as a Last Name
- 78,622
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Bush
Meaning & Origins
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a bushy area or thicket, from Middle English bush(e) ‘bush’ (probably from Old Norse buskr, or an unrecorded Old English busc); alternatively, it may derive from Old Norse Buski used as a personal name.
| 333rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 78,622
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Bush per capita
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