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Rush

in Pennsylvania

There are 1,929 people with the last name "Rush" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Rush 488
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  1. is 484th most common Heckman
  2. is 485th most common Shannon
  3. is 486th most common Bowen
  4. is 487th most common Mccann
  5. is 488th most common Rush
  6. is 489th most common Buchanan
  7. is 490th most common Mcdermott
  8. is 491st most common Hardy
  9. is 492nd most common Stover

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rush

John, Robert, William, James, Richard, Michael, Thomas, Joseph, Paul, Charles

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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