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- Rush - Last Name Meaning & Origin
Rush
- Used in: 3 countries
Origin: French
* As an English surname, from the noun rush (“waterside plant, plant in marshes”). * Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun rush (“beehive”), from French ruche. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Ruis (literally “descendant of Ros”), a name from ros (“wood”). Sometimes also translated from Ó Luachra due to confusion with luachair (“rushes”), see Loughrey. * Also as an Irish surname, translated/Anglicized from Ó Fuada (literally “descendant of Fuada”), compare Foody, from the noun fuad (“haste”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Rüsch, Ruesch, Rusch.
Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)
Name Variants & Related
Popularity by Country
Rush
Rank #839
Frequency
37,470 people (13.89 per 100k)
Ethnic Distribution
White 76.89% Hispanic 1.47% Black 19.33% Asian/PI 0.41% Native Am. 0.58% Two+ 1.32%
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