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.
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Name Distribution of Russ Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Russ families
 90 - 177  31 - 89 |
 1 - 30  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Russ families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Russ census records
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Russ Family Origin
Russ Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Russ Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Russ Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Russ census records
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