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Rush

in Maryland

There are 632 people with the last name "Rush" in Maryland.

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Ranking in Maryland

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Rush 828
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  1. is 824th most common Crosby
  2. is 825th most common Woodard
  3. is 826th most common Covington
  4. is 827th most common Mercer
  5. is 828th most common Rush
  6. is 829th most common Van
  7. is 830th most common Abrams
  8. is 831st most common Harman
  9. is 832nd most common Stephenson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rush

William, John, Thomas, David, James, Mary, Richard, Patricia, Joseph, Lisa

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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