Rusk Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 3
Lancashire 13
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 12
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Rusk Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rusk family

Profession Census Frequency
Setter In Cotton 2
Musician 2
Surveyor 1
Articled Assistant Book 1
Female Servant 1
Cotton Rover J 1
Cotton Tenter 1
House Keeper 1
Book Maker 1
Cl 1
Farmer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rusk

Name Census Frequency
John Rusk 43
Mary Rusk 28
Elizabeth Rusk 23
Sarah Rusk 20
Thomas Rusk 17
William Rusk 17
James Rusk 15
Jane Rusk 12
Ellen Rusk 10
Robert Rusk 10
George Rusk 9
Joseph Rusk 9
Ann Rusk 8
Edward Rusk 8
Florence Rusk 8
Alice Rusk 7
Richard Rusk 7
Charles Rusk 6
Eliza Rusk 6
Rose Rusk 6
Samuel Rusk 6
Henry Rusk 5
Margaret Rusk 5
Annie Rusk 4
Clara Rusk 4

Rusk Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Risk 75% 653
2 Rusk 100% 438
3 Rouske 67% 111

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The surname Rusk is the 2nd most popular variant of Risk.

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