The name Tomasch is not very frequent. Tomasch people can be divided into three groups.
The largest group is from Unter Metzenseifen, Slovakia. This part of Slovakia was annexed by Hungary in the 11th century. In 13th century after the Tartar (Mongolian) invasion, Hungarian king Bela IV invited German colonists to settle in certains regions with lower density of population. These Germans lived in towns as free citizens unlike the most Slovaks that were serfs (until 1785 or even 1848) of Hungarian (and in some cases also Slovak) nobility. Many sources refer to these Germans as to Spis (Zipser) Saxonians, however, it seems to be more probable that they came from Bavaria and Franconia. The Tomasch family is one the orginal families that came to Slovakia in the 13th century. Some of them moved to the USA in the second half of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Today, the majority of Metzenseifen Tomasch people lives in the USA, especially Cleveland area, many live also in Germany, Slovakia and elsewhere. All these people are relatives.
Another group are Tomasch people of Slavic orgin (Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, etc.) living in Germany, Austria, and elsewhere. Their name is actually only a German spelling of the Slavic form of the Biblical name Thomas, originally an Aramaic word meaning "twin". This is a very heterogenous group, most of these people are not related.
The smallest group consists of people of German/Germanic origin living in Germany, Austria, and elsewhere. These are all that do not belong to the previous two groups.
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