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Rush

in Iowa

There are 347 people with the last name "Rush" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Rush 822
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  1. is 818th most common Wendt
  2. is 819th most common Bacon
  3. is 820th most common Dickey
  4. is 821st most common Millard
  5. is 822nd most common Rush
  6. is 823rd most common Dickerson
  7. is 824th most common Gonzales
  8. is 825th most common Hancock
  9. is 826th most common Pritchard

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rush

Robert, James, David, Richard, Linda, Mary, Michael, Bob, Charles, Joe

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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