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Rush

in Ohio

There are 1,758 people with the last name "Rush" in Ohio.

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Rush 572
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  1. is 568th most common Moyer
  2. is 569th most common Abbott
  3. is 570th most common Shields
  4. is 571st most common Copeland
  5. is 572nd most common Rush
  6. is 573rd most common Buck
  7. is 574th most common Keith
  8. is 575th most common Oconnor
  9. is 576th most common Braun

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rush

Robert, James, John, Michael, William, David, Mary, Richard, Charles, Thomas

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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