Frequency: (265)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Muslim: from the Arabic family name ῾Abbāsī, a derivative of the personal name ῾Abbās (see Abbas), denoting someone descended from or associated with someone called ῾Abbās, 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.
GIVEN NAMES: Muslim 85%. Mohammad (7), Ali (5), Abdul (4), Adnan (4), Tariq (4), Arshad (3), Mahmood (3), Mohammed (3), Mousa (3), Muhammad (3), Nadeem (3), Sami (3).
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