Rusch is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rusch
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Dweller in, or near, rushes or bent grass; dweller near an elm tree; an excitable person.

Rusch is the form of the Rausch. The excitable, or hurried, man; dweller near rushes.

How popular is Rusch?

Rusch is common in Germany, United States, Brazil, Switzerland, Austria, Argentina, South Africa, Netherlands, Canada, Uruguay.

Rusch is ranked 28606 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Rusch bearers increased by 1.03 per cent in 2010 US census to 4703 since 2000, the surname slipped by 421 spots and ranked at 7113. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.11 96.5
Hispanic or Latino 1.89 1.03
Others 1.28 1.03
Black 0.68 0.6
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.37
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.43 0.47
Rusch is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Liechtenstein is ahead in terms of density. Around 18789 people have been found who wears Rusch as their family name. Rusch is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Rusch:
1,589 Germany6,542
6,747 United States6,396
4,678 Brazil1,732
806 Switzerland1,538
Countries with hundreds of Rusch:
1,305 Austria856
7,600 Argentina473
21,510 South Africa270
11,373 Netherlands254
23,093 Canada152
3,620 Uruguay109
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
99,796 France79
33,593 Australia64
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
14,843 Sweden46
37,084 Belgium35
11,471 Dominican Republic31
289,518 Thailand24
86,519 England24
30,806 Mexico22
202 Liechtenstein20
104,965 Poland17
31,311 Norway16
22,898 Chile14
57,527 Slovakia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
414,297 Russia9
9,127 Paraguay8
121,657 Italy6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Agathe Rusch was 3 years old when she migrated to USA on December 3, 1852. She lived in Switzerland and took Admiral from Havre. Elisab. Rusch (31) Farmer, 6 months old Martin Rusch, 40 years old Richard Rusch, Louis Rusch, aged 22, 28 years old Josephine Rusch, F. Rusch (20), 19 years old Catharina Rusch, Mine Rusch, and 497 other Rusch around 45.42% of whom were farmer while others worked as smith and laborer, tailor, merchant, daughter, dyer, mason, servant, cook, shoemaker, joiner, cultivator, baker, shepherd, spinster, painter, clerk, farm laborer migrated to US from Havre, Bremen & Southampton and Hamburg.

Rusch Namesakes

  • Kristine Kathryn Rusch, American writer and editor
  • Glendon Rusch, left-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher

Rusch Namesakes

  • Kristine Kathryn Rusch, American writer and editor
  • Glendon Rusch, left-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher

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