Shehu

See also: shehu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Shehu.

Proper noun

Shehu (plural Shehus)

1. 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: 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

1. a surname

Statistics

• According to the 2011 Albanian census, Shehu is the 4^th most common surname in Albania, belonging to 11850 individuals.

References

• Dražić, Marina, Antić, Ivana, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), page 77b