Rust Surname

15,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34,962 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Rust Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Rust'. Probably a Scandinavian personal name. It still flourishes in Norfolk, where it is found in the 13th century.

Robert Rust, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

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Rust Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States16,9651:21,3652,698
Germany8,3031:9,6961,216
England2,9351:18,9842,720
South Africa1,8981:28,5453,672
Canada6871:53,6336,403
Australia6761:39,9345,167
Switzerland6631:12,3882,049
Netherlands4971:33,9785,672
New Zealand3161:14,3302,510
Austria2921:29,1624,668
France1471:451,85564,822
Norway1381:37,2635,279
Scotland1341:39,9543,758
Argentina1261:339,23326,703
Brazil1201:1,783,95357,833
Israel1141:75,0679,160
Poland1141:333,41038,248
Belarus1141:83,34313,205
Russia941:1,533,224104,207
Sweden531:185,78812,836
Namibia501:48,1886,016
Wales451:68,7676,014
Belgium371:310,72035,739
Jamaica341:84,4103,809
Suriname321:17,2694,028
Denmark321:176,39714,920
Afghanistan281:1,148,32810,363
Thailand271:2,616,235275,741
Spain261:1,798,15550,469
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Luxembourg201:29,0275,175
Indonesia171:7,779,364314,803
India151:51,137,692512,385
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Taiwan101:2,344,47514,894
Swaziland91:144,244719
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
China71:195,331,65210,124
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Azerbaijan51:1,929,82423,635
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jersey11:99,2026,620
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4291:17,0582,485
Scotland1501:24,9552,302
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,6561:13,7361,761

The alternate forms: Rüst (464) & Rušt (75) are calculated separately.

Rust (888) may also be a first name.

Rust Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Rust'. Probably a Scandinavian personal name. It still flourishes in Norfolk, where it is found in the 13th century.

Robert Rust, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Thomas Rust, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Peter Rust, Norfolk ibid.

1492. Thomas Rust, rector of Congham, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

1610. Nicholas Ruste, rector of Bixley, Norfolk ibid.

1711. Married — Thomas Levett and Ann Rust: St. Dionis Backchurch.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A well-known Aberdeenshire surname. A monosyllabized form of Russet (from AF. russet

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Anglo-French-Latin) a monosyllabized form of Russet, q.v.

(Teutonic) There is evidence (cp. the Anglo-Saxon place-names Rustingden, Rustewelle, and the Sussex ‘Rustington’) that the Anglo-Saxon and Dano-Norwegian rúst, ‘rust,’ originally ‘red,’ ‘redness,’ was used in nomenclature (the co-radical Latin word for ‘rust,’ robigo or rubigo, was also a deity- name).

Peter Rust.—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Rest” in Dutch. Also “Elm” in Old German. Also place name in Germany (Ruste).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English, Scottish) Shortened form of Russet (red-haired).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A corruption of the French name Rousset. (See Rubhout). Rust or Rusth is the appellation of a town of West Hungary.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Rust Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rust Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Rust (Hindi: रूस्त, Russian: Руст) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Rüst or Rušt. Click here for other possible spellings of Rust.

How Common Is The Last Name Rust? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 15,947th most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 208,442 people. The surname Rust is mostly found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Rust live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 272,746th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 888 people.

The last name Rust is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 16,965 people, or 1 in 21,365. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 9 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Missouri, where 5 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname is found in 84 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 24 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.

Rust Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Rust has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rust last name grew 464 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 205 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 11 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 40 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Rust Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Rust last name is principally Anglican (40%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Rust last name are 16.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.38% registered with the political party.

The amount Rust earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.12% less than the national average, earning 297,229 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 40.58% more than the national average, earning R 334,068 per year; in United States they earn 4% more than the national average, earning $44,877 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.27% more than the national average, earning $52,796 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rüst92464/
Rušt9275/
Ruest892,991/
Ruste891,198/
Reust891,004/
Roust89215/
Raust89199/
Hrust89100/
Rusth8963/
Ruist8923/
Rusts897/
Rustt892/
Rusht892/
Russt891/
Rustd891/
Ruyst891/
Rustø891/
Rus8655,500/
Rut863,780/
Rousst8078/
Rauste8026/
Rouste8016/
Rustøe8011/
Ruscht8010/
Hrusth809/
Reuste804/
Rutstz802/
Roustt801/
Rushtz801/
Reusth801/
Hrustć801/
Rousht801/
Rusthe801/
Ruesth800/
Rausth800/
Raut751,209,057/
Rout75156,747/
Rush7570,976/
Ruth7559,280/
Russ7531,166/
Rost7525,693/
Reus7511,389/
Rist7510,410/
Ruis759,023/
Reut756,951/
Rous756,548/
Ruse756,466/
Raus754,286/
Rutt754,010/
Ruys752,244/
Rusz751,901/
Rute751,736/
Ruus751,332/
Ruhs751,143/
Ruit75317/
Ruut75264/
Rudt75178/
Rusp7586/
Ruht7552/
Hrut7538/
Hrus7536/
Ruså7519/
Rhut7517/
Ruzs7513/
Rusd7510/
Rhus755/
Ruyt754/
Rujs753/
Ruzt753/
Rutp752/
Ruís752/
Rutė752/
Rgut752/
Rult751/
Rusx751/
Rutd751/
Rujt751/
Rrut751/
Rustova7360/
Rustová738/
Ru67139,980/
Routh6790,970/
Rouse6748,709/
Rusch6718,791/
Roush6714,905/
Rault6713,365/
Rauth6711,216/
Roest675,432/
Reuss674,612/
Rahut673,966/
Routt672,261/
Roost672,004/
Ruthe671,985/
Ruijs671,687/
Rushe671,686/
Russe671,511/
Rutte671,409/
Raush671,119/
Reuse671,045/
Raute67666/
Ruuth67639/
Route67524/
Rushd67493/
Ruise67487/
Reutt67467/
Rauss67432/
Rausz67423/
Ruisz67405/
Rouss67372/
Roult67276/
Rhout67211/
Rause67189/
Hrout67174/
Rouys67149/
Rohus67146/
Reutz67141/
Rautt67139/
Rucht67136/
Routs67135/
Reuth67133/
Rauut67129/
Ruyts67126/
Århus67114/
Riszt67109/
Hreus67105/
Reute67105/
Reush6796/
Ruite6789/
Rohut6781/
Ruiss6779/
Riest6774/
Reusz6771/
Rujsz6771/
Reuts6759/
Rauhs6737/
Hrush6735/
Rusås6734/
Ruish6732/
Rutse6731/
Rahus6729/
Rauts6724/
Rosst6723/
Ruutz6719/
Rouhs6716/
Rauht6715/
Rusze6713/
Rraut6712/
Rhaut6712/
Hruss6712/
Rouds6711/
Ruids6711/
Rusce6711/
Routz6710/
Risth6710/
Rauzs6710/
Hrist679/
Rouht679/
Hrost678/
Risht677/
Ruizs677/
Ruijt677/
Ruith676/
Hraut676/
Ruush676/
Hruse675/
Roszt675/
Ruihs675/
Rhuth675/
Hraus675/
Ruzse675/
Rutth674/
Ruitt673/
Raudt673/
Rhuys673/
Rousd673/
Rauïs673/
Rruis673/
Rauds672/
Rushtova672/
Rousz672/
Reudt672/
Rheus672/
Ruuss672/
Rostt672/
Rouxs672/
Russh672/
Ruhse672/
Ruits672/
Hrusz672/
Ruizt671/
Russp671/
Ruidt671/
Rgaus671/
Rhost671/
Rujss671/
Rrous671/
Hruis671/
Rhuÿs671/
Ruyzs671/
Hrustova671/
Reult671/
Rostø671/
Rrost671/
Rusző671/
Rutht671/
Rus'd671/
Hrous671/
Rhuse671/
Ruzsx671/
Hruut671/
Rhist670/
Rosht670/
Rruse670/
Rhute670/
Ruyht670/
Rousp670/
Rujsh670/
Rushs670/

Rust Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rust in the Hindi language
रूस्तrusta-
Rust in the Russian language
Рустrust-

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