# Rush (surname)

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

A surname from English

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 39,802 |
| US rank (2010) | 869 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,757 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.2% (37,470 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun rush (“waterside plant, plant in marshes”). * Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun rush (“beehive”), from French ruche. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Ruis (literally “descendant of Ros”), a name from ros (“wood”). Sometimes also translated from Ó Luachra due to confusion with luachair (“rushes”), see Loughrey. * Also as an Irish surname, translated/Anglicized from Ó Fuada (literally “descendant of Fuada”), compare Foody, from the noun fuad (“haste”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Rüsch, Ruesch, Rusch.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rush 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rush in the United States, Australia and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Rush

- Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor (born 1951)
- Benjamin Rush, American physician, educator, and author (1746-1813)
- Barbara Rush, American actress (1927–2024)
- Otis Rush, American musician (1935–2018)
- Stockton Rush, American businessman (1962–2023)
- Brandon Rush, American basketball player (born 1985)
- Richard Rush, American movie director, scriptwriter, and producer (1929-2021)
- Bobby Rush, American politician
- Matthew Rush, American pornographic actor
- Deborah Rush, American actress
- Bobby Rush, American musician
- Lio Rush, American professional wrestler

and 7 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Roush, Rash, Ruch, Rish, Resh, Russo, Russ, Rausch, Rusk, Rusch, Ruis, Rus.

## 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.