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Rus Name Meaning
Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, and Romanian (of Slavic
origin): ethnic name for a Russian.Czech:
descriptive nickname from the adjective rusý ‘strawberry
blond’.Slovenian and Croatian (northern Croatia): nickname
from the adjective rus ‘red-haired’, or from the dialect word
rus ‘cockroach’. Compare Ros 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Rus Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rus families
 12 - 22  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rus families
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112 - 221 38 - 111 |
1 - 37 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rus census records
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Rus Family Origin
Rus Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Rus
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Rus Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Rus census records
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Rus Civil War Service Records
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| Rus Surname |  | MaryLouSerafin | 7 |
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