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Rush

in West Virginia

There are 426 people with the last name "Rush" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

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Rush 635
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  1. is 631st most common Allman
  2. is 632nd most common Page
  3. is 633rd most common Riffe
  4. is 634th most common Pettry
  5. is 635th most common Rush
  6. is 636th most common Weekley
  7. is 637th most common Skinner
  8. is 638th most common Sowards
  9. is 639th most common Tate

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rush

James, John, David, Barbara, Charles, Linda, Mary, Richard, Jerry, Albert

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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