The Rushing surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,604 people carried this name — #1,827 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 18,853 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

22 families named Rushing, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 137 people lived in those households, 6.2 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 16
South Carolina 5
Pennsylvania 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 260 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Rushing in American newspapers,
1903–1920.

Newspaper page from The Leader carrying the name Rushing
The Leader 1903-10-21
Newspaper page from St. Landry Clarion carrying the name Rushing
St. Landry Clarion 1920-03-13
Newspaper page from The Star-progress carrying the name Rushing
The Star-progress 1920-02-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Rushing in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

1,567 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rushing. The most, 302, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 514
Victoria 390
Queensland 254
South Australia 230
Western Australia 98
Tasmania 67
ACT (Canberra) 7
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rushing.

Who carried it

People named Rushing,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jimmy Rushing
    Jimmy Rushing 1901–1972 · singer
  • Jerry Rushing 1937–2017 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Rushing,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States861 records

861 records of the Rushing name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 609
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 222
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Monroe Rushing

    Born 1945; from Pensacola, Florida. U.S. Marine Corps, infantry officer; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Barrancas National Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Vivian E. Rushing

    Born 1920 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; laundry worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1975, buried at Fort Donelson National Military Park, Dover, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Rushing

    Arrived at New York in 1881 aboard the Germanic from Liverpool, aged 29; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 861 records for Rushing in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Rushing name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ethel Mavis Rushing

    Died 1973, aged 60; buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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