What should be the entry element of the name Yits.ha.k b.R. Mena.hem Monish ha-Kohen, zal, mi-Druis.k?
The forename "Manish" or "Monish" often goes with "Menahem," so it would be better to treat it as a forename here. Making a ref from it as a surname is fine.
Whether "ha-Kohen" should be treated as a surname or a $c is a trickier
question. The practice is to treat it as a $c for a
pre-20th-century author, unless there's evidence the other way.
In this case, there IS evidence, namely the treatment in Bet 'eked.
Bet 'eked carries a lot of authority, since it's a reference source in
the author's language of activity, so it's recommended to adopt its view
of the surname (and entry-element) status here.
ID:NAFR9932301 ST:p EL:n
STH:a MS:n UIP:a TD:19991019013731
KRC:a NMU:a CRC:c UPN:a
SBU:a SBC:a DID:n DF:10-14-99
RFE:a CSC:c SRU:b SRT:n SRN:n
TSS:n TGA:? ROM:? MOD: LCT:
VST:d 10-21-99
010 nr 99032301
040 CSt-HCbengcCSt-HC
100 1 Hakohen, Yits.ha.k ben Mena.hem Monish
400 0 Yits.ha.k ben Mena.hem Monish,$cha-Kohen, mi-Druis.k
400 1 Monish, Yits.ha.k ben Mena.hem,$cha-Kohen
400 0 Isaak Monish
670 Sefer Li.ku.te Yits.ha.k, 1891:$bt.p. (Yits.ha.k
b.R. Mena.hem Monish ha-Kohen, zal, mi-Druis.k) t.p. verso ( ... Isaaka
Monysha [in Cyr.])
670 Bet 'e.ked sefarim, 1951-1956$b(hdg.: Hakohen,
Yits.ha.k)
675 Ency. Judaica, c1972.