as a Last Name
- 1,156
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Rushford
Meaning & Origins
English: apparently a habitational name from places named Rushford in Devon, Norfolk, and Warwickshire. However, in view of the present-day distribution of the surname, a more likely source is Ryshworth in Bingley, West Yorkshire, which was earlier called Rushford (from Old English rysc ‘rushes’ + ford ‘ford’).
| 23,467th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,156
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Rushford per capita
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