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Rush

in Indiana

There are 1,296 people with the last name "Rush" in Indiana.

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Ranking in Indiana

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Rush 428
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  1. is 424th most common Cobb
  2. is 425th most common Wilkerson
  3. is 426th most common Mcclain
  4. is 427th most common Horton
  5. is 428th most common Rush
  6. is 429th most common Ballard
  7. is 430th most common Skinner
  8. is 431st most common Stephenson
  9. is 432nd most common Blake

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rush

James, Michael, John, Donald, William, David, Richard, Robert, Brian, Carl

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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