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There are approximately 14,393 people named Bush in the UK. That makes it the 708th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 228 are named Bush.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

Related and similar surnames

Boush
Boushee
Boushie
Boesch
Boushey
Bish
Boesche
Bbush
Beush
Boushe
Beushe
Boesh
Boosh
Bewsh
Boushh
Boeshe
Booshe
Bewshe
Boushu
Bousha
Bousho
Boushi
Beusha
Bousch
Beusch
Boushk
Boushy

The Bush surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BUSH. See Bysh. This word, now applied to a low thick tree, formerly meant a whole wood or grove (sylva, nemus), and this proper sense is retained in America and Australia. Atte-Busche therefore, in medieval writings, is equivalent to De Bosco, while the singular name Cutbush is simply a translation of Tailgebosch, Tallebosc, (Taille-bois) so common in Domesd. There is nothing clearer in the etjinology of surnames than that the dissinilar appellations Cutbush and Talboys mean one and the same thing, or that Bush and Boys are identical.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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