Ošs

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Parastais osis ("Fraxinus excelsior")

Ošs is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • LVLatvia≈1 in 21K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil1 in 189K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 280K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

1,123 people

Sources
13 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 21K (inferred from the name graph)

Latvia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Latvian

Parastais osis ("Fraxinus excelsior")

Sources 1

  • Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ošs counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ošs is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil1,1231 in 189K1.1K——
US United States4051 in 821K405—2
LV Latvia≈89 est.≈1 in 21K—Ošs13
PL Poland731 in 524K39——
AR Argentina331 in 1.4M33——
CH Switzerland301 in 280K30——

1,123 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ošs is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Dutch surname29 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands, United States, Germany, United Kingdom

    Languages: Dutch, English, German

    Also written Oss, Oess, Oeß, Oß, Öß

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Õšŝ, Õśs, Õss, Oss, Öss

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Öss, Oss

  • Serbian name32 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia

    Languages: Serbian, Slovenian, Croatian

    Also written Oš, Osse, Oś, Ös, Oss

  • Russian name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Oss, Осс, Osse, Оссе, Ośś

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ošs mean?
Recorded meaning: Parastais osis ("Fraxinus excelsior")
In which country does Ošs have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Ošs, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Ošs?
In Brazil, the national register counted 1,123 people named Ošs, about 1 in 189 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ošs”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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