# Berisha (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/berisha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,166 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,158 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 264,790 people |
| Change since 2000 | +44% (808 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Albanian Berisha.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Berisha in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Berisha in Albania and Kosovo.

## People named Berisha

- Sali Berisha, Albanian politician
- Besart Berisha, association football player
- Etrit Berisha, Albanian association football player
- Medon Berisha, Albanian-Swiss association football player (born 2003)
- Safet Berisha, Albanian footballer (1949-2016)

## Similar surnames

Berrios, Beers, Béres, Bergh, Brooks, Burke, Bowers, Brock, Briggs, Bruce, Berg, Burch.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.