American Family Name Origins:
Maalouf
Frequency: (114)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Arabic (mainly North African): variant of Maloof.
GIVEN NAMES: Arabic 28%; French 19%. Sami (3), Ali (2), Ramzi (2), Antoun, Anwar, Assaad, Bechara, Chafic, Fadi, Hani, Jamal, Nabil; Alain, Andre, Antoine, Emile, Georges, Michel, Odette, Pierre.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
