Arabic (Maghrebi) Submitted Surnames

ABDELLAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Abdellah" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian and Moroccan).

ADLANI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Adlène (chiefly Moroccan).

ALAMI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic عَلِيم (ʿalīm) meaning "knowing, learned, education" (see Alim), mainly used in a religious context.

ALAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Ali (1)" in Arabic (chiefly Moroccan). This is the name of the current ruling royal family of Morocco founded in 1631.

ALGERIE     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the French Algérie meaning "Algeria" (referring directly to the country itself). It also refers to someone from Annaba, Algeria.

AMARI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Ammar (chiefly Algerian).

AMIDANE     Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown; used by the native Sahrawi people of the disputed region of Western Sahara. Two known bearers are El Wali Amidane (1986-) and Elkouria Amidane (1985-), both Sahrawi human rights activists.

AMINE     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi variant of Amin (see Amin).

AMMARI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Ammar (chiefly Algerian).

AMRANI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Imran (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).

ARFAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly derived from Arabic عَرَفَ (ʿarafa) meaning "to know" or أَرْفَع (ʾarfaʿ) meaning "high, lofty, elevated" (chiefly Tunisian).

AYARI     Arabic (Maghrebi), Persian
Derived from Arabic عَيَّار (ʿayyār) or Persian عیار (ayyâr) meaning "vagabond, loafer, idler" (chiefly Tunisian).

AZIZI     Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi), Malaysian
From the given name Aziz.

BEKHTI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic بخت (bakht) "fortune, chance" (see the Persian name Bakhtiar); mainly found in Algeria. A notable bearer is Leïla Bekhti (1984-), a French actress of Algerian origin.

BELGASEM     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Belkacem (chiefly Libyan).

BELHADI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From an Arabic name meaning "father of Hadi" (chiefly Algerian).

BELHADJ     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of the pilgrim", from Arabic حَاجّ (ḥājj) meaning "pilgrim" (chiefly Algerian and Tunisian). It mainly refers to a Muslim who has embarked on the Hajj to Mecca.

BELKACEM     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi form of Abu al-Qasim meaning "father of Qasim" (chiefly Algerian).

BELKALEM     Arabic (Maghrebi)
This is the surname of Essaïd Belkalem (1989-), an Algerian footballer.

BEN     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi variant of Arabic بْن (bn), a form of اِبْن (ibn) meaning "son (of), offspring". It is often used as a prefix for other Maghrebi patronymic names (such as Benali "son of Ali" or Ben Amor "son of Amor").

BEN AHMED     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Ahmed"; predominantly used in Tunisia.

BENAÏSSA     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Aïssa" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian and Moroccan).

BEN ALI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Ali (1)" in Arabic (chiefly Tunisian). A notable bearer is Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936-), the second President of Tunisia.

BENALI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Ali"; used in Algeria and Morocco.

BENAMARA     Arabic (Maghrebi)

BEN AMOR     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Umar" in Arabic (chiefly Tunisian).

BENAOUF     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown (chiefly Algerian and Mauritanian).

BENFARÈS     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Farès" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian and Moroccan).

BEN HADJ     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of the pilgrim"; the title Hadj refers to a Muslim who has successfully completed the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. This surname is mainly found in Tunisia.

BENHASSI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
A notable bearer is Hasna Benhassi (1978-), a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner.

BENIKHLEF     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of bin Khalif.

BEN JEDDOU     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Mainly found in Tunisia.

BENJELLOUN     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From a Moroccan surname of Andalusian origin and unknown meaning.

BEN KHALIFA     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Khalifa"; prevalent in Tunisia.

BENKIRANE     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic بْن (bn) meaning "son" combined with كِيرَان (kīrān) meaning "forges, furnaces", possibly denoting descent of a blacksmith or metalworker (chiefly Moroccan).

BEN LARBI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Larbi"; mainly found in Tunisia.

BEN MANSOUR     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Mansour" (chiefly Tunisian).

BEN MOHAMED     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Mohamed" (chiefly Maghrebi).

BENMOUSSA     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Moussa (see Musa)".

BENNANI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown; mainly found in Morocco. A notable bearer is Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco (1978–), born as Salma Bennani.

BENRAMDANE     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Ben Romdhane (chiefly Algerian).

BEN ROMDHANE     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Ramadan" in Arabic (chiefly Tunisian).

BEN SAID     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Sa'id", mainly used in Tunisia.

BENSAÏD     Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of Sa'id" in Arabic and Hebrew, used in Morocco and Algeria.

BENSALEM     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Salem" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian).

BENSLIMANE     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Slimane" in Arabic (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).

BENTALEB     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Taleb" in Arabic (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).

BEN YAHIA     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Yahia" in Arabic (chiefly Tunisian).

BEN YAHYA     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Yahya".

BENYAMINA     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Yamina" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian).

BENYOUCEF     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Youcef (see Joseph)"; mainly found in Algeria.

BEN YOUNES     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Younes" in Arabic (chiefly Tunisian).

BEN YOUSSEF     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Youssef"; mainly used in Tunisia.

BEN ZAIED     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means “son of Zayd” in Arabic (chiefly Tunisian).

BENZEMA     Arabic (Maghrebi)
This is the surname of French professional footballer Karim Benzema who is of Algerian descent.

BEY     Indian (Muslim), Assamese, Turkish, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the Ottoman Turkish title بك (beg) (modern Turkish bey) meaning "ruler, chief, lord, master".

BOUALEM     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of Alam" (see Boualem); mainly found in Algeria.

BOUAZIZ     Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
Means "father of Aziz" in Arabic and Hebrew, used in Algeria and Tunisia. It is also used by North African Sephardic Jews.

BOUAZIZI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of Aziz" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi). A notable bearer was Mohamed Bouazizi (1984-2011), a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire. His death initiated the start of the Tunisian Jasmine Revolution.

BOUCHAIB     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Shoaib"; mainly found in Morocco and Algeria.

BOUCHAREB     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of the moustache" or "father of the drinker", from the Arabic بو (bu) "father (of)" and شَارِب (šārib) meaning "drinking, drinker" or "moustache". It is mainly found in Algeria.

BOUDIAF     Arabic (Maghrebi)
A notable bearer was Mohamed Boudiaf (1919-1992), an Algerian politician and a founder of the National Liberation Front (FLN).

BOUHIRED     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown. A notable bearer is Djamila Bouhired (1935-), an Algerian militant and nationalist who opposed the French rule over Algeria.

BOUKHALFA     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "son of Khalfa (see Khalifa)"; mainly used in Algeria.

BOUKHAROUBA     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown, possibly of Kabyle origin. A notable bearer was Algerian revolutionary and President Houari Boumediene (1932-1978), who was born as Mohamed ben Brahim Boukharouba.

BOUMEDIENE     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of Midian" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian). A notable bearer was Houari Boumediene (1932-1978), born as Mohamed ben Brahim Boukharouba, an Algerian revolutionary who served as the second President of Algeria from 1976-1978.

BOUTAYEB     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of Tayeb" in Arabic (chiefly Moroccan).

BOUTEFLIKA     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Of unknown meaning, possibly of Kabyle origin.... [more]

BOUTELLA     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of the mountain" or "father of the hill", derived from Arabic أَبُو (ʾabū) meaning "father (of)" and تَلّ (tall) "hill, foothill"; mainly used in Algeria.... [more]

BOUZAHER     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of Zaher" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian).

BOUZAID     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly a variant of Bouzid.

BOUZIAD     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of Ziad" in Arabic.

BOUZIANE     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of Zayyan" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian and Moroccan).

BOUZID     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "father of Zaid" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi).

BOUZIDI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Bouzid meaning "father of Zaid (see Zayd)". This surname is mainly used in Algeria and Morocco.

BRAHIM     Central African, Arabic (Maghrebi), Western African
From the given name Brahim.

BRAHIMI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Brahim (chiefly Algerian).

BRAHMI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Brahimi used in Algeria and Tunisia.

CHERGUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy) meaning "eastern, one from the east" (chiefly Algerian). It is a cognate of Moroccan Cherkaoui and Sephardi Chouraqui.

CHÉRIF     Arabic (Maghrebi), Western African
Maghrebi and Western African transcription of Sharif, influenced by French orthography.

CHERIFI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Cherif (chiefly Algerian).

CHERKAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy) meaning "eastern", denoting someone who comes from the east (chiefly Moroccan).

CHOUKRI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi transcription of Shukri (chiefly Moroccan).

DAHMANI     Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
From the given name Dahmane (chiefly Algerian and Moroccan).

DAOUDI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Dawud (chiefly Algerian and Moroccan).

DAROUICH     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi transcription of Darvish (chiefly Moroccan).

DHAOUADI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown; mainly found in Tunisia.

DJABOU     Arabic (Maghrebi), Central African
Meaning unknown. A bearer is Abdelmoumene Djabou (1987-), an Algerian footballer.

DJAZAIRI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic الجزائر (al-Jazā’ir) meaning "the islands", referring to the country of Algeria or referring to an Algerian person. This surname could be used to refer to someone from the city of Algiers, or just a general Algerian person.

DRIDI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown (chiefly Tunisian and Algerian).

EL ALAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the Alaoui" in Arabic; used predominantly in Morocco.

EL AMARI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the Amari", from the Arabic given name Ammar. Mainly found in Morocco.

EL AMRANI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the Amrani", from the given name Imran (chiefly Moroccan).

EL HACHIMI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the Hachimi" in Arabic (chiefly Moroccan).

EL IDRISSI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the Idrissi" in Arabic (chiefly Moroccan).

EL JAOUHARI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the Jaouhari" in Arabic, Jaouhari being derived from Arabic جوهر (jawhar) "jewel, precious stone, gem, essence" (see Jawahir). This surname is mainly found in Morocco.

EL OUAFI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the Ouafi", derived from the given name Wafi. A bearer was Ahmed Boughèra El Ouafi (1898-1959), an Algerian athlete during the French rule over the country.

EL OUAZZANI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "the Ouazzani", originally indicating a person who came from the town of Ouazzane in Morocco.

GADDAFI     Arabic (Maghrebi), Northern African
From the name of an Libyan Berber tribe named Qadhadhfa, possibly meaning "thrower, archer" from Arabic قَذَفَ (qaḏafa) meaning "to throw". A famous bearer was Muammar Gaddafi (1942–2011), a Libyan politician and revolutionary.

GHANNOUCHI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown. A notable bearer is Mohamed Ghannouchi (1941–), the former Prime Minister of Tunisia.

GHARBI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic غَرْب (ḡarb) meaning "stranger" or "west, Occident" (chiefly Tunisian).

HACHEMI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi transcription of Hashmi (chiefly Algerian).

HACHIMI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hashim (chiefly Moroccan).

HACHMI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi variant of Hashmi (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).

HADIA     Arabic (Maghrebi), Indonesian, Pakistani
From the given name Hadia.

HADJ     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic حاج (ḥājj) meaning "pilgrim", referring to the Islamic hajj to Mecca, Saudi Arabia (chiefly Maghrebi).

HAFIDI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hafid, mainly found in Morocco.

HAMDAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Hamid" or "relating to Hamad" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi).

HAMMAMI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Hammam (see Hamam). A bearer is Hamma Hammami (1952–), a Tunisian communist speaker. In 2014, this was the third most common surname in Tunisia.

HAMMOUDI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hammoud (chiefly Algerian).

HAMZAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Hamza" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi).

HANAE     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From a Moroccan transcription of the Arabic name Hana (1) or Hanaa.

HANNACHI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Refers to Hanencha, a tribe inhabiting eastern Algeria and western Tunisia.

HASSANI     Swahili, Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hassan.

HICHEM     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Hichem, a variant of Hisham; mainly found in Algeria.

IBRAHIMI     Afghani, Pashto, Arabic (Maghrebi), Albanian, Muslim
From the given name Ibrahim (see Abraham).

IDRISSI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Idriss (chiefly Moroccan).

JAOUADI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Jaouad (chiefly Tunisian).

JAOUHARI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar) meaning "jewel, gem, essence" (chiefly Moroccan).

JAZIRI     Arabic (Maghrebi)

JELASSI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Jlassi (chiefly Tunisian).

JENDOUBI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Jendouba, the name of a large city in northwestern Tunisia. The name itself is derived from Berber (Tamazight) jen meaning "market" and douba meaning "wheat".

JLASSI     Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
From the name of an Tamazight (Berber) tribal confederation in Tunisia; the name could be from Arabic إِخْلَاص (ʾiḵlāṣ) meaning "sincerity, devotion, loyalty" or of unknown Berber meaning.

KASMI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Kissami, used more frequently in modern times.

KENZA     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Kenza.

KISSAMI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "descendants of Qasim" in Arabic. This was the name of a Moroccan family descended from the Idrisid dynasty.

KOURI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Khoury.

LAAYOUNI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Laayoune, the name of a city in the Western Sahara (chiefly Moroccan).

LABIDI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic عابد (ʿābid) "worshiper, adorer, server" (chiefly Tunisian).

LAHLOU     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic حُلْو (ḥulw) meaning "sweet" or "nice, charming, pretty" (chiefly Moroccan).

LAMARI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of El Amari meaning "the Amari (see Ammar)", mainly found in Algeria.

LEHLOU     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Rarer variant of Lahlou.

MAGHRIBI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic المغرب (al-Maghrib) meaning "the west", also referring to the country of Morocco. It could be used to refer to a Moroccan person or (in English) someone from the Maghreb region of Northern Africa.

MAHMOUDI     Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mahmoud.

MAHREZ     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown. A famous bearer is Riyad Mahrez (1991-), an Algerian footballer.

MAKHLOUFI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Makhlouf.

MANSOURI     Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mansur.

MARZOUKI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Marzouq (chiefly Tunisian and Moroccan). A notable bearer is Moncef Marzouki (1945-), who was the fourth President of Tunisia from 2011 to 2014.

MAZIGH     Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
Derived from Arabic أَمَازِيغ (ʾamāzīḡ) the Arabic designation for the Berber (Amazigh) people of North Africa. The word itself is ultimately of Tamazight origin, from Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ (Amaziɣ) of disputed meaning; in modern Central Atlas Tamazight, it means “free-man”.

MAZINI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly from Arabic مَزِين (mazīn) meaning “decorated, adorned” or مازن (mazin) meaning “rain cloud” (see Mazin; chiefly Moroccan).

MERABET     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Mainly found in Algeria.

MESBAH     Arabic (Maghrebi), Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from Arabic مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ) meaning "lamp, light, luminary".

MESSAOUDI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Messaoud.

MEZIANI     Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
Variant of Meziane.

MIMOUN     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Mimoun.

MOKHTARI     Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mokhtar.

MOKRANI     Berber, Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Either from the given name Mokrane or derived from El Mokrani, a town in Algeria.

MORCELI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Possibly from Arabic مُرْسِل (mursil) meaning "sender, dispatcher" or "sent, transmitted" from أَرْسَلَ (ʾarsala) "to send, to dispatch".

MOSTEFAÏ     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mostefa (chiefly Algerian).

MOSTEFAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Mustafa" in Arabic (chiefly Algerian).

MOUJAHID     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic مُجَاهِد (mujāhid) meaning "one who is labouring, one who is in distress", also used to refer to a member of a liberation army in Muslim countries (chiefly Moroccan).

MOULOUD     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mouloud.

MOULOUDI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Mouloud.

MOUSSAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Moussa (chiefly Algerian and Moroccan).

NASSIRI     Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Nasir.

OUAZZANI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Denotes someone originally from Ouazzane, a town in northern Morocco.

OUERTANI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Found mainly in Tunisia.

OUESLATI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Denotes someone originally from Oueslatia, a town in Tunisia.

RAHMANI     Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Rahman.

RAMDANI     Arabic (Maghrebi), Indonesian
Derived from Ramadan, which is the name of the ninth month of the Islamic calendar devoted to fasting by Muslims.

REGRAGUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Of unknown meaning; predominantly found in Morocco.

REZGUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic رِزْق (rizq) meaning "livelihood, subsistence, daily bread" (chiefly Tunisian).

RIAHI     Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic رِيح (rīḥ) meaning "wind" or "smell, odor" (chiefly Tunisian).

SAADAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to Sa'd" in Arabic (chiefly Maghrebi).

SAADOUNE     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "help", "luck" and "support".

SAHARAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic صحراوي (Ṣaḥrāwī) meaning "inhabitant of the desert" (from صحراء (Ṣaḥrā') "desert"), referring to the indigenous Sahrawi people of Western Sahara (see Sahraoui)... [more]

SAHRAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "relating to the desert" from Arabic صَحْرَاوِيّ (ṣaḥrāwiyy) meaning "inhabitant of the desert, having to do with the desert" (chiefly Algerian).

SAÏDI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Saïd (chiefly Maghrebi).

SALHI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From Arabic صَالِح (ṣāliḥ) meaning "honest, good, virtuous" (chiefly Maghrebi).

SEDDIK     Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq) meaning "friend".

SEDDIKI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi cognate of Siddiqui (chiefly Algerian).

SHAKSHUKI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Most likely from Libyan Arabic شَكْشُوكَةٌ (šakšawka) meaning “a mixture”, referring to a type of North African dish made of vegetables and fried eggs.

SHALADI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Of unknown meaning (chiefly Libyan).

SHEBANI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the name of an Arab tribe which in turn is derived from Arabic شيب (šīb) meaning "white hair, grayness" or "cold, snow" (chiefly Libyan).

SHIBANI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Shebani.

SLIMANI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Slimane (chiefly Algerian and Moroccan).

SOLTANI     Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Soltan; in the case of Maghrebi usage, it is mainly found in Algeria and Tunisia.

SOUDANI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "Sudanese (referring to a person from Sudan)", derived from Arabic سُودَانِيّ (sūdāniyy).

STAMBOULI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "from Istanbul" (chiefly Algerian and Tunisian).

TLEMSANI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Tlemcen, the name of a city in north-western Algeria.

TOUATI     Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
Habitual family name denoting someone who originated from the Touat (or Tuat) desert region in Algeria. It is also sometimes used by North African Sephardic Jews.

TOUILBINI     Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Meaning unknown. A bearer is Abdelaziz Touilbini (1978-), an Algerian boxer.

TOUNSI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic تُونِسِيّ (tūnisiyy) meaning “Tunisian”, ultimately from تُونِس (tūnis) meaning "Tunisia, Tunis". It can refer to a native of the country of Tunisia, someone from the city of Tunis (in Tunisia), or the Tunisian Tounsi dialect of Arabic.

TOUZANI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown; this surname is predominantly used in Morocco.

TRABELSI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Originally indicated a person who came from the city of Tripoli in Libya. The city's name itself is of Greek origin meaning "three cities", from Greek τρι- (tri-) meaning "three" combined with πόλις (pólis) meaning "city".

TRABELSSI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Trabelsi.

WAWA     African, Arabic (Egyptian), Malaysian, Arabic (Maghrebi)

YAHIAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yahia (chiefly Algerian).

YAHYAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Yahiaoui used in Tunisia.

YALAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Algerian family name possibly derived from Arabic يَعْلَى (yaʿlā) or يَعْلَ (yaʿla) both meaning "exalted, high".

YOUCEFI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Algerian cognate of Yousfi.

YOUSFI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Yousef (see Joseph).

ZAHAF     Arabic (Maghrebi)

ZAHRAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "related to Zahra" in Arabic (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian).

ZAÏDI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
French transcription of Zaidi used in the Maghreb.

ZAIDI     Pakistani, Urdu, Arabic (Maghrebi), Malaysian, Muslim
Derived from the given name Zaid. Bearers of this surname are descended from Zaid ibn Ali, the great-grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.

ZERHOUNI     Arabic (Maghrebi), Northern African, Berber
Possibly refers to the Zerhoun mountain in Morocco. The family name originates from the city of Nedroma in Tlemcen, Algeria.

ZEROUAL     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic أزرق (ʾazraq) meaning "blue" (chiefly Moroccan and Algerian). A notable bearer is Liamine Zéroual (1941–), the former President of Algeria from 1994 to 1999.

ZERROUGUI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Zerrouki.

ZERROUKI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic أزرق (ʾazraq) meaning "blue" (chiefly Algerian).

ZIANI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from the given name Zayyan meaning "beautifer, very beautiful".

ZIDANE     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zaydan, which in turn is derived from Arabic زاد (zāda) meaning "to add, to increase". A notable bearer is Zinedine "Zizou" Zidane (1972-), a former French footballer of Algerian descent.

ZITOUNI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn) meaning "olive" (chiefly Algerian).

ZOHEIR     Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zoheir.

ZOUAOUI     Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
Derived from French zouave, in turn from Arabic الزواويون (al-zuwâwiyun), referring to a member one of the Algerian Kabyle tribes of Zuwâwa (also spelled Zouaoua; known as the ⵉⴳⴰⵡⴰⵡⵏ (Igawawen) in Tamazight)... [more]

ZOUARI     Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown (chiefly Tunisian).

ZOUBIR     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zoubir; mainly used in Algeria and Morocco.

ZOUHAIR     Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Zouhair; mainly used in Morocco.