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Rush

in West Virginia

There are 368 people with the last name "Rush" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

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Rush 647
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  1. is 643rd most common Hurst
  2. is 644th most common Grose
  3. is 645th most common Jeffrey
  4. is 646th most common Newsome
  5. is 647th most common Rush
  6. is 648th most common Washington
  7. is 649th most common Ice
  8. is 650th most common Thorne
  9. is 651st most common Woodrum

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rush

John, David, Barbara, James, Jerry, Charles, Richard, Betty, Chasidy

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Meaning & History

1. 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.

2. 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).

3. Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Ó Fuada, ‘descendant of Fuada’ a personal name meaning ‘hasty’, ‘rushing’ (see Foody).

4. 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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