# Shenouda (surname)

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

A surname from Egyptian Arabic [in turn from Coptic].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 720 |
| US rank (2010) | 32,031 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 428,813 people |
| Change since 2000 | +93% (373 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Egyptian Arabic شنودة (šinūda), held by various Coptic popes, from Coptic ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ (šenouti, “son of God”), from ϣⲏⲣⲓ (šēri, “son”) + ⲛⲟⲩϯ (nouti, “god, God”), popularized by the abbot St Shenoute the Great. Doublet of Shenoute.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shenouda 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Smith, Schmidt, Schmitt, Sneed, Schmid, Snead, Smyth, Smoot, Santoyo, Shumate, Sandhu, Sandy.

## 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.