How rare is the last name Russ?

14,521 people in the United States have the last name Russ, about 1 in 20,584. It ranks #2,432 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RUSS

#2,432

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,521
About
1 in 20,584
This common or more
50.1%
Who bears it

Of the 14,521 people with the last name Russ, 69.7% reported their origin as White, 22% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Russ

#2,430 Power · 14,550#2,431 Shipman · 14,539#2,433 Centeno · 14,512#2,434 Collazo · 14,511

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Russ, most common first.

#740 Russo · 45,790#918 Rush · 37,453#7,268 Rusk · 4,419#20,351 Ruis · 1,320#21,932 Rus · 1,209#24,474 Ruse · 1,065#27,351 Rusu · 934#29,220 Russi · 863

Also a first name

As a first name, Russ ranks #2,551 of 53,615, with 9,491 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1959, with 350 births. See Russ as a first name

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