Baten
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Frequency: (142)
(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 an Arabic personal name BāṠin, literally ‘inward’, ‘within’. Al-BāṠin ‘the Inner One’ is one of the names of Allah.
GIVEN NAMES: Muslim 17%. Abdul (8), Mohammed Abdul (2), Mohammad, Mohammed, Samir, Shahriyar.
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