How common is the last name Buchanan?

64,348 people in the United States have the last name Buchanan, about 1 in 4,645. It ranks #511 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BUCHANAN

#511

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
64,348
About
1 in 4,645
This common or more
32.2%
Who bears it

Of the 64,348 people with the last name Buchanan, 74% reported their origin as White, 17.1% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Buchanan

#509 Parsons · 64,627#510 Santana · 64,579#512 Glover · 64,341#513 Osborne · 64,098

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Buchanan, most common first.

#12,307 Buchman · 2,412#26,285 Buchmann · 979#28,674 Buchanon · 883#42,381 Buchannon · 551#51,869 Buckhanan · 433#57,938 Buchannan · 379#80,815 Buckhanon · 253

Also a first name

As a first name, Buchanan ranks #41,133 of 53,615, with 179 people. See Buchanan as a first name

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