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    The surname Rusk

    A surname, carried by 4,701 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

    Rusk: #7,117 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rusk #7,117, 4,701 people Rusk: #7,117 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rusk #7,117, 4,701 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rusk is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,701 people named Rusk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,677 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,832.

    #7,117
    rank among US surnames
    4,701
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #6,482)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,112Villalta4,70465,635
    #7,113Rusch4,70365,649
    #7,116Kornegay4,70265,663
    #7,117Rusk4,70165,677
    #7,119Bible4,70065,691

    Who is named Rusk

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

    89% of people named Rusk identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rusks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Thomas Jefferson Rusk
      American politician (1803–1857)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rusk

    Rusk has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rusk?
    4,701 people in the United States had the surname Rusk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,677 Americans. It ranked 7,117th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rusk?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Rusk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rusk?
    Thomas Jefferson Rusk, American politician (1803–1857).
    Where is the surname Rusk most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rusk in the United States.
    Is the surname Rusk getting more or less common?
    Less common. 4,832 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,701 in 2010, down 2.7%.