# Rust (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,086 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,967 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,546 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (11,816 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Alemannic German surname, from Rust * As a German surname, from Middle Low German ruste, from Old Saxon rasta, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō (“rest, pause”). * As an English and Scots surname, from Old English rust (“red, ruddy”), from Proto-Germanic *rustaz.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rust 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rust in the United States.

## People named Rust

- Bryan Rust, American ice hockey winger (born 1992)
- Paul Rust, American actor, comedian, writer, and musician
- Richard Rust, American actor
- Albert Rust, American politician (c. 1818-1870)

## Similar surnames

Rost, Rist, Rast, Rosado, Rashid, Rossetti, Resto, Rasheed, Rosati, Rickett, Rockwood, Rockett.

## 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.