Berisha

English Etymology From en sq Berisha. Proper noun s en. 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 en abehirs Abshier Abshire bareish bearish Albanian + (tribe) + (region) + (surname) Alternative forms archaic obsolete sq Berisa Berissa Berisina Berisna Berrisina Berrissina Brissina archaic obsolete 14th century sq Berishin Berishtar Berishofc Berishtani Berishane Berich re-albanized sq Berishiç Berishiq Etymology First historical record of Berisha was found in the archives of the Republic of Ragusa in 1242, attested as sq Berissa.Edith Durham Some tribal origins, laws and customs of the Balkans 1928 30, 52 Attested as sq Berisa in 1691.Historical Dictionary of Albania Robert Elsie Rowman & Littlefield 2010 0810861887 48 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.The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture Robert Elsie Bloomsbury Publishing 2015 0857725866 6 Pronunciation sq [beɾiʃa] Standard sq [beɹiʃa] Gheg Proper noun m Berisha Historical Gheg/northern albanian tribal name. Name of a historical Gheg tribal region; attested as la 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.Robert Elsie 2015 The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture I.B.Tauris 978-1-78453-401-1 183 sq patronym sq male sq Berishë def nom s Derived terms surname patronym sq Berishaj Descendants la Berrisius Berixasthorum sh Berišić re-albanized as sq Berishiç, sq Berishiq References