Iraqi last names

The history of Iraqi last names is a long and complicated one. For centuries, Iraqis did not have last names. Instead, they used patronymics, which are surnames based on the given name of the person's father. So, for example, if a man named Hussein had a son named Ali, that son would be known as Ali Hussein. If Hussein had another son named Hassan, that son would be known as Hassan Hussein.

This system worked well enough for small communities where everyone knew each other, but it became increasingly impractical as Iraq's population grew and people started moving around the country. In the late 19th century, the Ottoman Empire (of which Iraq was a part) began requiring all Iraqis to adopt last names. The process was not always smooth - many Iraqis resisted taking last names, and there were sometimes disputes over what a person's last name should be. But eventually most Iraqis came to accept the new system, and today almost all Iraqis have last names.

There are many different theories about the origins of Iraqi last names. Some say they are derived from tribal or clan affiliations; others believe they are simply recycled versions of old Ottoman or Persian surnames.

Let's have a look at the Iraqi surnames below.

Aajal Aalas Aaraz Aareer Aawi Abbass Abdalwan Abdaly Abdelkhan Abdulameer Abdulnabi Abdulrazzaq Abdulwahid Aborted Aboush Aboussi Abtan Abub Abyjae Abys Adaby Adnan Adoush Afizan Afoun Agiti Ahwin Aif Aifan Ajrish Akrawi Alaani Alabadi Alany Albassam Albayati Albayaty Aldabbagh Alkhashab Allami Allawi Alrawi Alwardi Alwash Amen Ammar Amsu Anid Anoud Arak Aras Aremt Arheem Asaib Ashaie Aso Atrad Attban Avalan Avan Awaj Awanis Awdah Awdat Awigel Axer Azawi Baban Bander Barzan Barzani Basem Bayrakdar Dosky Duraid Eard Eawda Enad Fahmi Fakhri Faleh Fatah Fathel Fawzi Fayadh Ganim Gardi Gardy Ghany Goran Habeer Habini Hadoud Hagi Hameed Hanoo Hawally Hawil Hawin Hawrami Hayas Hayder Hazim Hendal Hermiz Huner Husein Ishaia Jaaz Jafaar Jaff Jameel Jarad Jasem Jazrawi Kadir Kalaf Kanar Kareem Khaleel Khazaal Khazal Khorshid Khoshaba Kurd Kurda Kut Laith Maan Mazin Missan Moayed Moner Mosa Muhsin Munther Murad Muslim Mustafa Muter Nabeel Najem Najm Nawzad Nuri Ochil Ojid Oras Raad Radhi Rafea Ramzi Raoof Rasol Rasul Rebar Ridha Rifaat Saady Sadon Saed Saffar Sahib Salih Salwan Shehab Sherwani Shihab Shuker Shukry Sindy Talal Tawfiq Thair Thiab Timimi Toma Wanas Xan Yasseen Yassen Yousif Zaid Zaidan Zebari Zeki

Last Names by Countries

Afghans Algerian Albanian Angolan Argentines Australian Austrian Azerbaijani Bangladeshi Belarusian Belgian Benin Bolivian Bosniak Brazilian British Bulgarian Burkinab Cambodian Cameroonian Canadian Chilean Chinese Colombian Croatian Czech Congolese Danish Dominican Republic Ecuadorian Egyptian Ethiopian Finn French Georgian German Ghanaian Greek Guatemalan Hungarian Indian Indonesian Iranian Iraqi Irish Israeli Italian Ivorian Japanese Kazakh Kenyan Latvian Lebanese Lithuanian Macedonian Malaysian Mexican Moroccan Mozambican Nepali Netherland Nigerian Norwegian Pakistani Peruvian Filipino Polish Portugese Romanian Russian Saudi Arabian Serbian Slovak Slovenes South African Spanish Sri Lankan Swedish Swiss Syrian Tanzanian Tunisian Turkish Ugandan Ukrainian US-American Uzbek Venezuelan Vietnamese Zambian Zimbabwean