Reshef
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Reshef is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.
- ILIsrael1 in 5.7Kas רשף(measured from records)
- PLPoland1 in 660K
- USUnited States≈1 in 2.8M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Reshef itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Israel (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 83 (measured from records)
- 1 in 660K (inferred from the name graph)
1,527 named רשף, 2017
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Poland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled רשף in IL Israel, PL Poland, LB Lebanon and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Reshef 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Israel | #581 | 1,527as רשף | 1 in 5.7K | 1.5K | רשף | 73 |
| RO Romania | — | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 47K | — | Reshef | 3 |
| US United States | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 2.8M | listed | Reshef | 83 |
| LB Lebanon | — | ≈66 est. | ≈1 in 83K | — | רשף | 1 |
| PL Poland | — | 58 | 1 in 660K | 34 | רשף | 3 |
| HU Hungary | — | ≈51 est. | ≈1 in 190K | — | רשף | 3 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 519K | — | Reshef | 4 |
1,527 people counted by CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"), 2017. 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: CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Amnon Reshefb. 1938ILIsraeli general
- Poly Reshefb. 1949ILIsraeli actor
- Tzali Reshefb. 1953ILformer Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between August 2002 and February 2003
- Shai Reshefb. 1955USIsraeli businessperson and academic administrator
- Rafi Reshefb. 1957ILIsraeli journalist
- Rotem Reshefb. 1964ILIsraeli abstract painter
- Ifat Reshefb. 1968ILIsraeli diplomat
- Nimrod Reshefb. 1972ILIsraeli actor, TV host and musician
- Omer Reshefb. 1997ILIsraeli chess player
- Ronen ReshefILresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0003-3970-6687
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 10 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 34 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 34 | #64,696 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 24 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 24 | #81,092 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
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
- In which country does Reshef have the most bearers?
- In Israel, the national register counted about 1.5 thousand people named רשף, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Reshef most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Reshef is densest in Poland — about 1 in 660 thousand people — even though Israel holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Reshef?
- In Poland, the national register counted 58 people named Reshef in 2026, about 1 in 660 thousand residents.
- How common is Reshef compared with other names?
- In Israel, Reshef is the 581st most common surname of 325,634 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/reshefThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Reshef” — the 581st most common surname in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.