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==Surnames==

People of Arab descent in Singapore hold the following surnames:

(Pronunciation of names is that of [[Classical Arabic]] or [[Standard Arabic]]. Dialectal pronunciation may slightly differ in some sounds, e.g. Classical [q] may be prnounced [g]. Note that Arabic glottal stop < ء > [hamzah] is transliterated <k> in Malay, e.g. Barajak [{{unicode|bā rajā'rajāʾ}}] بارجاء Transliteration and Arabic spelling of names with [[???]] need checking. Please note that some [[phonetic symbols]] may not appear in some versions of Internet browsers.

* Aboed [{{Unicode|ʕabbūdʿabbūd}}]عبود

* Albar [{{Unicode|al-bār}}]البار

* Alsagoff [{{Unicode|al-saqāf}}] السقاف

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* Alkaff [{{Unicode|al-kāf}}] الكاف

* Alkhatib [{{Unicode|al-khaṭīb}}]الخطيب

* Alatas [{{Unicode|al-ʕaṭṭāsʿaṭṭās}}] العطاس

* Alaydrus [{{Unicode|al-ʕaidarūsʿaidarūs}}] العيدروس

* Alsree [{{Unicode|al-sirī}}] السري

* Alhadi [{{Unicode|al-hādī}}] الهادي

* Alqadri [{{Unicode|al-qādrī}}] القادري

* Alwaini [{{Unicode|al-ʕwuainīʿwuainī}}] العويني

* Al Bin Said [{{Unicode|āl bin saʕīdsaʿīd}}] آل بن سعيد

* Al Bukhari [{{Unicode|al-bukhārī}}] البخاري

* AlHabshi [{{Unicode|al-ḥabshī}}] الحبشي

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* AlHadry [{{Unicode|al-ḥadrī}}] الحدري

* AlHajri [{{Unicode|al-hajrī}}] الهجري

* Al Idrus [{{Unicode|al-ʕaidarūsʿaidarūs}}] (also spelt Alaydrus) العيدروس

* AlJufry [{{Unicode|al-jufrī}}] الجفري

* AlKhairid [{{Unicode|al-khirid}}] الخرد

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* AlMadihid [[???]][{{Unicode|āl mudaiḥij}}]مديحج

* AlMahdaly [{{Unicode|al-mahdalī}}] المهدلي

* AlMushaiya [[???]][{{Unicode|also al-mushaikh}}]

* AlNahdi [{{Unicode|al-nahdī}}] النهدي

* AlNaziri [[???]][{{Unicode|al-nadhīri}}]

* AlQudsi [{{Unicode|al-qudsī}}] القدسي

* al-Zair [[???]](possibly also Az-zair)

* AlShahab [{{Unicode|āl shihāb}}] آل شهاب (other names : Bin Shahab & Bin Shihab بن شهاب - all belong to the same family).

* Altuywai [{{Unicode|al-tuwai}}] التوي

* Alyahya [{{Unicode|āl yaḥya}}] آل يحيى

* Aidid [{{Unicode|ʕaidīdʿaidīd}}] عيديد

* Bin Abdat [{{Unicode|bin ʕabdātʿabdāt}}] (also [{{Unicode|bin ʕibdātʿibdāt}}]) بن عبدات

* Bin Diab [{{Unicode|bin dhiyāb}}]بن ذياب

* Bin Hamid [{{Unicode|bin ḥāmid}}] بن حامد

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* Bin Hassan [{{Unicode|bin ḥasan}}] بن حسن

* Bin Shaykh Abu Bakar [{{Unicode|bin al-shaikh abu-bakr}}] بن الشيخ ابوبكر

* Bin Rabak [{{Unicode|bin rabaʕrabaʿ}}] بن ربع (possibly [{{Unicode|bin rabbāʕrabbāʿ}}] بن ربّاع )

* Belwael [{{Unicode|ba l-waʕlwaʿl}}] بالوعل / بلوعل (also known as Balweel or Balwael or Belweil [{{Unicode|bil wiʕilwiʿil}}]) (Classical Arabic أبا الوعل)

* Badib [{{Unicode|bā dhīb}}] باذيب

* Bafadhal [{{Unicode|bā faḍl}}] بافضل

* Bafanah [{{Unicode|bā fanaʕfanaʿ}}] بافنع

* Bagharib [{{Unicode|bā gharīb}}] باغريب

* Bajrai [{{Unicode|bā jirai}}]/[{{Unicode|bā jurai}}] باجري

* Bagushair (Baq'shir) [{{Unicode|bāqusheerbāqushair}}] باقشير

* Bages [{{Unicode|bāqais}}] باقيس

* Bahashwan [{{Unicode|bā ḥashwān}}]باحشوان

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* Balidram [{{Unicode|bil-ladram}}] بالدرم or بن لدرم [bin ladram]

* Bamadhaj [{{Unicode|bā madḥaj}}] بامدحج

* Banafe' [{{Unicode|bā nāfiʕnāfiʿ}}] بانافع

* Bana'mah [{{Unicode|bā nāʕimah}}] باناعمة

* Barabbah [{{Unicode|bā rabbāʕ}}] بارباع

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* Basrawi [{{Unicode|baṣrāwī}}] بصراوي

* Bathef [[???]][{{Unicode| bā ṭahaf}}] باطهف

* Barajak [{{Unicode|bā rajā'rajāʾ}}] بارجاء

* Baharon [{{Unicode|bā hārūn}}] باهارون

* Baobed [{{Unicode|bā ʕubaidʿubaid}}] باعبيد

* Baswedan [{{Unicode|bā swaidān}}] باسويدان

* Baashin [{{Unicode|bā ʕashinʿashin}}] باعشن

* Binsmit [{{Unicode|bin ṣumaiṭ}}] بن سميط

* El-Baba [{{Unicode|al-bāba}}]البابا

* Harharah [{{Unicode|(bin) harharah}}] بن هرهرة

* Jawas [{{Unicode|jwwaāsjwwās}}] جواس

* Lajam [{{Unicode|laʕjamlaʿjam}}] لعجم (Classical Arabic الاعجم)

* Lahdji [{{Unicode|al laḥjī}}] اللحجي

* Magad [[???]]المقد

* Mattar [{{Unicode|al-maṭar}}] المطر

* San'ani [{{Unicode|al-ṣanʕānīṣanʿānī}}]الصنعاني (previously Al-Jaisi - the name change occurred after they moved to San'aa).

* Barosh [[???]] [{{Unicode|bā ruwish}}] باروش

* Bahajaj [{{Unicode|bā ḥajjāj}}] باحجاج