Surname Spotlight: Brush

Brush is an English surname. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “dweller in, or near, broom or heather”. Landscape names of this kind told neighbours where a family's house stood.

The 2010 census count for Brush in the United States was 6,690, good for rank 5,218.

Heraldry follows families, not surnames. A Brush coat of arms, where one exists, belonged to a specific line. Get the complete Brush report, with a museum-style coat of arms.