| Name | Community | Early references | Later attested in | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbu[1] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Abi-Hasira[2] | Maghrebi (Moroccan)[2] | Morocco[2] | Syria,[2]Israel[2] | ||
| Abitbol[2] (also Teboul, Tebol, Botbol, Tobali, Touboul, Bitboul)[3] | Maghrebi (Moroccan)[2] | Morocco[2] | Marrakesh,Rabat,Salé,Mazagan,Sefrou,Fez,Mogador,Agadir,Debdou,Tangier,Casablanca (Morocco);[3] Amazonia,Brazil;[3]Oran,Tlemcen, Algiers,Boufarik, Constantine,Sidi Bel Abbès, Sahara (Algeria);[3] Tunis, Sousse (Tunisia).[3] Teboul from attested in Algiers, Oran,Relizane,Blida,Aïn Témouchent,Tiaret,Mascara, Constantine,Gulema (Algeria);[4]Tétouan,Oujda (Morocco)[4] | A maker or player of the tambourine.[3] According to Rabbi Yossef Messas, the name may also be connected to carpentry, deriving from the wordtablas, which referred to tables in both the Talmud and in Spanish.[3] Ismail Hamet suggests a derivation from the Hebrew nameTuval.[3] Another opinion links the name to the Talmudic phrasebo tbol ("come, take a purifying ritual bath").[3] | One of the most common Jewish surnames in North Africa, also used by Muslims.[3] According to family tradition among members in Sefrou, the ancestry traces back to theTribe of Judah, specifically to King David through the Perez lineage.[3] |
| Abujdid[1] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Aflalo[1] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Alush[5] | Maghrebi (East)[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Amsalem[1] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Asayagh[1] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Asulin[1] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Ayyash[6] | Maghrebi (Moroccan)[6] | Jerusalem (18th century)[6] | |||
| Azulay,[7][8] Azulai[8] | Maghrebi,[7]Sephardic[8] | Fez,[9] Morocco,[8]Italy,[8]England,[8]Ottoman Palestine[8] (16th-centurySafed andHebron[9]) | Descended from Spanish-Jewish exiles who settled in Fez[8] | ||
| Ben Attar[6] | Maghrebi (Moroccan)[6] | Jerusalem (18th century)[6] | |||
| Ben Harosh[1] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Benhamu[1] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Benkiki[1] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Bensusan[7] | Maghrebi[7] | Safed,[7] Jerusalem[6] | |||
| Ben Tebul[7] | Maghrebi[7] | Safed[7] | |||
| Betito[5] | Maghrebi (East)[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Bismut[5] | Maghrebi (East)[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Bohbot[1] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Buzaglo[1] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Dahan[10] | Maghrebi (Moroccan)[10] | Sahara region of Morocco[10] | |||
| Darmon[1] (also Garmon, Jarmon, Jarmona)[10] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Elankri[1] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Elkaim[1] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Elmaleh[1] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Ghozlan[11] | Maghrebi (Algerian)[11] | Algiers, Oran, Setif, Blida, Constantine, Philippeville, Setif, Souk-Akhras Gulema, Sahara (Algeria);[11] Marrakesh, Meknes, Casablanca,Ouezzane, El-Ksar, Larache Tetouan (Morocco);[11] Tunis, Sousse (Tunisia)[11] | Patronymic name, Arabic forGazelle, comparable to Ezerzer, Azencot in Berber[11] | Once a prominent name in Algeria, especially Constantine[11] | |
| Guedj[12] | Maghrebi[12] | Tunis,Nabeul,Béja,Sfax,Bizerte,Sousse,Ferryville,Gafsa,Gabès (Tunisia);[12] Con Setif,Guelma,Bone,Souk-Akhras,Setif,Philippeville,Batna, Algiers (Algeria);[12]Oujda,Casablanca (Morocco)[12] | Patronymic name, probably ofBerber origin[12] | ||
| Hadida[1] | Maghrebi (West)[1] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[1] | |||
| Hajaj[5] | Maghrebi (East)[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Halewa[7] | Maghrebi[7] | Safed[7] | |||
| Ibghi[5] (also Benibgui, Benibghi, Benibri)[13] | Western Maghrebi[5] | Tafilalet,Ouarzate,Meknes, Mazagan (Morocco);[13] Fer, Algeiers, Sahara, Oran (Algeria),[13] Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | Patronymic name, derived from Arabic for "he wants", "he loves"[13] | ||
| Ichay, Issai[13] | Sousse, Tunisia[13] | Sousse,Moknine, Tunis, Beja (Tunisia);[13] Constantine, Batna (Algeria)[13] | Patronymic name of Hebrew origin[13] | ||
| Jarmon[5] | Maghrebi (East)[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Lebhar[14] | Maghrebi[14] | Algiers,[14] Oran,[14] Tunis[14] | Derived from the Arabic for "the sea," the surname indicates a connection to sailors or maritime trade, similar to the Spanish surname "Delmar"[14] | A surname linked to a legend, according to which a rabbi from Jerusalem married a mermaid and had three children. She later returned to the sea with two of them, leaving one child with his father, who came to be known by the nickname Ben Elbhar ("son of the sea")[14] | |
| Lellouche (also Lallouz, Lalouze, Leluch, Lallouche, Lelluch, Lelouche)[14] | Maghrebi[14] | Morocco,[14] Algiers,Médéa, Oran,Miliana andConstantine (Algeria);[14]Tunis,Monastir,Testour,Kairouan (Tunisia)[14] | Means "the lamb" (similar to Allouche, Khrief, Elkhrief)[14] | ||
| Malka[5] | Western Maghrebi[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Maymaran[6] | Maghrebi (Moroccan)[6] | Jerusalem (18th century)[6] | |||
| Melloul (also Ben Melloul, Melul, Ben Mellul, Meuleul, Meloul)[15] | Fis Sale, Safi, Rabat, Tafilalet, El Ksar, Mogador, Tetouan, Larache, Settat, Demante, Sablanca (Morocco);[15] Oran, Mascara, Algiers, Contstantine, Ain-Beida, Sahara (Algeria);[15] also Tunis[15] | Derived from a Berber first name, later surname, meaning "the white".[15] | |||
| Moyal[5] | Maghrebi[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Ohana[7] | Maghrebi (West)[7][5] | Safed (16th century)[7] | |||
| Sananes[5] | Maghrebi (West)[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Seban (also Saban, Sebbane, Sabben, Sobannt, Sebban, Assaban)[16] | Maghrebi (Algerian)[16] | Oran, Tiaret, Telmcen, Sidi Bel-Abes, Nemours, Relizane, Colomb-Bechar, Djelfi Ghardaia, Constatine, Philippeville, Setif, M'sila (Algeria);[16] Marrakesh, Meknes, Casablanca, El-Jadida, Beni Melal (Morocco);[16] Tunis, Djerba, Sousse (Tunisia) | French variant of the Arabic nameAssaban, meaning "soap maker"; previously attested in Spain asXabonero andCaban.[16] | ||
| Serusi[5] | Maghrebi (East)[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Shemama[5] | Maghrebi (East)[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Shitrit, Chetrit, Shetrit, Satrit[6] | Maghrebi (West)[17] | Jerusalem (18th century)[6] | |||
| Tayeb[5] | Maghrebi (East)[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Waknin[5] | Maghrebi (West)[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Yayon[5] | Maghrebi (West)[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Zermati, Sarmati[6] | Maghrebi[6] | Jerusalem (18th century)[6] |
| Name | Community | Early references | Later attested in | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agha Baba[5] | Iraqi[5] | Baghdad,[5] Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Basrawi[18] | Iraqi | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[18] | FromBasra, Iraq[18] | ||
| Dangoor[10] | see Rabbi Ezra Dangoor[10] | ||||
| Hutsin[5] | Iraqi[5] | Baghdad,[5] Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] |
| Name | Community | Early references | Later attested in | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abadi[6] | Syrian[6] | Jerusalem (18th century),[6] Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Abudi[5] | Syrian[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Ades[5] | Syrian[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Arazi[5] | Syrian[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Dayyan[19] | Syrian[19] | Hebrew forrabbinic judge[19] | Supposedly descended from King David[19] | ||
| Dimashki[18] | Syrian | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[18] | FromDamascus[18] | ||
| Diwan[6] | Syrian[6] | Jerusalem (18th century)[6] | |||
| Dwek[5] | Syrian[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Halabi[18] | Iraqi | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[18] | FromAleppo[18] | ||
| Hamawi[5] | Syrian[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Hemsi[5] | Syrian[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Katri[5] | Syrian[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Laham[5] | Syrian[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Manbola[5] | Syrian[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Sethon[5] | Syrian[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Shabot[5] | Syrian[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Shama[5] | Syrian[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Shweke[5] | Syrian[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Stetie[5] | Syrian[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] | |||
| Turkie[5] | Syrian[5] | Ottoman Palestine (19th century)[5] |
| Name | Community | Early references | Later attested in | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anisimov[20] | Dagestani[20] | Ottoman Palestine (1865)[20] | Russified form derived from the given name "Nissim"[20] | Surname assigned after Russian annexation | |
| Aminoff[20] | Bukharan[20] | Ottoman Palestine (1890s)[20] | Russian suffix -ov with Germanized spelling[20] | ||
| Isakharoff[20] | Bukharan[20] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[20] | Russian possessive form of "Isakhar"[20] | ||
| Kashayoff[20] | Bukharan[20] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[20] | Possessive form with Russian -ev/-ov suffix, Germanized as -yoff[20] | ||
| Musayoff[20] | Bukharan[20] | Ottoman Palestine (1890s)[20] | From personal name "Musa", with Russian-Germanized suffix[20] | ||
| Pinhasoff[20] | Bukharan[20] | Ottoman Palestine (1890s)[20] | From personal name "Pinhas", with Russian suffix[20] | ||
| Shalomayoff[20] | Bukharan[20] | Ottoman Palestine (1890s)[20] | From "Shlomo/Shalom", with Germanized Russian suffix[20] | ||
| Sufiyoff[20] | Bukharan[20] | Ottoman Palestine (1890s)[20] | Likely derived from a given name, with -yoff suffix[20] |
| Name | Community | Early references | Later attested in | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anukashvili[6] | Georgian[6] | Ottoman Palestine (1790s)[6] | Georgian for "child of Hanukkah"[6] | ||
| Ajiashvili[21] | Georgian[21] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[21] | Georgian patronymic suffix -shvili ("child of")[21] | ||
| Batia[21] | Georgian[21] | Ottoman Palestine (1875)[21] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[21] | ||
| Benia[21] | Georgian[21] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[21] | |||
| Beniashvili[21] | Georgian[21] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[21] | Georgian patronymic: child of Benia[21] | ||
| Davarashvili[21] | Georgian[21] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[21] | Georgian patronymic[21] | ||
| Eligula[21] | Georgian[21] | Ottoman Palestine (1875)[21] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[21] | ||
| Gurji[21] | Georgian[21] | Ottoman Palestine (1875)[21] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[21] | Possibly from Persian "gurj" (Georgian)[21] | Ethnonym-based |
| Janashvili[21] | Georgian[21] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[21] | Georgian patronymic[21] | ||
| Jinjikhashvili[21] | Georgian[21] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[21] | Georgian patronymic[21] | ||
| Khakhiashvili[21] | Georgian[21] | Ottoman Palestine (c. 1900)[21] | Georgian patronymic[21] | ||
| Khikhinashili[21] | Georgian[21] | Ottoman Palestine (c. 1900)[21] | Likely variant of a Georgian family name with -shvili suffix[21] | ||
| Moshiashvili[6] | Georgian[6] | Ottoman Palestine (1790s)[6] | Georgian for "child of Moshe"[6] | ||
| Nanikashvili[21] | Georgian[21] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[21] | Georgian patronymic[21] | ||
| Shabtoshvili[21] | Georgian[21] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[21] | Georgian patronymic (from Shabto)[21] | ||
| Topchiashvili[21] | Georgian[21] | Ottoman Palestine (c. 1900)[21] | Georgian patronymic[21] |
| Name | Community | Early references | Later attested in | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arusi[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Toponym from Yemen[22] | ||
| Asbat[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Likely hereditary in Yemen[22] | ||
| Baydani[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Toponym from Yemen[22] | ||
| Busani[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Toponym from Yemen[22] | ||
| Dahari[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Toponym from Yemen[22] | ||
| Dahbash[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Likely hereditary in Yemen[22] | ||
| Dahbani[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Toponym from Yemen[22] | ||
| Damari[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Toponym from Yemen[22] | ||
| Damti[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Toponym from Yemen[22] | ||
| Efraim[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Ambiguous, may be surname or given name[22] | ||
| Gartah[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Likely hereditary in Yemen[22] | ||
| Giyat[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Ambiguous, may be surname or given name[22] | ||
| Hadad[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Means "ironsmith"[22] | ||
| Hajbi[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Toponym from Yemen[22] | ||
| Hamdi[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Toponym from Yemen[22] | ||
| Hasan[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Ambiguous—may be surname or given name[22] | ||
| Hazi[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Toponym from Yemen[22] | ||
| Hibshush[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Likely hereditary in Yemen[22] | ||
| Jemal[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Ambiguous—may be surname or given name[22] | ||
| Jizfan[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Likely hereditary in Yemen[22] | ||
| Magilah[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Likely hereditary in Yemen[22] | ||
| Mahbub[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Ambiguous, may be surname or given name[22] | ||
| Naddaf[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Means "cotton carder"[22] | Known as Yemenite surname in other sources | |
| Qalazan[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Likely hereditary in Yemen[22] | ||
| Rahabi[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Toponym from Yemen[22] | ||
| Rosabi[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Toponym from Yemen[22] | ||
| Salih[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Ambiguous, may be surname or given name[22] | ||
| Sayani[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Toponym from Yemen[22] | ||
| Sarum[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Likely hereditary in Yemen[22] | ||
| Sefirah[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Likely hereditary in Yemen[22] | ||
| Tabib[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Means “physician”[22] | ||
| Ukashi[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Toponym from Yemen[22] | ||
| Yamani[22] | Yemenite[22] | Ottoman Palestine (1890)[22] | Means "from Yemen"; usage as surname or given name is ambiguous[22] |