Rùsh
surname · Latin script
Rùsh is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English risshe, rusch, risch, from Old English rysċ, rysċe, risċ, risċe, from a merger of Proto-West Germanic *riskijā, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- (“to weave”) and Proto-West Germa.
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 6.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 8.4K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 8.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 504 (measured from records)
- 1 in 3.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈150,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Grenada
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Rush in US United States, GB United Kingdom, IT Italy and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishrisshe(measured from records)
- Old Englishrysċ(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*H(measured from records)
- Latinrūscum“butcher's broom”(measured from records)
From Middle English risshe, rusch, risch, from Old English rysċ, rysċe, risċ, risċe, from a merger of Proto-West Germanic *riskijā, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- (“to weave”) and Proto-West Germanic *ruskijā, borrowed from Latin rūscum (“butcher's broom”), of unknown origin + *-jā (animal and plant suffix). Cognates include West Frisian risk, Dutch rus (“bulrush”), Norwegian Bokmål rusk, dialectal Norwegian ryskje (“hair-grass”). Further cognates include Russian розга (rozga).
Sources 2
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rùsh counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈150,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.6K | — | Rush | 10 |
| US United States | #773 | 39,802 | 1 in 8.4K | 40K | Rush | 504 |
| GB United Kingdom | #913 | ≈7,600 est. | ≈1 in 8.7K | 5.4K | Rush | 209 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈4,800 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Rush | 19 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Rush | 24 |
| NZ New Zealand | #593 | ≈790 est. | ≈1 in 6.3K | — | Rush | 99 |
| SG Singapore | #739 | ≈660 est. | ≈1 in 9.4K | — | Rush | 13 |
| GD Grenada | — | 34 | 1 in 3.3K | 34 | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Rùsh mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English risshe, rusch, risch, from Old English rysċ, rysċe, risċ, risċe, from a merger of Proto-West Germanic *riskijā, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- (“to weave”) and Proto-West Germa… Recorded by Wiktionary and Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Rùsh have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 145 thousand people named Rùsh in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rush.
- Where is Rùsh most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Rùsh is densest in Grenada — about 1 in 3.3 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Rùsh?
- In the United States, the national register counted 39,802 people named Rùsh in 2010, about 1 in 8.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Rùsh compared with other names?
- In New Zealand, Rùsh is the 593rd most common surname of 87,225 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rùsh” — the 593rd most common surname in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.