Buchan Family History

Scottish (eastern): habitational name from a district north of Aberdeen. There was also a barony of Buchquane in Strathore Fife, a settlement called Buchan in Kirkcudbrightshire, and several other places in Scotland so named, but these are less likely to be the source of the surname.

Americanized form of Croatian and Serbian Bućan or of its Croatian variant Bučan: from a hypocoristic derivative of the personal names Budimir, Budislav, or Budivoj (see Budin).

Americanized form of Slovenian Bučan: topographic name derived from buč ‘well in the field’ or a habitational name from the village called Buč from the same word.

Americanized form of Slovak Bučan: probably a habitational name for someone from a place called Búch.