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Alqahtani Surname Meaning

Muslim (Saudi Arabia; also Al-Qahtani): surname denoting descent from or association with Qahṭān legendary progenitor of the southern Arabians (Yemenites).

It is possibly cognate with the Biblical Joktan Yoqtan, the second of the two sons of Eber, a great-grandson of Shem.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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