# Rushton (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,369 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,609 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 70,667 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (4,170 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English risċ (“rush, reed”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), equivalent to rush + -ton.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rushton 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Royston, Rustin, Roughton, Roston, Rigdon.

## 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.