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Rush

in Alabama

There are 859 people with the last name "Rush" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

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Rush 731
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  1. is 727th most common Goodson
  2. is 728th most common Mcconnell
  3. is 729th most common Everett
  4. is 730th most common Battles
  5. is 731st most common Rush
  6. is 732nd most common Ayers
  7. is 733rd most common Humphries
  8. is 734th most common Bonds
  9. is 735th most common Lackey

Similar Names and Nicknames

Rushing, Rushton, Rash, Rusher, Ruch, Rushin, Rushford, Rushlow, Rish, Resh

Most Common First Names for Rush

Charles, James, David, John, Mary, Barbara, Robert, William, Jessica, Kenneth

Meaning & History

English: topographic name for someone who lived among rushes, from Middle English rush (a collective singular, Old English rysc), or perhaps an occupational name for someone who wove mats, baskets, and other articles out of rushes.

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruis ‘descendant of Ros’, a personal name perhaps derived from ros ‘wood’. In Connacht it has also been used as a translation of Ó Luachra (see Loughrey).

Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Ó Fuada, ‘descendant of Fuada’ a personal name meaning ‘hasty’, ‘rushing’ (see Foody).

Altered spelling of German Rüsch or Rusch (see Rusch) or Rosch.

FOREBEARS Benjamin Rush (1745–1813), a physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in the PA farming community of Byberry. He was descended from John Rush, a yeoman from Oxfordshire, England, who came to Byberry in 1683.

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