How common is the surname Rushford?

1,043 people in the United States had the surname Rushford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,017 Americans. It ranked 24,124th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rushford?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rushford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Rushford getting more or less common?

More common. 1,016 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,043 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Rushford

An English surname, carried by 1,043 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R216

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rushford is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English risc (“rush”) + ford.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,043 people named Rushford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 296,017 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,016.

#24,124

rank among US surnames

1,043

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #23,350)

Who is named Rushford

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

93% of people named Rushford identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rushford

Rushford has the Soundex code R216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R216.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rushford come from?: From Old English risc (“rush”) + ford.
How common is the surname Rushford?: 1,043 people in the United States had the surname Rushford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,017 Americans. It ranked 24,124th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rushford?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rushford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rushford getting more or less common?: More common. 1,016 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,043 in 2010, up 2.7%.