Hailu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ኃይሉ (ḫaylu).

Proper noun

Hailu (plural Hailus)

1. A surname from Amharic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hailu is the 22183^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1164 individuals. Hailu is most common among Black/African American (95.88%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hailu”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 114.