Berisha

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English

Etymology

From Albanian Berisha.

Proper noun

Berisha (plural Berishas)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Berisha is the 22158th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1166 individuals. Berisha is most common among White (97.34%) individuals.

Anagrams

Albanian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

First historical record of Berisha was found in the archives of the Republic of Ragusa in 1242, attested as Berissa.[1] Attested as Berisa in 1691.[2]

Derived from the name of the Gheg (northern albanian) Berisha tribe and historical tribal reigion. According to Robert Elsie the ancestral father of the Berisha lived around the year 1300.[3]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Berisha m (definite Berisha)

  1. Historical Gheg/northern albanian tribal name.
  2. Name of a historical Gheg tribal region; attested as Berixasthorum in 1467 (in a signed contract with the Republic of Venice). Located in the Pukë district in northern Albania; south of the Drin, west of Fierza.[4]
  3. (patronym) a male surname
  4. definite nominative singular of Berishë

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Edith Durham (1928) Some tribal origins, laws and customs of the Balkans, pages 30, 52
  2. ^ Robert Elsie (2010) Historical Dictionary of Albania, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 48
  3. ^ Robert Elsie (2015) The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 6
  4. ^ Robert Elsie (2015) The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture, I.B.Tauris, →ISBN, page 183
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