Shehu

See also: shehu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Shehu.

Proper noun

Shehu (plural Shehus)

A surname from Albanian.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Shehu is the 39212^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 561 individuals. Shehu is most common among White (94.47%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shehu”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Albanian

Alternative forms

Shehi — originally Gheg

Etymology

From sheh (“head of a Moslem religious group, sheik”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃehu/
Rhymes: -ehu

Proper noun

Shehu

a surname

References

Dražić, Marina, Antić, Ivana, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), page 77b

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