Arab-Jewish surnames

family name (أبو العافية)

Attal is a surname stemming from the Arab word "عتال attâl" (porter, i.e. one who carries things). It is associated with the town of Atal in La Coruña, Spain, and is documented since the 17th century as a Jewish surname.

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El-Baz (, , also spelled Elbaz, Al-Baz, El Baze, Albaz or ElBez () is an Arabic surname, meaning "the hawk" or "the falcon" ("Baz" refers to the goshawk in Arabic, and to a falcon or kestrel in Hebrew).

The family name Cheriqui or Cheriki is a Sephardi Jewish surname derived from the fortress municipality of Xèrica in Spain, between Zaragoza and Valencia. The Arabic name of the municipality is H̱īrīkā, and means "Oriental/Easterner".