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Rush

in Georgia

There are 1,124 people with the last name "Rush" in Georgia.

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Ranking in Georgia

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Rush 911
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  1. is 907th most common Ellington
  2. is 908th most common Milton
  3. is 909th most common Moran
  4. is 910th most common Woodward
  5. is 911th most common Rush
  6. is 912th most common Hensley
  7. is 913th most common Belcher
  8. is 914th most common Mayo
  9. is 915th most common Scarborough

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rush

James, David, John, Robert, Michael, William, Charles, Steve, Barbara, Mark

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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