# Rusch (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rusch/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,703 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,113 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 65,649 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (4,655 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, from Middle Low German rusch (“rushes, reeds”), from Old Saxon rusk, from Proto-West Germanic *ruskijā. Compare Ruesch. * Also as a German surname Rüsch, shortened from names derived from Old High German hrōd (“fame”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōþi. * As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German rusch (“quick, hasty, rash”), compare *hurskaz. * Germanized from Lower Sorbian Roš, see Rosch. Compare Rush.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rusch in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Rausch, Resch, Roesch, Rasch, Risch, Raasch, Ruesch, Rush, Russ, Roush, Rauch, Rusk.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.