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Rush

in Illinois

There are 1,451 people with the last name "Rush" in Illinois.

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Rush 663
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  1. is 659th most common Walls
  2. is 660th most common Moody
  3. is 661st most common Wall
  4. is 662nd most common Costello
  5. is 663rd most common Rush
  6. is 664th most common Vogel
  7. is 665th most common Hickey
  8. is 666th most common Bridges
  9. is 667th most common Mosley

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rush

John, Robert, James, Michael, William, Mary, David, Linda, Richard, Daniel

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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