as a Last Name
- 42,719
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Rush
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 815th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 42,719
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Rush per capita
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