Buchanan Family History
Buchanan Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Buchanan, a place near Loch
Lomond, perhaps named with Gaelic buth chanain ‘house of the
canon’.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Buchanan
Name Distribution of Buchanan Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Buchanan families
 292 - 581  98 - 291 |
 1 - 97  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Buchanan families
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185 - 368 62 - 184 |
1 - 61 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Buchanan families
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1,318 - 2,633 440 - 1,317 |
1 - 439 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Buchanan Family Origin
Buchanan Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Buchanan
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Buchanan Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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