Rushton is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rushton
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Rushton

How popular is Rushton?

Rushton is common in Australia.

Rushton is ranked 27171 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Rushton bearers increased by 4.772182 per cent in 2010 US census to 4369 since 2000, the surname slipped by 242 spots and ranked at 7609. The last name was found in around 15 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.23 92.06
Black 5.33 5.08
Hispanic or Latino 2.2 1.51
Others 1.33 0.72
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.5 0.31
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41 0.31
Rushton is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 18682 people have been found who wears Rushton as their family name. Rushton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
52,901 United Arab Emirates7
90,189 Germany7
4,094 Bahrain4
661,536 Indonesia3
14,054 China3
23,344 Austria2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
14,521 Portugal2
54,135 Philippines2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
26,123 Malaysia2
20,186 Kenya2
139,444 Brazil2
24,176 Qatar1
10,683 Cyprus1
24,771 Colombia1
30,360 Thailand1
1,704,541 India1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
31,584 Peru1
53,033 Nigeria1
1,818 Guernsey1
2,057 Isle of Man1
29,046 Japan1
1,819 Laos1
492,292 Ukraine1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
95,259 Italy45
28,564 Switzerland36
469 Jersey33
11,685 Singapore24
69,202 Netherlands18
14,048 Ireland16
29,040 Denmark15
62,309 Zimbabwe13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,783 Jamaica71
33,508 Spain70
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Rushton:
8,609 South Africa749
1,904 New Zealand395
2,652 Scotland256
1,747 Wales226
71,478 France135
Countries with thousands of Rushton:
1,031 England7,356
7,080 United States5,396
2,253 Canada2,235
2,168 Australia1,441
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 22 years old workman John Rushton who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on March 3, 1849 by Arrick put out from Liverpool. 25 years old Thom. Rushton, Farmer Abel Rushton, Immigrant Francis Rushton, Mrs Rushton (56) Immigrant, 18 years old Sarah Rushton, Francis Rushton, aged 17, 11 years old Richard Rushton, Susan Rushton, aged 9, and 6 other Rushton around 50% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer migrated to US.

Rushton Namesakes

  • Willie Rushton, Cartoonist
  • Brook Rushton, Cinematographer
  • Jared Rushton, Actor
  • Rosie Rushton, Writer
  • Cyril Rushton, Politician
  • Jared Rushton, Actor
  • Maryanne Rushton, Actor
  • Willie Rushton, Cartoonist
  • J. Philippe Rushton, Professor
  • Richard Rushton, Soccer player

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