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Rush

in Mississippi

There are 816 people with the last name "Rush" in Mississippi.

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Ranking in Mississippi

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Rush 427
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  1. is 423rd most common Ashley
  2. is 424th most common Stevenson
  3. is 425th most common Goff
  4. is 426th most common Mclaurin
  5. is 427th most common Rush
  6. is 428th most common Mann
  7. is 429th most common Randle
  8. is 430th most common Anthony
  9. is 431st most common Benson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rush

John, Mary, James, Lisa, Robert, Timothy, William, Billy, Brenda, David

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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