Shoshan

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Shoshan is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country, where it is the 28th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Shushan, Iran.

rarermore common
  • QAQatar≈1 in 1.1Kas שושן(inferred from the name graph)
  • ILIsrael1 in 1.4Kas שושן
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 8.3Kas שושן

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 Shoshan 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)

6,312 named שושן, 2017

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
90 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.5M (inferred from the name graph)

Belgium

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ShoshanLatin(measured from records)
שושןHebrew(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled שושן in IL Israel, MA Morocco, QA Qatar and 2 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(measured from records)

Shushan, Iran

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)

Shoshan 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 Shoshan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IL Israel#286,312as שושן1 in 1.4K6.3Kשושן75
MA Morocco#41≈4,300 est.≈1 in 8.3K—שושן3
QA Qatar#46≈2,300 est.≈1 in 1.1K—שושן1
US United States—718as Susa1 in 463K727Shoshan90
IQ Iraq—≈710 est.≈1 in 55K—שושן1
TN Tunisia#577≈350 est.≈1 in 33K—שושן2
NL Netherlands—81 in 2.2M26Shoshan6
BE Belgium—81 in 1.5M8Shoshan7

6,312 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"); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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)

Shoshan is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Bangla given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Cyprus

    Also written Sosan, Shashan, শ্মশান, Şoşan, Shamshan

  • Russian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kazakhstan, United States

    Also written Шошан, Шошань

36 further groups 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)

1950196019701980Gabi Shoshan, b. 1950Roberto Ben Shoshan, b. 1969Gili Shushan, b. 1973Malkit Shoshan, b. 1976Gilad Shushan, b. 1980

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 16 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Shoshan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020180#105,671
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010165#107,669
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000124#127,186
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20088#82,196
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)20078#68,324
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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 Shoshan mean, and where does it come from?
Shushan, Iran Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
In which country does Shoshan have the most bearers?
In Israel, the national register counted about 6.3 thousand people named שושן, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Shoshan most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Shoshan is densest in Belgium — about 1 in 1.5 million people — even though Israel holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Shoshan?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 8 people named Shoshan in 2007, about 1 in 2.2 million residents.
How common is Shoshan compared with other names?
In Israel, Shoshan is the 28th most common surname of 325,634 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Shoshan” — the 28th most common surname in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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