Shamosh
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Shamosh is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Slovakia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: synagogue janitor.
- SKSlovakia≈1 in 37Kas שמוש(inferred from the name graph)
- ILIsrael1 in 133Kas שמוש
- SYSyria≈1 in 879Kas שמוש
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 Shamosh 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.
- Slovakia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 12 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 37K (inferred from the name graph)
≈150 named שמוש, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Slovakia, est., as שמוש
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled שמוש in IL Israel, SY Syria, SK Slovakia.
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(measured from records)
synagogue janitor
Sources 1
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Shamosh 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK Slovakia | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | שמוש | 1 |
| IL Israel | 65as שמוש | 1 in 133K | 65 | שמוש | 12 |
| SY Syria | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 879K | — | שמוש | 2 |
| US United States | — | — | — | Shamosh | 9 |
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"). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Shamosh mean, and where does it come from?
- synagogue janitor Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
- In which country does Shamosh have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 148 people named שמוש in Slovakia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Shamosh?
- In Israel, the national register counted 65 people named שמוש in 2017, about 1 in 133 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/shamoshThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (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, “Shamosh”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.