Shehata
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَحَّاتَة (šaḥḥāta), from شَحَّات (šaḥḥāt, “beggar”). In the Dictionary of American Family Names, the surname is given as a variant of Shehadeh, which is apparently from a different root. This surname is predominantly found in Egypt.
Proper noun
Shehata (plural Shehatas)
- A surname from Arabic.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Shehata is the 24325th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1031 individuals. Shehata is most common among White (90.69%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shehata”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.