Frequency: (131)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Americanized spelling of German Rubusch, of Slavic origin, probably an occupational name for a stonemason, from a verb meaning ‘to hew’ (Czech rubati).
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