Maalouf

Maalouf (alternative spellings: Maloof, Malouf, Malouff, Maluf, Malluf; Arabic: معلوف المعلوف) is a Middle Eastern Christian surname.

==Origins== The Maalouf family belongs to the group of tribes known as Ghassanids that emigrated from Yemen to Houran in modern Syria prior to the collapse of the Marib Dam () around 102 AD. The clan governed Houran and large surrounding regions for nearly 500 years until the Islamic conquest in 637 AD.