as a Last Name
- 11,878
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Rust
Meaning & Origins
Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived by a prominent elm tree, Rust (Old High German ruost), or in northern Germany for someone who lived by a resting place or halt along a route, from Middle Low German ruste ‘rest’.
| 2,607th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 11,878
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Delaware
- has the most people named Rust per capita
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