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    The surname Rusher

    A surname, carried by 1,464 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R260

    Rusher: #18,747 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rusher #18,747, 1,464 people Rusher: #18,747 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rusher #18,747, 1,464 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rusher is more common than 88.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,464 people named Rusher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,892 Americans. That is down 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,628.

    #18,747
    rank among US surnames
    1,464
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -10.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,293)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,747Rusher1,464210,892
    #18,751Jansson1,463211,036

    Who is named Rusher

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    85% of people named Rusher identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rushers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jack Rusher
      American rower, born 1967
    • Nicholas Rusher
      American rower (born 1999)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Rusher

    Rusher has the Soundex code R260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rusher?
    1,464 people in the United States had the surname Rusher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,892 Americans. It ranked 18,747th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rusher?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Rusher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rusher?
    Jack Rusher, American rower, followed by Nicholas Rusher.
    Where is the surname Rusher most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rusher in the United States.
    Is the surname Rusher getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,464 in 2010, down 10%.