Rus Family History
- Rus Name Meaning
- Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, and Romanian (of Slavic origin): ethnic name for a Russian. DM, SL, DBR Czech: descriptive nickname from the adjective rusý ‘strawberry blond’. DM Slovenian and Croatian (northern Croatia): nickname from the adjective rus ‘red-haired’, or from the dialect word rus ‘cockroach’. Compare Ros 3. SL
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 84,163 Historical Documents with Rus on Ancestry
- 36,410 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 10,946 Census and Voter Lists
- 17,681 Military Records
- 3,788 Immigration Records
- 15,338 Member Trees
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Number of Rus families
 112 - 221  38 - 111 |
 1 - 37  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rus families
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1 1 |
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Rus census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Rus census records
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