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Rush

in California

There are 2,207 people with the last name "Rush" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Rush 1,270
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  1. is 1,266th most common Tracy
  2. is 1,267th most common Giles
  3. is 1,268th most common Randolph
  4. is 1,269th most common Bueno
  5. is 1,270th most common Rush
  6. is 1,271st most common Cantu
  7. is 1,272nd most common Gillespie
  8. is 1,273rd most common Hensley
  9. is 1,274th most common Sampson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rush

John, Robert, William, James, David, Michael, Mark, Mary, Richard, Gary

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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