Frequency: (342)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Arabic and Jewish (Sephardic): occupational name from Arabic naḥḥās ‘coppersmith’.
GIVEN NAMES: Arabic 9%; French 6%. Nabil (3), Abbas, Ali, Amin, Bassam, Cherif, Fadi, Issam, Karim, Majeed, Marwan, Nabeel; Michel (4), Dominique (2).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
