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)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shehata is the 24325^th 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.