Frequency: (164)
(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 a personal name based on Arabic thābit ‘strong’, ‘well established’. Thabit ibn Arqam was one of the ten Companions of the Prophet Muhammad.
GIVEN NAMES: Muslim 21%; French 7%. Ibrahim (3), Maroun (2), Abdullah, Amine, Atef, Bechara, Fadi, Haifa, Kareem, Khaled, Milad, Nagi; Georges (2), Alexandre, Aude.
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