.14
Hispanic or Latino 3.54 0
Others 3.29 3
Buchannan is a very rare family name, few people in United States and Guyana have the last name. Around 695 people have been found who wears Buchannan as their family name. Buchannan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
11,290 Guyana3
24,766 Scotland2
37,493 Austria1
62,864 New Zealand1
15,162 Costa Rica1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
36,678 Singapore1
28,746 Algeria1
118,015 Netherlands1
56,169 Mexico1
6,212 Jamaica1
277,603 France1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
69,550 England48
89,676 Canada30
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
40,132 Australia52
Countries with hundreds of Buchannan:
48,670 United States549

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Jas. Buchannan was 25 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 26, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as and took Arrick from Liverpool. William Buchannan (17) Workman, James Buchannan, aged 27, are others that migrated to US.

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