How common is the surname Rust?

12,086 people in the United States had the surname Rust in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,546 Americans. It ranked 2,967th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rust?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rust identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rust?

Bryan Rust, American ice hockey winger (born 1992), followed by Paul Rust.

Where is the surname Rust most common?

Wikidata records people named Rust in the United States.

Is the surname Rust getting more or less common?

More common. 11,816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,086 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Rust

A surname, carried by 12,086 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rust is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,086 people named Rust in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,546 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,816.

#2,967

rank among US surnames

12,086

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,795)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,958	Tolliver	12,128	25,457
#2,960	Razo	12,125	25,464
#2,961	Masterson	12,117	25,480
#2,962	Porras	12,106	25,504
#2,963	Moulton	12,104	25,508
#2,964	Monk	12,103	25,510
#2,965	Pence	12,101	25,514

Who is named Rust

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

94% of people named Rust identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rusts

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bryan Rust
American ice hockey winger (born 1992)
Paul Rust
American actor, comedian, writer, and musician, born 1981
Richard Rust
American actor, 1935–1994
Albert Rust
American politician (c. 1818-1870)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rust

Rust has the Soundex code R230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R230.

Questions

Where does the surname Rust come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Rust?: 12,086 people in the United States had the surname Rust in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,546 Americans. It ranked 2,967th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rust?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rust identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rust?: Bryan Rust, American ice hockey winger (born 1992), followed by Paul Rust.
Where is the surname Rust most common?: Wikidata records people named Rust in the United States.
Is the surname Rust getting more or less common?: More common. 11,816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,086 in 2010, up 2.3%.