1000 Most Common Surnames in Tunisia

Rank The surname's ranking is determined by its frequency of occurrence	Surname	Incidence The number of people who share the same surname	Frequency The ratio of people who share the same surname
1	Trabelsi	2,340	1:261
2	Gharbi	1,817	1:336
3	Hammami	1,804	1:338
4	Mohamed Muslim: variant of Muhammad. See also Mohammed.	1,588	1:385
5	Dridi	1,523	1:401
6	Ayari The meaning of this surname is not listed.	1,401	1:436
7	Cherif	1,369	1:446
8	Sassi	1,294	1:472
9	Allah	1,284	1:476
10	Ammar Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic ammar ‘virtuous’, ‘pious’.	1,267	1:482
11	Hamdi	1,264	1:483
12	Mejri	1,256	1:486
13	Ali Muslim (widespread throughout the Muslim world): from the Arabic personal name ?Ali ‘high’, ‘lofty’, ‘sublime’. Al-?Ali ‘the All-High’ is an attribute of Allah. Abdul-?Ali means ‘servant of the All-High’. ?Ali ibn Abi ?Talib (c. 600–661), the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, was the fourth and last of the ‘rightly guided’ khalifs (ruled 656–61) and the first imam of the Shiite Muslims. His assassination led to the appearance of the Shiite sect.	1,198	1:510
14	Al Trabelsi	1,183	1:516
15	Ayadi	1,163	1:525
16	Riahi	1,150	1:531
17	Arfaoui	1,139	1:536
18	Abidi	1,102	1:554
19	El Hadi	1,095	1:558
20	Salem Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic salim or salim ‘safe’, ‘secure’, ‘perfect’, ‘complete’. Salim ibn ?Umayr was one of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad. French (Alsace): habitational name from a place named Salem in Haut-Rhin, named for the holy city of Jerusalem.	1,069	1:571
21	Saidi Muslim: adjectival derivative of Sayed.	1,058	1:577
22	Ahmed Muslim: variant spelling of Ahmad.	1,017	1:600
23	Oueslati	1,010	1:605
24	Mansour Muslim: variant spelling of Mansur. Egyptian Arabic: habitational name from the city of Mansoura, in in the Nile Delta. It was named for a battle in 1250 in which the Saracens destroyed a Crusader force, capturing King Louis IX of France and holding him and many of his knights to ransom. Mansouras is also found as a Greek family name; there was a large Greek community in Mansoura until comparatively recently.	992	1:616
25	Nasri	920	1:664
26	Ben Ali	902	1:677
27	Chebbi	893	1:684
28	Ben Amor	876	1:697
29	Amri	859	1:711
30	Abid Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic abid ‘worshiper’. Abid is also found as a component of compound names referring to one of the attributes of Allah, for example Abidur-Ra?hman ‘worshiper of the Most Gracious’.	858	1:712
31	Al Hamami	848	1:720
32	Aloui	822	1:743
33	Kamoun The meaning of this surname is not listed.	810	1:754
34	Ben Abdallah	801	1:762
35	Farhat Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic far?hat ‘joys’, plural of Arabic fara?h ‘happiness’, ‘joy’ (see Farah), or from Persian faerhaet ‘grandeur’, ‘splendor’, ‘status’. In Persian literature, Farhad is the name of a stonemason who rivals King Khusrau for the love of the Armenian princess Shirin.	788	1:775
36	Amara Italian: variant of Amaro. Muslim (mainly Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh): probably a variant of Omar.	782	1:781
37	Souissi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	769	1:794
38	Mabrouk	764	1:799
39	Tlili	758	1:806
40	Omar Muslim (found almost exclusively among Sunni Muslims): from an Arabic personal name of uncertain etymology. It is thought to be related to Arabic ?amir, which means ‘prosperous’, ‘full of life’, ‘large’, ‘substantial’. The root word ?umr means ‘life’. ?Umar bin al-Kha?t?tab was the second of the ‘rightly guided’ khalifs (ruled 634–44). He was known by the title al-Faruq ‘the distinguisher’, i.e. one who distinguishes between truth and falsehood. He was one of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad. The Persian poet ?Umar al-Khayyam (1048–1125), also known in English as Omar Khayyam, is the author of the classic poem, the Rubaiyyat. Catalan: topographic name for someone who lived by a group of elm trees, from the collective form of om ‘elm’.	739	1:826
41	Bahri Muslim: probably from Arabic ba?hri ‘maritime’, a derivative of ba?hr ‘sea’. This could also be an ethnic name for someone from Bahrain. Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Khatri) and Sikh name, said to be from Panjabi ba’ra ‘twelve’. The Bahris are one of the major subdivisions of the Khatri community and comprise twelve clans: Chopra, Dhawan, Kapur, Khanna, Mehrotra, Sehgal, Seth, Talwar, and Vohra, and (not included in this dictionary) Tannan, Maindharu, and Wadhaun.	732	1:834
42	Ben Salem	727	1:840
43	Hassen Muslim: see Hasan. Dutch: patronymic from Hass 2.	722	1:846
44	Bouaziz The meaning of this surname is not listed.	720	1:848
45	Triki The meaning of this surname is not listed.	707	1:864
46	Labidi	700	1:872
47	Turki	694	1:880
48	Ben Salah	694	1:880
49	Belhadj The meaning of this surname is not listed.	692	1:882
50	Selmi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	689	1:886
51	Yahyaoui In Arabic language: Yahiaoui: who belongs to the tribe of 'Yahya' or 'Yahya'. YAHYA is the name of the son of the Prophet Zakaria. (In Christianity: YAHYA is the St. John the Baptist son of Zachariah).	686	1:890
52	Hamza	685	1:891
53	Hamouda	674	1:906
54	Zouari	667	1:915
55	Khalifa Muslim: status name or honorific title from Arabic khalifah ‘successor’, ‘regent’, ‘viceroy’, in English often transliterated as caliph. This was the title adopted after the death of Muhammad in 632 by his successor Abu-Bakr. The caliphs ruled in Bahgdad until 1258, then in Egypt until the Ottoman conquest (1517). The title was then held by the Ottoman sultans in Istanbul until it was abolished by Kamal Atatürk in 1924.	664	1:920
56	El Sherif	662	1:922
57	Mansouri Muslim: from an adjectival derivative of Mansour in either sense.	651	1:938
58	Saeed Muslim: from a personal name based on the Arabic adjective sa?id ‘lucky’, ‘fortunate’. Compare Saad.	647	1:944
59	Bejaoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	634	1:963
60	El Bashir	625	1:977
61	Al Gharbi	622	1:982
62	Toumi	616	1:991
63	Jlassi Jlassi is Arabic for 'from the Jlass'. The Jlass is a north African Berber tribe (mainly Tunisia). The tribe of the Jlass contains many surnames you can read about here.	613	1:996
64	Tounsi	612	1:998
65	Ibrahim Muslim: from the personal name Ibrahim, Arabic form of Abraham. In Islam, Ibrahim is identified as a prophet, the ancestor of all the Semitic peoples, both Hebrew and Arab, and the father of Isma?il (see Ismail) and Is?haq (see Ishak).	602	1:1,014
66	Jouini	595	1:1,026
67	Ben Ammar	593	1:1,030
68	Barhoumi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	580	1:1,053
69	Bouzid	580	1:1,053
70	Sellami The meaning of this surname is not listed.	579	1:1,055
71	Haddad Arabic and Jewish (Sephardic): occupational name for a blacksmith, Arabic ?haddad.	577	1:1,058
72	Ben	566	1:1,079
73	Boubaker The meaning of this surname is not listed.	564	1:1,083
74	Al Jalasi	562	1:1,087
75	Al Dridi	557	1:1,096
76	Rezgui	557	1:1,096
77	Kammoun	554	1:1,102
78	Masmoudi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	549	1:1,112
79	Al Manji	548	1:1,114
80	Bel	546	1:1,118
81	Obaid	537	1:1,137
82	Al Obeidi	533	1:1,146
83	Kallel	532	1:1,148
84	Al Ayadi	529	1:1,154
85	Nasr Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic na?sr ‘victory’. Al-Nasr ‘the Victory’ is the title of the 110th sura of the Qur’an.	524	1:1,165
86	Saleh Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic ?sali?h ‘pious’, ‘righteous’, ‘virtuous’ (see the Qur’an 26: 83). Saleh is the name of a messenger of Allah (see the Qur’an 7:75). This name is widespread throughout the Muslim world.	524	1:1,165
87	Karoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	516	1:1,183
88	Ferchichi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	515	1:1,186
89	Ayed	514	1:1,188
90	El Moncef	514	1:1,188
91	Khalil Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic khalil ‘friend’. Khalil-ullah ‘friend of Allah’ is an honorific title given to the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham). See the Qur’an 4:125: ‘Allah took Abraham as his friend.’	508	1:1,202
92	Abdallah Muslim: variant of Abdullah.	498	1:1,226
93	Hamrouni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	496	1:1,231
94	Rekik The meaning of this surname is not listed.	496	1:1,231
95	Sghaier The meaning of this surname is not listed.	496	1:1,231
96	Damak The meaning of this surname is not listed.	495	1:1,234
97	Kouki	487	1:1,254
98	Touati	476	1:1,283
99	El Sayed	473	1:1,291
100	Hamdy	471	1:1,296
101	Salhi	470	1:1,299
102	Ferjani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	469	1:1,302
103	Hadj	468	1:1,305
104	Kacem It comes from an Arab verb, meaning 'to cut'. The meaning is '[the one] who shares'.	467	1:1,308
105	Al Rayahi	460	1:1,327
106	El Saghir	459	1:1,330
107	Slama Salama means 'peaceful', 'safe' or 'bringer of safety'.	459	1:1,330
108	Louati	457	1:1,336
109	Hajji	452	1:1,351
110	Jebali	452	1:1,351
111	Al Mabrouk	449	1:1,360
112	Abbes The meaning of this surname is not listed.	439	1:1,391
113	Jerbi Jerbi is Arabic for 'of Jerba (Djerba)' or 'from Jerba (Djerba)'.Jerba or Djerba is an island off the coast of Tunisia. It is known for superb beaches and whitewashed desert towns influenced by Berber, Arab, Jewish and African cultures.	439	1:1,391
114	Mahjoub	439	1:1,391
115	Hosni	435	1:1,404
116	Meddeb Meddeb (المؤدٍب) means a tutor or instructor in a Koranic school (kottab). People who bear this family name will typically be descendants of a teacher of the Koran in the kottab.	435	1:1,404
117	Messaoudi	435	1:1,404
118	Achour	433	1:1,410
119	Belhaj	433	1:1,410
120	Al Waslati	432	1:1,413
121	Guesmi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	432	1:1,413
122	Ben Romdhane	432	1:1,413
123	Ben Ayed	425	1:1,437
124	El Magry	424	1:1,440
125	Khemiri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	423	1:1,444
126	Gharbal The meaning of this surname is not listed.	421	1:1,450
127	Ayad	420	1:1,454
128	Hussein Muslim: variant spelling of Husain.	419	1:1,457
129	Moalla The meaning of this surname is not listed.	416	1:1,468
130	Al Ayari	410	1:1,489
131	Ben Ahmed	410	1:1,489
132	Shaaban	410	1:1,489
133	Thabet	407	1:1,500
134	Ben Youssef	406	1:1,504
135	Khaled	405	1:1,508
136	Ben Said	405	1:1,508
137	Manai From the historical and enchanting region of France emerged a multitude of noble families, including the distinguished Mannai family. Originally the French people were only by a single name. The process by which hereditary surnames were adopted in France is extremely interesting.	404	1:1,511
138	Amor Spanish and Portuguese: from Spanish and Portuguese amor ‘love’, used to denote an illegitimate child, also as a nickname for a philanderer. Spanish, Portuguese, and English: from the medieval personal name Amor (Latin amor ‘love’), which was popular in Spain, Italy, and France, and introduced into England by the Normans. There was a St. Amor, of obscure history and unknown date, whose relics were preserved and venerated at the village of St. Amour in Burgundy.	403	1:1,515
139	Ouni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	403	1:1,515
140	Chakroun	402	1:1,519
141	Sahli Muslim: from an adjectival derivative of Arabic sa?hl ‘smooth’, ‘fluent’, ‘easy’. Abul Abbas Sahl ibn S?ad was a Companion of the Prophet Muhammad.	402	1:1,519
142	Ramadan Muslim: from Arabic Rama?dan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, a sacred month of fasting for Muslims. It is sometimes chosen by Muslim parents as a name for children born in this month. In this month the Qur’an, the Holy Book of Islam, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by the Angel Jibril (Gabriel). This name is widespread throughout the Muslim world.	400	1:1,527
143	Ghorbel The meaning of this surname is not listed.	399	1:1,530
144	Habib Muslim and Jewish (Sephardic): from an Arabic personal name based on habib ‘beloved’, ‘friend’, used by both Muslims and Jews. Habibullah ‘beloved of Allah’ is an epithet of Mohammad.	397	1:1,538
145	Fathi	396	1:1,542
146	Faraj Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic faraj ‘remedy (for troubles or grief)’, ‘comfort’.	393	1:1,554
147	Marzouki The meaning of this surname is not listed.	392	1:1,558
148	Alraqiq The meaning of this surname is not listed.	391	1:1,562
149	Ben Hassine	387	1:1,578
150	Al Nasser	385	1:1,586
151	Malek Polish (Malek), Czech, and Slovenian: from a pet form of a vocabulary word meaning ‘small’ (Polish maly, Czech malý ‘small’, Slovenian mali). Compare Maly. Czech: from a pet form of Martin, Marek, Matej, or any other personal name beginning with Ma-. Polish: from a pet form of the personal name Malomir. Muslim: variant of Malik.	385	1:1,586
152	Fourati The meaning of this surname is not listed.	383	1:1,594
153	Dhaouadi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	382	1:1,598
154	Lassoued The meaning of this surname is not listed.	382	1:1,598
155	Chaabane The meaning of this surname is not listed.	381	1:1,603
156	Hannachi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	373	1:1,637
157	Amine	371	1:1,646
158	Saber Muslim: variant of Sabir. English: variant of Seaberg. Southern French: nickname for a wise or knowledgeable man, from Occitan saber ‘to know’, which could also have the sense of ‘knowledge’.	371	1:1,646
159	Ben Mansour	370	1:1,650
160	Al Bagawi	369	1:1,655
161	Hassan Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic hassan ‘beautifier’. The poet Hassan bin Sabit was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad. Muslim: variant spelling of Hasan. Irish (County Derry): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÓsáin ‘descendant of Ósán’, a personal name formed from a diminutive of os ‘deer’.	369	1:1,655
162	Nouri Muslim: variant of Noori.	369	1:1,655
163	Missaoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	366	1:1,668
164	Saad Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic sa?d ‘good luck’, ‘good fortune’, ‘success’. Sa?d is often used to form names in combination with other words, for example Sa?d Allah (Sa?dullah) ‘joy of Allah’, an epithet of the Prophet Muhammad. Sa?d ibn Abu Waqqas was one of the ten Companions of the Prophet Muhammad. This name is prevalent in all Muslim countries. Jewish (Sephardic): a derivative of a personal name, either from Hebrew saad ‘support’ or from Arabic sa?d ‘good luck’ (see 1).	363	1:1,682
165	Imen Imène or it can be written Imen, Iman is an Arabic surname (ايمان), meaning 'faith', 'belief', 'conviction'.	361	1:1,691
166	Attia Arabic: variant of Atiyeh. Jewish (Sephardic): from Arabic ?a?tiyyah ‘gift’, ‘present’; most likely a calque of a Jewish personal name with a similar meaning in Hebrew (for example, Nathan, Jonathan, or Nathaniel).	359	1:1,701
167	Bouzidi	359	1:1,701
168	Jendoubi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	359	1:1,701
169	Maher Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meachair ‘descendant of Meachar’, a personal name meaning ‘kindly’, ‘fine’, ‘majestic’.	359	1:1,701
170	Salah	359	1:1,701
171	Mrabet	358	1:1,706
172	Belgacem The meaning of this surname is not listed.	356	1:1,715
173	Slim Slender in person.	355	1:1,720
174	El Araby	352	1:1,735
175	Al Saeedi	350	1:1,745
176	Makhlouf	350	1:1,745
177	Zouaoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	348	1:1,755
178	Mahmoud Muslim: variant of Mahmood.	347	1:1,760
179	Mhamdi	347	1:1,760
180	Belghith The meaning of this surname is not listed.	345	1:1,770
181	Feki The meaning of this surname is not listed.	344	1:1,775
182	Zribi	344	1:1,775
183	Hassine	342	1:1,785
184	Said Arabic and Jewish (Sephardic): variant of Sayed or Saeed.	341	1:1,791
185	Soltani Muslim: from the Arabic adjectival form Sul?tani, meaning ‘pertaining to (or descended from) a sultan or someone called Sultan’.	339	1:1,801
186	Essid The meaning of this surname is not listed.	338	1:1,807
187	Nefzi	336	1:1,817
188	Aymen Aymen is a Quranic name for boys that's directly mentioned in the Quran. Aymen means 'blessed' and 'good fortune', and literally means 'on the right side'. In Arabic (and Islamic) culture the right side is associated with strength, blessings and good luck.	332	1:1,839
189	El Tayeb	332	1:1,839
190	Fakhfakh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	332	1:1,839
191	Besbes The surname, Besbes, is found in large numbers to Sfax and Monastir.	331	1:1,845
192	Mannai	330	1:1,850
193	Obeidi	330	1:1,850
194	Daoud Muslim: from the personal name Dawud, Arabic form of David. In Islam, Dawud is a messenger of Allah, noted in particular as the father of the Prophet Suleiman.	329	1:1,856
195	Osman Turkish: from the Turkish personal name Osman, Turkish form of Arabic ?Uthman. This was the name of the third of the ‘rightly guided’ khalifs (ruled 644–656), one of the ten Companions of the Prophet Muhammad, to whom he gave the good news of entering into paradise. English: variant of Osmond. Dutch: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ans ‘god’ + man ‘man’. Dutch: occupational name for an ox driver, from os ‘ox’, ‘bullock’ + man ‘man’. German (Osmann): variant of Ossmann (see Ossman). Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Oshman or Hausman.	329	1:1,856
196	Charfi This surname is due to the descendants of the Messenger of Muslims who migrated from the Arabian Peninsula to North Africa. They settled in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.	327	1:1,867
197	Youssef Muslim: from the Arabic personal name Yusuf, name of a prophet (the biblical Joseph). It is the title of the 12th sura of the Qur’an, where it is told that Zulaykha, wife of Aziz, was attracted by the beauty of Yusuf.	325	1:1,879
198	Khlifi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	324	1:1,885
199	Othmani Is the Arabic name on Flan weight. This name is derived from the verb slightly, his name is authentic meanings of the beautiful show of strength and skill, intelligence and cunning. This name means living. This name means chick serpent; and best known for his deceit among the Arabs because it sneaks Winds quietly without sound.	324	1:1,885
200	Al Jabali	323	1:1,890
201	Chaari The meaning of this surname is not listed.	323	1:1,890
202	Haj	322	1:1,896
203	Salama Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic salamah ‘peace’. Salamah ibn ?Amr ibn al-Akwa was one of the ten Companions of the Prophet Muhammad. A related name is Salamah, meaning ‘safety’, ‘security’, or ‘integrity’. This name is found in combinations such as Salamat Allah (Salamatullah) meaning ‘security of Allah’. Jewish (Sephardic): Arabic translation (see 1) of the Hebrew name Shlomoh (see Salomon, Solomon).	322	1:1,896
204	Suleiman Muslim: from the Arabic personal name Suleiman (see Solomon). Suleiman (Solomon) is regarded in Islam as a prophet (Qur’an 27:17). Suleiman the Magnificent (1498–1566) was a renowned khalif of the Ottoman Empire. This name is widespread throughout the Muslim world.	322	1:1,896
205	Ben Brahim	321	1:1,902
206	Cherni	320	1:1,908
207	El Abed	320	1:1,908
208	Hajri	319	1:1,914
209	Mbarek The meaning of this surname is not listed.	318	1:1,920
210	Mrad	318	1:1,920
211	Chaouch The meaning of this surname is not listed.	317	1:1,926
212	Gargouri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	315	1:1,938
213	Ghazouani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	315	1:1,938
214	Marzouk	315	1:1,938
215	Mahmoudi	314	1:1,945
216	Ismail Muslim: from an Arabic personal name, ’Isma?il, name of a Prophet (Biblical Ishmael), son of Ibrahim (Abraham). Ibrahim left his second wife Hajar (Hagar) and their small son Ismail in the wilderness outside Mecca with only a short supply of food and water. Allah took pity on them and caused the well of Zamzam to spurt up in that desolate place, which saved their lives. Later, Ibrahim sought out his son Ismail, and together they built the Ka‘ba in Mecca, towards which all Muslims turn when praying. Arabs believe that Ismail was the founder of the Arab peoples, and for this reason Arabs are sometimes referred to as Ishmaelites. The term Ismaeli is of much more recent origin; it refers to a sect of Shiite Muslims headed by the Aga Khan, who claim descent from the Fatimid dynasty that ruled Egypt and North Africa from 909 to 1171. They take their name from Isma?il al-?Siddiq (699–765), son of the sixth Shiite imam, because they believe that the divine spirit passed to him and not to his brother Musa.	313	1:1,951
217	Mzoughi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	313	1:1,951
218	Hamida	311	1:1,963
219	Ragab	311	1:1,963
220	El Turky	310	1:1,970
221	Karim Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic karim ‘kind’, ‘generous’. Al-Karim ‘the Generous’ is an attribute of Allah. The word is found in compound names such as ?Abd ul-Karim ‘servant of the Most Generous’.	310	1:1,970
222	Ayachi	308	1:1,983
223	Belaid The meaning of this surname is not listed.	308	1:1,983
224	Ghanmi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	308	1:1,983
225	Zitouni	308	1:1,983
226	Al Farajani	307	1:1,989
227	Kefi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	307	1:1,989
228	Rebai The meaning of this surname is not listed.	307	1:1,989
229	Brahmi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	306	1:1,996
230	Khelifi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	304	1:2,009
231	Azzouz	303	1:2,015
232	Bouraoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	302	1:2,022
233	Baccouche	300	1:2,035
234	Yousfi	300	1:2,035
235	Zarrouk The meaning of this surname is not listed.	297	1:2,056
236	Gasmi	296	1:2,063
237	El Toumi	295	1:2,070
238	Khiari The meaning of this surname is not listed.	294	1:2,077
239	Bouazizi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	293	1:2,084
240	Ben Mohamed	292	1:2,091
241	Daly = Daley, q.v.	292	1:2,091
242	Frikha	290	1:2,106
243	Chaieb	289	1:2,113
244	Moussa Muslim: variant of Musa (Moses).	289	1:2,113
245	Ben Amara	288	1:2,120
246	El Salami	288	1:2,120
247	Jemai	287	1:2,128
248	El Assaad	286	1:2,135
249	El Haddad	286	1:2,135
250	Jaouadi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	285	1:2,143
251	Mehrez	284	1:2,150
252	Mouelhi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	284	1:2,150
253	Snoussi This is a surname from Lybia. It means 'the one who comes from the Senouss', which is a region in Lybia. It was the name of the Lybian dynasty until the 1969 coup.	284	1:2,150
254	Hachicha	283	1:2,158
255	Mhiri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	283	1:2,158
256	Lotfi	282	1:2,165
257	Saadaoui	282	1:2,165
258	Fekih The meaning of this surname is not listed.	281	1:2,173
259	Ouertani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	281	1:2,173
260	Dammak The meaning of this surname is not listed.	280	1:2,181
261	Saidani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	280	1:2,181
262	Jelassi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	279	1:2,189
263	Romdhane The meaning of this surname is not listed.	279	1:2,189
264	Fatnassi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	278	1:2,196
265	Yousef Muslim: see Youssef.	278	1:2,196
266	Al Lawati	276	1:2,212
267	Brahim Brahim or Ibrahim is the Arabic name of the prophet Abraham.	276	1:2,212
268	Makni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	275	1:2,220
269	Baklouti The meaning of this surname is not listed.	274	1:2,229
270	Abbassi	271	1:2,253
271	Al Triki	271	1:2,253
272	Chaabani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	270	1:2,262
273	Mathlouthi	270	1:2,262
274	Elkafi	269	1:2,270
275	Marwa	269	1:2,270
276	Amer Muslim: variant of Amir. Variant of English Amar.	267	1:2,287
277	Aouadi	267	1:2,287
278	Boukhris The meaning of this surname is not listed.	267	1:2,287
279	Ghribi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	265	1:2,304
280	Omri	264	1:2,313
281	Bensalem	263	1:2,322
282	Elloumi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	262	1:2,331
283	Gabsi Gabsi is used as a name for those who come from Gabes which is a city (or a town) in Tunisia.	262	1:2,331
284	Issaoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	262	1:2,331
285	Massoud Muslim: variant of Masood. In this spelling the name is particularly common in North Africa.	262	1:2,331
286	Derbel The meaning of this surname is not listed.	261	1:2,340
287	Hamed Muslim: see Hamid.	261	1:2,340
288	Ashour	257	1:2,376
289	El Feky	257	1:2,376
290	Neji The meaning of this surname is not listed.	257	1:2,376
291	Al Qasimi	256	1:2,385
292	Amdouni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	256	1:2,385
293	Kharrat	256	1:2,385
294	Al Arfaoui	255	1:2,395
295	Najjar Arabic and Jewish (Sephardic): occupational name from Arabic najjar ‘carpenter’.	255	1:2,395
296	Sahnoun The meaning of this surname is not listed.	255	1:2,395
297	Soussi	255	1:2,395
298	Yahya	255	1:2,395
299	Salmi Finnish: topographic name from Finnish salmi ‘strait’, a name adopted during the names conversion movement at the end of the 19th century. In America it is sometimes an abbreviation of Salminen.	254	1:2,404
300	Belkacem The meaning of this surname is not listed.	253	1:2,414
301	Bennour The meaning of this surname is not listed.	253	1:2,414
302	Massoudi	252	1:2,423
303	Siala The meaning of this surname is not listed.	252	1:2,423
304	Jaziri	251	1:2,433
305	Ben Hadj	251	1:2,433
306	Al Hamrouni	249	1:2,452
307	Ben Nasr	248	1:2,462
308	Jedidi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	247	1:2,472
309	Al Qallal	246	1:2,482
310	Braham	246	1:2,482
311	Fares Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic faris ‘horseman’, ‘knight’. English: variant spelling of Faires.	246	1:2,482
312	Ellouze The meaning of this surname is not listed.	244	1:2,503
313	Kilani	244	1:2,503
314	Zaidi Muslim: Arabic family name denoting someone descended from an ancestor called Zaid (‘increase’) or a follower of the Shiite imam Zaid al-Shahid. After the death of the fourth Shiite imam, Zaynul Abidin, a branch of the Shiites chose to follow Zaid as the next imam instead of his brother Mu?hammad al–Baqir. Zaidis are found mainly in Yemen.	244	1:2,503
315	Dhouib The meaning of this surname is not listed.	243	1:2,513
316	El Shaby	243	1:2,513
317	Louhichi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	243	1:2,513
318	Talbi	243	1:2,513
319	Ben Moussa	243	1:2,513
320	Chtourou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	242	1:2,523
321	Rouissi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	242	1:2,523
322	Amira	240	1:2,544
323	Koubaa	240	1:2,544
324	Attieh	239	1:2,555
325	Al Sassi	238	1:2,566
326	Lahmar The meaning of this surname is not listed.	238	1:2,566
327	Hamzaoui	236	1:2,587
328	Mekni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	236	1:2,587
329	Balti The meaning of this surname is not listed.	235	1:2,598
330	Smaoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	234	1:2,610
331	Walid	234	1:2,610
332	Bouali The meaning of this surname is not listed.	233	1:2,621
333	Melki	233	1:2,621
334	Rejeb	233	1:2,621
335	Agrebi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	232	1:2,632
336	Al-Bahri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	232	1:2,632
337	Baccar The meaning of this surname is not listed.	232	1:2,632
338	Mabrouki The meaning of this surname is not listed.	232	1:2,632
339	Ben Othman	232	1:2,632
340	Akrout The meaning of this surname is not listed.	231	1:2,643
341	Ben Hassen	231	1:2,643
342	Alaya	230	1:2,655
343	Boughanmi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	230	1:2,655
344	Chaouachi	230	1:2,655
345	Ben Cheikh	230	1:2,655
346	Rahmouni	229	1:2,666
347	Zoghlami The meaning of this surname is not listed.	229	1:2,666
348	Ben Mahmoud	229	1:2,666
349	Aoun	228	1:2,678
350	Sfar The meaning of this surname is not listed.	228	1:2,678
351	Smida The meaning of this surname is not listed.	228	1:2,678
352	Trigui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	228	1:2,678
353	Beji The meaning of this surname is not listed.	227	1:2,690
354	Saadi	227	1:2,690
355	Ben Khalifa	227	1:2,690
356	Shakroun The meaning of this surname is not listed.	226	1:2,702
357	Abassi	225	1:2,714
358	Kraiem	225	1:2,714
359	Mbarki The meaning of this surname is not listed.	225	1:2,714
360	Ben Hamida	224	1:2,726
361	Al Bakoush	223	1:2,738
362	Al Jerbi	223	1:2,738
363	Chaabouni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	223	1:2,738
364	Kaabi	223	1:2,738
365	Al Mannai	222	1:2,751
366	Azizi Muslim: Arabic family name (?Azizi), a derivative of ?Aziz (see Aziz), denoting a descendant or associate of ?Aziz. Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Arabic name.	222	1:2,751
367	Zidi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	222	1:2,751
368	El Din	221	1:2,763
369	Laabidi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	221	1:2,763
370	Maalej Maalej has an Arabic origin, similar the the word "Moh-a-leej", which is Arabic for 'medic' or 'healer'.	221	1:2,763
371	Ben Saad	221	1:2,763
372	Al Farshishi	220	1:2,776
373	Hmida The meaning of this surname is not listed.	220	1:2,776
374	Ajmi	219	1:2,788
375	Al Azhar	219	1:2,788
376	Bilel The first Mu'adhan in Islam was Bilal Ibn Rabah, a freed slave from Africa. He was the first named Bilel.	219	1:2,788
377	Hammadi	219	1:2,788
378	Chouchene The meaning of this surname is not listed.	218	1:2,801
379	Karray The meaning of this surname is not listed.	218	1:2,801
380	Khadraoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	217	1:2,814
381	Ben Jemaa	217	1:2,814
382	Drira The meaning of this surname is not listed.	215	1:2,840
383	El Amery	215	1:2,840
384	Hammouda	215	1:2,840
385	Mousa Muslim: variant of Musa (Moses).	215	1:2,840
386	Al Zouari	214	1:2,853
387	Aouini The meaning of this surname is not listed.	214	1:2,853
388	Bedoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	214	1:2,853
389	Bouslama The meaning of this surname is not listed.	214	1:2,853
390	Miled The meaning of this surname is not listed.	214	1:2,853
391	Amin Muslim and Indian (northern states): from an Arabic personal name based on amin ‘trustworthy’, ‘faithful’, ‘honest’. Al-Amin ‘the trustworthy’ is an honorific title of the Prophet Muhammad. The term is used in combination with other words to form compound names: for example, Ru?h-ul-Amin ‘faithful spirit’ is an epithet of the Angel Gabriel mentioned in the Qur’an (26:193). Al-Amin (787–813) was the name of the sixth Abbasid khalif of Baghdad. In India, the name came to be used as a term denoting a government official concerned with investigation of land claims and revenue claims, collection of revenue, and land surveying.	213	1:2,867
392	Elleuch The meaning of this surname is not listed.	213	1:2,867
393	Haji	213	1:2,867
394	Ben Rejeb	213	1:2,867
395	Al Awni	212	1:2,880
396	Dawood Muslim: see Daoud.	212	1:2,880
397	Qasim Muslim: see Kassem.	212	1:2,880
398	Abbas Muslim (widespread throughout the Muslim world): from the Arabic personal name ?Abbas, literally ‘stern’, ‘austere’. ?Abbas was the name of an uncle (died 652) of the Prophet Muhammad, the ancestor of the Abbasid dynasty (see Abbasi). German: Latinized form of Abt ‘abbot’.	211	1:2,894
399	Darbal The meaning of this surname is not listed.	210	1:2,908
400	Ezzine The meaning of this surname is not listed.	210	1:2,908
401	Suissi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	210	1:2,908
402	Younis Muslim: variant spelling of Younes.	210	1:2,908
403	Hichri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	209	1:2,922
404	Mubarak	209	1:2,922
405	Shoushan The meaning of this surname is not listed.	209	1:2,922
406	Ben Hamouda	208	1:2,936
407	Bettaieb The meaning of this surname is not listed.	207	1:2,950
408	Kadri	207	1:2,950
409	Kamel Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic kamil ‘perfect’, ‘complete’. Compare Kamal. German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from kamel ‘camel’ (Latin camelus, Greek kamelos; cf. Hebrew gamal). This was a common house sign in central Europe in the later Middle Ages, and the surname generally denoted someone who lived in a house bearing this sign. It may also have been a nickname for an ill-tempered or clumsy person, or as a Jewish name it was probably ornamental.	207	1:2,950
410	Khalfallah It is a name that is made by combining two words: khalf, which means 'behind' and Allah, meaning 'god'. The name means 'under god'.	207	1:2,950
411	Khalifi	207	1:2,950
412	El Sahaby	206	1:2,964
413	Sami Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic sami? ‘hearing’, ‘listening’, or on sami ‘august’. As-Sami? ‘the All-Hearing’ is an attribute of Allah. It is found in combinations such as ?Abd al-Sami? (Abdus-Sami) ‘servant of the All-Hearing’. Indian: variant of Swamy.	206	1:2,964
414	Abdi Muslim: variant of Abdo.	205	1:2,979
415	Ameur	205	1:2,979
416	Wali Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic wali ‘lord’, ‘guardian’, ‘protector’, ‘saint’, or ‘friend’, often interpreted as a short form of Wali Allah ‘friend of God’, an epithet of the Prophet Muhammad. Indian (Kashmir): Hindu (Brahman) name, probably ulitmately derived from Arabic wali ‘lord’ (see 1). Indian (Karnataka): Hindu (Lingayat) name of unknown meaning.	205	1:2,979
417	Boussetta The meaning of this surname is not listed.	204	1:2,993
418	Romdhani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	204	1:2,993
419	Ben Aissa	204	1:2,993
420	Al Mahzabi	203	1:3,008
421	Ayoub Muslim: from Arabic Ayyub, the Arabic form of the Hebrew (Biblical) name Iyob ‘Job’. In the suras he is regarded as a messenger of Allah. This name is borne by Christians (in Lebanon and elsewhere) as well as by Muslims. The spread of the name among Muslims is partly due to the fame of ?Sala?h ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Saladin), founder of the Ayyubid dynasty.	203	1:3,008
422	Chaker	203	1:3,008
423	Mekki	203	1:3,008
424	Othman Muslim: variant of Arabic ?Uthman, a name of unknown etymology. This was the name of the third of the ‘rightly guided’ khalifs (ruled 644–656), one of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad, to whom he gave the good news of entering into paradise.	203	1:3,008
425	Aziz Muslim (widespread throughout the Muslim world): from the Arabic personal name ?Abd al-?Aziz ‘servant of the mighty’ or ‘servant of the beloved’. Al-?Aziz ‘the Invincible’ or ‘the Beloved’ is an attribute of Allah. Al-?Aziz (955–996) was the fifth Fatimid khalif of Egypt (975–996), noted among other things for his religious tolerance.	202	1:3,023
426	Chtioui	202	1:3,023
427	Mezghani	202	1:3,023
428	El Jendouby	201	1:3,038
429	Hentati The meaning of this surname is not listed.	201	1:3,038
430	Omrani	201	1:3,038
431	Bensaid	200	1:3,053
432	Farah Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic fara?h ‘joy’, ‘happiness’, ‘delight’.	200	1:3,053
433	Ben Hmida	200	1:3,053
434	Al Abbasi	199	1:3,068
435	Al Najjar	199	1:3,068
436	Jallouli The meaning of this surname is not listed.	199	1:3,068
437	El Gamal	198	1:3,084
438	Mami	198	1:3,084
439	Zied	198	1:3,084
440	El Aswad	197	1:3,100
441	Ghariani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	197	1:3,100
442	Kchaou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	197	1:3,100
443	Aissa	196	1:3,115
444	Al Farikha	196	1:3,115
445	Anis	196	1:3,115
446	Derouiche The meaning of this surname is not listed.	196	1:3,115
447	Jaballah The meaning of this surname is not listed.	196	1:3,115
448	Benali	195	1:3,131
449	Helali The meaning of this surname is not listed.	195	1:3,131
450	Mahdi Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic mahdi ‘guided’. This was the name of the twelfth Shiite imam, who disappeared in mysterious circumstances in 939, giving rise to a belief that he will return and unite Muslims under his leadership, triumphing over injustice.	195	1:3,131
451	Mestiri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	194	1:3,148
452	Naji	194	1:3,148
453	Qasimi	194	1:3,148
454	Rabhi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	194	1:3,148
455	Rhouma This surname is Tunisian or Libyan, but 90% of bearers are Tunisian.	194	1:3,148
456	Abdellaoui	193	1:3,164
457	Al Mathlouthi	193	1:3,164
458	Al Zawawi	193	1:3,164
459	Eisaa	193	1:3,164
460	Hamadi	193	1:3,164
461	Khaldi	193	1:3,164
462	Askri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	192	1:3,180
463	Ben Yahia	192	1:3,180
464	Allani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	191	1:3,197
465	Chihi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	191	1:3,197
466	Rached	191	1:3,197
467	Al Masmoudi	190	1:3,214
468	Guizani	190	1:3,214
469	Marzougui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	190	1:3,214
470	Nouira The meaning of this surname is not listed.	190	1:3,214
471	Omry	190	1:3,214
472	Al Muddib	189	1:3,231
473	Dhahri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	189	1:3,231
474	Nabli The meaning of this surname is not listed.	189	1:3,231
475	Zayani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	189	1:3,231
476	Azaiez The meaning of this surname is not listed.	188	1:3,248
477	Bahloul	188	1:3,248
478	Al Juwaini	186	1:3,283
479	Alawi	186	1:3,283
480	Bouguerra The meaning of this surname is not listed.	186	1:3,283
481	Chaibi	186	1:3,283
482	Miladi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	186	1:3,283
483	Taieb This surname is Arabic, and taieb means 'the good person', who wants the best for every one.	186	1:3,283
484	Al Zain	185	1:3,301
485	Ouerghi	185	1:3,301
486	Belhassen The meaning of this surname is not listed.	184	1:3,319
487	Abdelli The meaning of this surname is not listed.	183	1:3,337
488	Al Bahloul	183	1:3,337
489	Bouhlel The Bouhlel of Tunisia are found mainly in Msaken but also in Sfax. Those of Msaken are among the biggest families in Msaken. As per the DNA results of Msaken DANA Project conducted by Kamel Gazzah, they belong to aplogroup J2-L271.	183	1:3,337
490	Sboui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	183	1:3,337
491	Alshshawush The meaning of this surname is not listed.	182	1:3,355
492	Loukil The meaning of this surname is not listed.	182	1:3,355
493	Ben Younes	182	1:3,355
494	Al Ajmi	181	1:3,374
495	Shili	181	1:3,374
496	Benzarti The meaning of this surname is not listed.	180	1:3,392
497	Med	180	1:3,392
498	Chatti The Tunisian Chatti's are found mostly in M'saken, Tunisia. There are many derived surnames such as: Zommit, Baya, Gregueb and Baccouch.According to the	179	1:3,411
499	Hasnaoui	179	1:3,411
500	Al Ash	178	1:3,430
501	Al-Rubai	178	1:3,430
502	Arbi	178	1:3,430
503	Azzabi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	178	1:3,430
504	Chebil The meaning of this surname is not listed.	178	1:3,430

Rank The surname's ranking is determined by its frequency of occurrence	Surname	Incidence The number of people who share the same surname	Frequency The ratio of people who share the same surname
1	El Nouri	178	1:3,430
2	Jrad	178	1:3,430
3	Moqni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	178	1:3,430
4	Al Baklouti	177	1:3,450
5	Hasni	177	1:3,450
6	Al Habib	176	1:3,469
7	Zouaghi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	176	1:3,469
8	Ben Ameur	176	1:3,469
9	Mohsen	175	1:3,489
10	El Latif	174	1:3,509
11	El Sahely	174	1:3,509
12	Hakim Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic hakim ‘learned’, ‘wise’. Al-Hakim ‘the All-Wise’ is an attribute of Allah. It may also be a status name from the Arabic noun hakim ‘governor’, ‘judge’, ‘scholar’ or Persian haekim ‘wise man’, ‘philosopher’, or ‘physician’. In the Indian subcontinent it generally denotes a physician, in particular one specializing in traditional herbal remedies. Al-Hakim ‘the Judge’ is also an attribute of Allah.	174	1:3,509
13	Hamila	174	1:3,509
14	Laribi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	174	1:3,509
15	Marwen The meaning of this surname is not listed.	174	1:3,509
16	Rajhi	174	1:3,509
17	Ben Messaoud	174	1:3,509
18	Abdelhedi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	173	1:3,530
19	Al Muhairi	173	1:3,530
20	Emna The meaning of this surname is not listed.	173	1:3,530
21	Harrabi	173	1:3,530
22	Arous	172	1:3,550
23	Weslati The meaning of this surname is not listed.	172	1:3,550
24	Ben Mabrouk	172	1:3,550
25	Ben Slama	172	1:3,550
26	Al Qarawi	171	1:3,571
27	Al-Alawi This family's roots are in Madina El Monawara and are descendants of The Prophet Mohammed. Due to warfare they immigrated to surrounding countries such as Yemen, Morroco, Spain, Iraq, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia etc.	171	1:3,571
28	Amamou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	171	1:3,571
29	Bouzouita The meaning of this surname is not listed.	171	1:3,571
30	Krichen The meaning of this surname is not listed.	171	1:3,571
31	Majdoub The meaning of this surname is not listed.	171	1:3,571
32	Al Fakhif	170	1:3,592
33	Jaber Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic jabir ‘comforter’, ‘healer’, ‘bone-setter’. Jabir ibn ?Abdullah was one of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad. Jabir ibn Hayyan (c. 721–c. 815) is known as the father of Arabic alchemy.	170	1:3,592
34	Jabri	170	1:3,592
35	Najar most probably a habitational name from Najar, Alacant. alternatively, it may be an occupational name derived from Arabic najjar ‘carpenter’.	170	1:3,592
36	Thoib The meaning of this surname is not listed.	170	1:3,592
37	Chahed Chahed of Msaken are cousins to Ben Sik Ali and Zorgati.They belong to Haplogroup J2-L271 according to Msaken DNA Project.	169	1:3,613
38	Rahmani Muslim: Arabic family name indicating descent from or association with someone called Ra?hman (see Rahman).	169	1:3,613
39	Al Munther	168	1:3,635
40	Al Shayeb	168	1:3,635
41	Dhaoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	168	1:3,635
42	Rahooma The meaning of this surname is not listed.	168	1:3,635
43	Al Thawadi	167	1:3,656
44	El Moez	167	1:3,656
45	Jaafar	167	1:3,656
46	Mnif The meaning of this surname is not listed.	167	1:3,656
47	Troudi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	167	1:3,656
48	El Tounsi	166	1:3,678
49	Elnafati The meaning of this surname is not listed.	166	1:3,678
50	Letaief The meaning of this surname is not listed.	166	1:3,678
51	Mahjoubi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	166	1:3,678
52	Sdiri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	166	1:3,678
53	Al Rizki	165	1:3,701
54	Bouziane	165	1:3,701
55	El Hamdy	165	1:3,701
56	Fathallah The meaning of this surname is not listed.	165	1:3,701
57	Ghali	165	1:3,701
58	Khelil The meaning of this surname is not listed.	165	1:3,701
59	Mani Indian (southern states): reduced form of Subramanian. Indian (Kerala): among Christians from Kerala, a pet form of Emmanuel. It is only a given name in Kerala, but in the U.S. used as a family name among people from Kerala.	165	1:3,701
60	Mezni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	165	1:3,701
61	Jarraya The meaning of this surname is not listed.	164	1:3,723
62	Mehdi	164	1:3,723
63	Rahali The Rahala family are found in many parts of Algeria, especially in Khenchela, Bordj Bou Arreridj, M'sila, Tizi Ouzou and Ain Defla. They are located in Tlemcen also in Nedroma. It is said the throne of the Rahala family is in southern Morocco.	164	1:3,723
64	Asma	163	1:3,746
65	Mahfoudh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	163	1:3,746
66	Manel	163	1:3,746
67	Abdennadher The meaning of this surname is not listed.	162	1:3,769
68	Affes The meaning of this surname is not listed.	162	1:3,769
69	Taktak The meaning of this surname is not listed.	162	1:3,769
70	Aissaoui	161	1:3,793
71	Al Khulaifi	161	1:3,793
72	Shattouro The meaning of this surname is not listed.	161	1:3,793
73	Al Ayashi	160	1:3,816
74	Al Yahyaoui	160	1:3,816
75	Alkasho The meaning of this surname is not listed.	160	1:3,816
76	Mohamedi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	160	1:3,816
77	Taleb	160	1:3,816
78	Houssem The meaning of this surname is not listed.	159	1:3,840
79	Al Saeedani	158	1:3,865
80	Benmansour The meaning of this surname is not listed.	158	1:3,865
81	Bouattour The meaning of this surname is not listed.	158	1:3,865
82	Charfeddine The meaning of this surname is not listed.	158	1:3,865
83	Chouchane The meaning of this surname is not listed.	158	1:3,865
84	Fatma	158	1:3,865
85	Maaroufi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	158	1:3,865
86	Murad Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic murad ‘will’, ‘purpose’, ‘wish’. This was the name of a son of the 16th-century Mughal emperor Akbar.	158	1:3,865
87	Chelbi This surname was originally from the old town of Xelb (Silves) in Algarve (South of Portugal).	157	1:3,889
88	El Hady	157	1:3,889
89	Halima	157	1:3,889
90	Jridi The name comes directly from Chott el Jerid, the big lake in the center of Tunisia. This is why one of the nicknames for the people living in Tozeur and its region is "El Jridiya".	157	1:3,889
91	Klai The meaning of this surname is not listed.	157	1:3,889
92	Sfaxi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	157	1:3,889
93	Amari Italian (Sicily): see Amaro. Arabic: variant of Amar. Japanese: ‘surplus’, usually written with characters used phonetically. It appears to be a shortening of amaribe ‘surplus doors’, a reference to the practice among census takers from ancient times up to the era of the Tokugawa shogunate (1603–1867) of listing households in groups of fifty; any households exceeding this number or a multiple of it were referred to as ‘surplus’. The surname is found chiefly in northeastern Japan.	156	1:3,914
94	Chabchoub The meaning of this surname is not listed.	156	1:3,914
95	Driss The meaning of this surname is not listed.	156	1:3,914
96	Eddine	156	1:3,914
97	Mokhtar	156	1:3,914
98	Amery	155	1:3,940
99	Belkhiria The meaning of this surname is not listed.	155	1:3,940
100	Issawi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	155	1:3,940
101	Jmal The meaning of this surname is not listed.	155	1:3,940
102	Khamassi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	155	1:3,940
103	Slimani	155	1:3,940
104	Al Nafzi	154	1:3,965
105	Khemakhem The meaning of this surname is not listed.	154	1:3,965
106	Zairi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	154	1:3,965
107	Ben Achour	154	1:3,965
108	Bacha French (Alsace), German, Czech, and Polish: from a vernacular pet form of the Latin personal name Bartolomaeus (see Bartholomew). Americanized spelling of Norwegian Bakka, a variant of Bakke.	153	1:3,991
109	Basbas	153	1:3,991
110	Tahri	153	1:3,991
111	Tarhouni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	153	1:3,991
112	Al Hajri	152	1:4,017
113	Al Tareqi	152	1:4,017
114	Mhadhbi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	152	1:4,017
115	Saoudi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	152	1:4,017
116	Ben Haj	152	1:4,017
117	Alyah The meaning of this surname is not listed.	151	1:4,044
118	Boubakri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	151	1:4,044
119	Dali From the Latin, dail, meaning 'assembly'. The root of the name and all its derivatives can be traced back to the single meaning of 'one that gathers at assemblies'. The earliest ancestors with the surname O'Dalaigh were often poets and/or scholars and were present in the courts of many high lords.	151	1:4,044
120	El Marzouki	151	1:4,044
121	Hmidi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	151	1:4,044
122	Saidane The meaning of this surname is not listed.	151	1:4,044
123	Al Khameeri	150	1:4,071
124	Alkuki The meaning of this surname is not listed.	150	1:4,071
125	Amami The meaning of this surname is not listed.	150	1:4,071
126	Boukhreis The meaning of this surname is not listed.	150	1:4,071
127	Lakhal	150	1:4,071
128	Sahraoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	150	1:4,071
129	Ben Rhouma	150	1:4,071
130	Boumaiza The meaning of this surname is not listed.	149	1:4,098
131	El Loumy	149	1:4,098
132	Habibi Muslim: from an adjectival derivative of Habib.	149	1:4,098
133	Nafti The meaning of this surname is not listed.	149	1:4,098
134	Yakoubi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	149	1:4,098
135	Abed Muslim: variant of Abid.	148	1:4,126
136	Ben Nour	148	1:4,126
137	El Mellady	148	1:4,126
138	Gharsallah The meaning of this surname is not listed.	148	1:4,126
139	Kerkeni	148	1:4,126
140	Khlif The meaning of this surname is not listed.	148	1:4,126
141	Meher	148	1:4,126
142	Zaghdoudi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	148	1:4,126
143	Ben Hamed	148	1:4,126
144	Al Wahishi	147	1:4,154
145	Bouhallal The meaning of this surname is not listed.	147	1:4,154
146	El Shatti	147	1:4,154
147	Jbeli The meaning of this surname is not listed.	147	1:4,154
148	Limam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	147	1:4,154
149	Akkari	146	1:4,182
150	Al Vertani	146	1:4,182
151	Al-Gabsi For the meaning of this name, see: Gabsi.	146	1:4,182
152	Bousnina The meaning of this surname is not listed.	146	1:4,182
153	Cheikh	146	1:4,182
154	Dimassi	146	1:4,182
155	El Salmy	146	1:4,182
156	Seif German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a soap maker, from Middle High German seife, German Seife ‘soap’. Arabic: from a personal name based on sayf ‘sword’. Saifullah ‘sword of Allah’ was a title of honor bestowed by the Prophet Muhammad on the military leader Khalid ibn-al-Walid (see Khalid).	146	1:4,182
157	Al Jadidi	145	1:4,211
158	Al Sharni	145	1:4,211
159	Al Ureybi	145	1:4,211
160	Almorabit The meaning of this surname is not listed.	145	1:4,211
161	Fersi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	145	1:4,211
162	Al Zahra	144	1:4,240
163	Aljaziri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	144	1:4,240
164	Yacoubi	144	1:4,240
165	Guermazi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	143	1:4,270
166	Souid The meaning of this surname is not listed.	143	1:4,270
167	Adel German: from a short form of any of a number of personal names beginning with Old High German adal ‘noble’. Compare Edel. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from Adel ‘nobility’. Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic adil ‘just’, ‘legally competent (as a witness)’.	142	1:4,300
168	Al Majdoub	142	1:4,300
169	Al Sheikh	142	1:4,300
170	Alamoalag The meaning of this surname is not listed.	142	1:4,300
171	El Hassany	142	1:4,300
172	Lajmi Mostly of the people who bare this name come from Sfax, Jem and Kerkena in Tunisia.	142	1:4,300
173	Melliti The meaning of this surname is not listed.	142	1:4,300
174	Wael	142	1:4,300
175	Brahem The meaning of this surname is not listed.	141	1:4,331
176	Chikhaoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	141	1:4,331
177	Hilal	141	1:4,331
178	Jebri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	141	1:4,331
179	Milad	141	1:4,331
180	Mokni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	141	1:4,331
181	Ben Sassi	141	1:4,331
182	Al Tlili	140	1:4,362
183	Ben Omar	140	1:4,362
184	El Louz	140	1:4,362
185	Gafsi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	140	1:4,362
186	Ksouri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	140	1:4,362
187	Mechergui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	140	1:4,362
188	Al Ghariani	139	1:4,393
189	Al Zaidi	139	1:4,393
190	Briki The meaning of this surname is not listed.	139	1:4,393
191	Fendri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	139	1:4,393
192	Mariem The meaning of this surname is not listed.	139	1:4,393
193	Najah	139	1:4,393
194	Yahia	139	1:4,393
195	Ben Mbarek	139	1:4,393
196	Al Mazghani	138	1:4,425
197	Annabi	138	1:4,425
198	Ghozzi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	138	1:4,425
199	Sayari The meaning of this surname is not listed.	138	1:4,425
200	Zerrouq The meaning of this surname is not listed.	138	1:4,425
201	Al Touati	137	1:4,457
202	Beldi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	137	1:4,457
203	Salim Muslim and Jewish (Sephardic): from a personal name based on Arabic salim ‘perfect’, ‘faultless’, ‘safe’, ‘secure’. Salim bin Thabet was one of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad. The Mughal emperor Jahangir (1605–1627) was also known as Prince Salim. This is a widespread name in all Muslim countries.	137	1:4,457
204	Badri	136	1:4,490
205	Bou In Spain, bou means 'bull' or 'oxen' in Catalan.	136	1:4,490
206	Bourguiba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	136	1:4,490
207	Khader	136	1:4,490
208	Marouani	136	1:4,490
209	Rais Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic ra?is ‘leader’, also found in combinations such as Ra?is ud-Din ‘leader of religion’. German and Swiss German: from the personal name Ragiso, a pet form of any of the Germanic compound names beginning with the element rag-, a short form of ragin ‘advice’. German and Czech: Slavic spelling of German Reis. German and Czech: from an altered short form of the Biblical personal name Zacharias.	136	1:4,490
210	Sliti The meaning of this surname is not listed.	136	1:4,490
211	Zekri	136	1:4,490
212	Taher	135	1:4,523
213	Yazidi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	135	1:4,523
214	Al Owaini	134	1:4,557
215	Arfa	134	1:4,557
216	Dahmani	134	1:4,557
217	Hanen Scottish: unexplained. Possibly a variant of Irish Hannan. German: from Middle High German: probably from a house name, zem hanen ‘at the sign of the rooster’ (see Hahn).	134	1:4,557
218	Harbaoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	134	1:4,557
219	Khalfaoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	134	1:4,557
220	Laroussi	134	1:4,557
221	Maatoug The meaning of this surname is not listed.	134	1:4,557
222	Neffati The meaning of this surname is not listed.	134	1:4,557
223	Abbasi Muslim: from the Arabic family name ?Abbasi, a derivative of the personal name ?Abbas (see Abbas), denoting someone descended from or associated with someone called ?Abbas, in particular a descendant of the Abbasid dynasty of khalifs, who ruled the Islamic world from 750, when they founded a new capital in Baghdad, to 1258, when they were destroyed by the Mongols.	133	1:4,591
224	Abouda	133	1:4,591
225	Al Jalouli	133	1:4,591
226	Al Jaraya	133	1:4,591
227	Aloulou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	133	1:4,591
228	Amani	133	1:4,591
229	Boukadida The meaning of this surname is not listed.	133	1:4,591
230	Jawadi	133	1:4,591
231	Ketata The meaning of this surname is not listed.	133	1:4,591
232	Moftah The meaning of this surname is not listed.	133	1:4,591
233	Achouri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	132	1:4,626
234	El Arousy	132	1:4,626
235	Hedhli The meaning of this surname is not listed.	132	1:4,626
236	Olfa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	132	1:4,626
237	Rahal from a personal name based on ra?hil ‘explorer’, ‘one who udertakes a journey’. alternatively, perhaps, from the female personal name Rahel (Biblical Rachel).	132	1:4,626
238	Sakka	132	1:4,626
239	Sebai	132	1:4,626
240	Yassine	132	1:4,626
241	Zghal The Zaghloul family is a family belonging to Zaghloul, the Sultan and the ruler of Andalusia. When Andalusia fell, her grandchildren turned to Algeria and then to Egypt. Some settled there, and some went to Palestine. Some went to Jordan, Hijaz and Iraq.	132	1:4,626
242	Ahmadi Muslim: Arabic family name meaning ‘descended from or associated with A?hmad’ (see Ahmad).	131	1:4,661
243	Al Furati	131	1:4,661
244	Ammari	131	1:4,661
245	Chelly	131	1:4,661
246	El Zayani	131	1:4,661
247	Azouzi It is an ancient, mystical, religious family descended from the Prophet Mohamed. Originally from the city of Zerhoun, Morocco. The first to come to Morocco from the offspring of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib and is Mawla Idris ibn Abdullah full bin Hassan Muthanna bin Hassan tribe bin Ali bin Abi Talib and Fatima Zahra girl Prophet - the founder of the Islamic caliphate in Morocco.	130	1:4,697
248	Bakkar	130	1:4,697
249	Mechri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	130	1:4,697
250	Qubaa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	130	1:4,697
251	Trad Origin unidentified.	130	1:4,697
252	Barouni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	129	1:4,734
253	Drissi	129	1:4,734
254	Gammoudi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	129	1:4,734
255	Al Hishisha	128	1:4,771
256	Allagui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	128	1:4,771
257	Aydi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	128	1:4,771
258	El Kilany	128	1:4,771
259	El Shaary	128	1:4,771
260	Maaloul The meaning of this surname is not listed.	128	1:4,771
261	Touil	128	1:4,771
262	Mesbah	127	1:4,808
263	Mnasri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	127	1:4,808
264	Riadh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	127	1:4,808
265	Sabrine The meaning of this surname is not listed.	127	1:4,808
266	Al-Hajj The meaning of this surname is not listed.	126	1:4,846
267	Azouz	126	1:4,846
268	Bayoudh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	126	1:4,846
269	Benamor The meaning of this surname is not listed.	126	1:4,846
270	Bouassida The meaning of this surname is not listed.	126	1:4,846
271	Heni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	126	1:4,846
272	Lamouchi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	126	1:4,846
273	Mastouri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	126	1:4,846
274	Al Baji	125	1:4,885
275	Hachani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	125	1:4,885
276	Hidri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	125	1:4,885
277	Sabri	125	1:4,885
278	Sallem The meaning of this surname is not listed.	125	1:4,885
279	Souli This name comes from Greek warriors of Albanian origin, well known around the year 1800. The great city/country of Souli was established in the Epirus region in the east of Greece.	125	1:4,885
280	Taboubi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	125	1:4,885
281	Ben Othmen	125	1:4,885
282	Al Makeni	124	1:4,924
283	Al-Kharrat	124	1:4,924
284	El Hanachi	124	1:4,924
285	Latif Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic latif ‘kind’, ‘gentle’. Al-Latif ‘the Kind’ is an attribute of Allah. This name is found in combinations such as ?Abd-al-Latif ‘servant of the Kind’.	124	1:4,924
286	Mahfouz Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic ma?hfu?z ‘safeguarded’, ‘well-protected’. This is a popular name throughout the Muslim world.	124	1:4,924
287	Rachdi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	124	1:4,924
288	Abdelmoula The meaning of this surname is not listed.	123	1:4,964
289	Al Afas	123	1:4,964
290	Al Imam	123	1:4,964
291	Amel	123	1:4,964
292	Fehri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	123	1:4,964
293	Oussama One of the meanings of this surname is: lion.	123	1:4,964
294	Fredj The meaning of this surname is not listed.	122	1:5,005
295	Ines Scottish: variant spelling of Innes. German (Württemberg): unexplained. Portuguese and Spanish: unexplained.	122	1:5,005
296	Jemli The meaning of this surname is not listed.	122	1:5,005
297	Rebhi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	122	1:5,005
298	Al Haji	121	1:5,046
299	Al Hantati	121	1:5,046
300	Boraoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	121	1:5,046
301	Dakhli The meaning of this surname is not listed.	121	1:5,046
302	Ezzeddine	121	1:5,046
303	Hani	121	1:5,046
304	Hedi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	121	1:5,046
305	Mili	121	1:5,046
306	Moez The meaning of this surname is not listed.	121	1:5,046
307	Moumni	121	1:5,046
308	Zayed	121	1:5,046
309	Ben Hammouda	121	1:5,046
310	Al Maalawi	120	1:5,089
311	Awny The meaning of this surname is not listed.	120	1:5,089
312	Boujnah The meaning of this surname is not listed.	120	1:5,089
313	Chibani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	120	1:5,089
314	El Hajj	120	1:5,089
315	Hosny	120	1:5,089
316	Messaoud	120	1:5,089
317	Ramzi	120	1:5,089
318	Slimi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	120	1:5,089
319	Tarek	120	1:5,089
320	Ben Alaya	120	1:5,089
321	Al Fatanasi	119	1:5,131
322	Al Shteiwi	119	1:5,131
323	Bannour The meaning of this surname is not listed.	119	1:5,131
324	Boussaid The meaning of this surname is not listed.	119	1:5,131
325	Shabeel The meaning of this surname is not listed.	119	1:5,131
326	Skhiri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	119	1:5,131
327	Akrami	118	1:5,175
328	Al Ghoul	118	1:5,175
329	Jamel	118	1:5,175
330	Khanfir The meaning of this surname is not listed.	118	1:5,175
331	Ziadi	118	1:5,175
332	Akremi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	117	1:5,219
333	Brini	117	1:5,219
334	Dhaou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	117	1:5,219
335	El Sherfi	117	1:5,219
336	Krishan	117	1:5,219
337	Malik Muslim and Hindu (mainly Panjab): status name from a title meaning ‘lord’, ‘ruler’, ‘chief’, from Arabic malik ‘king’. In the subcontinent this is often found as a title for the headman of a village. In Islam Al-Malik ‘the King’ is one of the attributes of Allah, regarded as ‘the king of mankind’ (Qur’an 114:2), and this word is used in combination in names such as ?Abd-ul Malik ‘servant of the King’. This was the name of an Umayyad khalif (685–705). Czech, Slovak (Malík), and Slovenian: nickname for a small person, from a pet form of a vocabulary word meaning ‘small’ (Polish maly, Czech malý ‘small’, Slovenian mali). Compare Maly.	117	1:5,219
338	Mellouli The meaning of this surname is not listed.	117	1:5,219
339	Nizar	117	1:5,219
340	Zaouali The meaning of this surname is not listed.	117	1:5,219
341	Abdelkefi	116	1:5,264
342	Al Mellouli	116	1:5,264
343	Chihaoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	116	1:5,264
344	El Hani	116	1:5,264
345	Elhishri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	116	1:5,264
346	Hamma	116	1:5,264
347	Jomaa	116	1:5,264
348	Al Darwish	115	1:5,310
349	Al Saadawi	115	1:5,310
350	Ayedi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	115	1:5,310
351	Brik	115	1:5,310
352	Gharsali The meaning of this surname is not listed.	115	1:5,310
353	Hafsi	115	1:5,310
354	Kanzari The meaning of this surname is not listed.	115	1:5,310
355	Khammassi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	115	1:5,310
356	Khazri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	115	1:5,310
357	Lamine	115	1:5,310
358	Amary	114	1:5,356
359	Rabeh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	114	1:5,356
360	Yacoub Muslim: from the Arabic personal name Ya?qub, the name of a Prophet in Islam (the Biblical Jacob). This name is widespread in all Muslim countries.	114	1:5,356
361	Ben Fredj	114	1:5,356
362	Al Mazougi	113	1:5,404
363	Al Zouribi	113	1:5,404
364	Amiri Muslim: Arabic family name meaning ‘descended from or associated with Amir’.	113	1:5,404
365	Bouchnak The meaning of this surname is not listed.	113	1:5,404
366	Diab Muslim: probably from a personal name based on Arabic dhi’b ‘wolf’.	113	1:5,404
367	Farhani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	113	1:5,404
368	Jamaat The meaning of this surname is not listed.	113	1:5,404
369	Jumah	113	1:5,404
370	Shalaby	113	1:5,404
371	Al Massoudi	112	1:5,452
372	Bahroun The meaning of this surname is not listed.	112	1:5,452
373	Bousselmi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	112	1:5,452
374	Dhib The meaning of this surname is not listed.	112	1:5,452
375	Haraby The meaning of this surname is not listed.	112	1:5,452
376	Hermassi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	112	1:5,452
377	Jemaa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	112	1:5,452
378	Ktari The meaning of this surname is not listed.	112	1:5,452
379	Al Mashreqi	111	1:5,501
380	El Salam	111	1:5,501
381	Jabeur The meaning of this surname is not listed.	111	1:5,501
382	Khayati The meaning of this surname is not listed.	111	1:5,501
383	Younes Muslim: from the Arabic personal name Yunus, name of a prophet, the Biblical Jonah (see Jonas). Yunus is mentioned in the Qur’an (37:139): ‘And Yunus was among those sent’.	111	1:5,501
384	Ben Belgacem	111	1:5,501
385	Ben Chaabane	111	1:5,501
386	Benabdallah The meaning of this surname is not listed.	110	1:5,551
387	Chargui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	110	1:5,551
388	Derbali The meaning of this surname is not listed.	110	1:5,551
389	Harzallah Name in favor of a man and a cleric who lived in the Nile area children Djelfa Massad area known Ptdenh and wisdom.	110	1:5,551
390	Mallek Of Slavic origin: respelling of Malek or Malik, derivatives of a diminutive of the common Slavic adjective maly ‘small’.	110	1:5,551
391	Mimouni	110	1:5,551
392	Naimi	110	1:5,551
393	Al Bouganmi	109	1:5,602
394	Daboussi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	109	1:5,602
395	El Omry	109	1:5,602
396	Gaaloul The meaning of this surname is not listed.	109	1:5,602
397	Krimi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	109	1:5,602
398	Mahfoudhi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	109	1:5,602
399	Mouna The meaning of this surname is not listed.	109	1:5,602
400	Nasraoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	109	1:5,602
401	Ouali	109	1:5,602
402	Al Akkari	108	1:5,654
403	Al Jawadi	108	1:5,654
404	Al Yaqoubi	108	1:5,654
405	Benhamida The meaning of this surname is not listed.	108	1:5,654
406	Debbabi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	108	1:5,654
407	Fraj The meaning of this surname is not listed.	108	1:5,654
408	Zrelli The meaning of this surname is not listed.	108	1:5,654
409	Abdelkader	107	1:5,707
410	Alswissy The meaning of this surname is not listed.	107	1:5,707
411	Ameni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	107	1:5,707
412	Borgi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	107	1:5,707
413	Chaima The meaning of this surname is not listed.	107	1:5,707
414	El Ahmar	107	1:5,707
415	Fawzi	107	1:5,707
416	Hamad Muslim: from an Arabic personal name, ?Hammad ‘much praising’, an intensive form of Hamid.	107	1:5,707
417	Jamoussi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	107	1:5,707
418	Larbi	107	1:5,707
419	Nour Muslim: variant of Noor.	107	1:5,707
420	Ouerfelli The meaning of this surname is not listed.	107	1:5,707
421	Ben Slimane	107	1:5,707
422	Al Akrout	106	1:5,761
423	Al Jordi	106	1:5,761
424	Al Khayari	106	1:5,761
425	Bouabid The meaning of this surname is not listed.	106	1:5,761
426	El Salhi	106	1:5,761
427	Ghrab The meaning of this surname is not listed.	106	1:5,761
428	Jarray The meaning of this surname is not listed.	106	1:5,761
429	Mourad Muslim: variant of Murad.	106	1:5,761
430	Saada	106	1:5,761
431	Al Aqrabi	105	1:5,815
432	Al Faqih	105	1:5,815
433	Al Soussi	105	1:5,815
434	Bargaoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	105	1:5,815
435	Djebbi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	105	1:5,815
436	Elhamedy The meaning of this surname is not listed.	105	1:5,815
437	Hatem Muslim: from an Arabic personal name, ?Hatim, literally ‘decisive’ or ‘determined’. ?Hatim al-Ta?iy (died 605) was a personage living in Arabia immediately before the rise of Islam, famous for his benevolence and hospitality. The name is popular throughout the Muslim world. Dutch: habitational name from a place in Gelderland.	105	1:5,815
438	Imed The meaning of this surname is not listed.	105	1:5,815
439	Jeridi The name comes directly from Chott el Jerid, the big lake in the center of Tunisia. This is why one of the nicknames for the people living in Tozeur and its region is "El Jridiya".	105	1:5,815
440	Walha The meaning of this surname is not listed.	105	1:5,815
441	Ajili The meaning of this surname is not listed.	104	1:5,871
442	Al Makour	104	1:5,871
443	Boss	104	1:5,871
444	El Badawy	104	1:5,871
445	Hajer The meaning of this surname is not listed.	104	1:5,871
446	Hichem The meaning of this surname is not listed.	104	1:5,871
447	Rouatbi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	104	1:5,871
448	Soudani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	104	1:5,871
449	Tekaya The meaning of this surname is not listed.	104	1:5,871
450	Ben Mustapha	104	1:5,871
451	Ben Yedder	104	1:5,871
452	Akermi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	103	1:5,928
453	Al Ajili	103	1:5,928
454	Al Nabli	103	1:5,928
455	Amal	103	1:5,928
456	Amouna The meaning of this surname is not listed.	103	1:5,928
457	Dreera The meaning of this surname is not listed.	103	1:5,928
458	Gara Hungarian: variant of Garay. This is one of the few Hungarian habitational names without the regular -i suffix. Irish: reduced form of O’Gara. Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city): Parsi name of unknown meaning.	103	1:5,928
459	Noireh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	103	1:5,928
460	Rim Swiss German: perhaps an altered form of Riem, a topographic name for someone who lived on a long narrow strip of land. Korean: unexplained.	103	1:5,928
461	Samaida The meaning of this surname is not listed.	103	1:5,928
462	Zaid	103	1:5,928
463	Dziri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	102	1:5,987
464	Hadrich	102	1:5,987
465	Qatata The meaning of this surname is not listed.	102	1:5,987
466	Shabshob The meaning of this surname is not listed.	102	1:5,987
467	Atef	101	1:6,046
468	Dardouri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	101	1:6,046
469	El Ghaly	101	1:6,046
470	Est	101	1:6,046
471	Hadhri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	101	1:6,046
472	Hajjem The meaning of this surname is not listed.	101	1:6,046
473	Hamdani	101	1:6,046
474	Korbi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	101	1:6,046
475	Sousou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	101	1:6,046
476	Abir	100	1:6,106
477	Ajlani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	100	1:6,106
478	Al Amdouni	100	1:6,106
479	Bouafif The meaning of this surname is not listed.	100	1:6,106
480	Buali The meaning of this surname is not listed.	100	1:6,106
481	Dakhlaoui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	100	1:6,106
482	Faten	100	1:6,106
483	Gharsalli The meaning of this surname is not listed.	100	1:6,106
484	Guidara	100	1:6,106
485	Landolsi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	100	1:6,106
486	Marrakchi	100	1:6,106
487	Maysawy The meaning of this surname is not listed.	100	1:6,106
488	Medini	100	1:6,106
489	Mediouni	100	1:6,106
490	Mido	100	1:6,106
491	Taha	100	1:6,106
492	Torkhani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	100	1:6,106
493	Amouri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	99	1:6,168
494	Belguith The meaning of this surname is not listed.	99	1:6,168
495	Dhouibi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	99	1:6,168
496	Hermi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	99	1:6,168
497	Idoudi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	99	1:6,168
498	Jellali The meaning of this surname is not listed.	99	1:6,168
499	Kanoun The meaning of this surname is not listed.	99	1:6,168
500	Matoussi The Matoussi family is a branch of a large tribe of Amazigh (Berber) who lived in the southeast of Tunisia in the mountain village of Matous (or Matousse) near the Remada Tataouine area. This family made a collective migration to the north of the country and especially the city of Medjez El-Bab (60 km west of Tunis) to escape the great injustice that the tribe lived by the governor of the region and the conflict with Hilali Arab tribes in this area of the village that became ruins today.	99	1:6,168
501	Othmen Is the Arabic name on Flan weight. This name is derived from the verb slightly, his name is authentic meanings of the beautiful show of strength and skill, intelligence and cunning. This name means living. This name means chick serpent; and best known for his deceit among the Arabs because it sneaks Winds quietly without sound.	99	1:6,168
502	Ridha	99	1:6,168
503	Sarra The meaning of this surname is not listed.	99	1:6,168
504	Tayeb	99	1:6,168

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