Russ Family History
- Russ Name Meaning
- English: variant spelling of Rouse. German: from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with hrod ‘renown’. German (of Slavic origin): from Old Slavic rusu ‘reddish’, ‘blond’, hence a nickname or an ethnic name meaning ‘Russian’. Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived by a scree, Middle High German ru(o)zze. In some instances the name referred to personal or business connections with Russia, the country of the Reussen, from Middle High German Riusse. exg***
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 648,549 Historical Documents with Russ on Ancestry
- 209,718 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 99,051 Census and Voter Lists
- 38,314 Military Records
- 12,460 Immigration Records
- 289,006 Member Trees
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Number of Russ families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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90 - 177 31 - 89 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- 342
- Confederate
- 138
- Union
- 204
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