The surname Rushing
A surname, carried by 19,604 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex R252
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 19,604 people named Rushing in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,749 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,853.
Who is named Rushing
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Rushing identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 77%
- Black (not Hispanic) 18%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Famous Rushings
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Jimmy RushingAmerican blues shouter and swing jazz singer (1901-1972)
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Rushing has the Soundex code R252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R252.
Questions
- How common is the surname Rushing?
- 19,604 people in the United States had the surname Rushing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,749 Americans. It ranked 1,827th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Rushing?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Rushing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Rushing?
- Jimmy Rushing, American blues shouter and swing jazz singer (1901-1972).
- Where is the surname Rushing most common?
- Wikidata records people named Rushing in the United States.
- Is the surname Rushing getting more or less common?
- More common. 18,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,604 in 2010, up 4.0%.