Last name العاني (Abdulsalam 
, Alani , العاني 
) , worldwide, is a widespread cognomen. The family name العاني is characteristic of Iraq, where it is a common surname, Nigeria, where it is quite a common surname, and Bahrain (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Nigeria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. Also, العاني is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Abdulsalam, Alani | Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Nigeria, India, Iraq |
| العاني | Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq |
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لطيف العاني Artist, IQ (b. 1932) |
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| خليل عزمي العاني Iraqi writer and politician, IQ (b. 1891) |
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| محمد شفيق العاني President of the Iraqi Court of Cassation, former Minister and member of the Iraqi Academy of Sciences, IQ (b. 1908) |
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| حسن عبد الرحمن العاني former Iraqi minister, IQ (b. 1910) |
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| عامر عبد الله العاني former Iraqi minister, IQ (b. 1924) |
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| يوسف العاني Iraqi artist and film director (1927-2016), IQ (b. 1927) |
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| عزت مصطفى العاني IQ (b. 1925) |
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| عبد الغني العاني Iraqi artist and university teacher, IQ (b. 1937) |
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| رياض إبراهيم حُسين العاني Iraqi doctor, politician and minister of Health, IQ (b. 1940) |
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| طاهر توفيق العاني former Governor of Mosul, IQ (b. 1941) |
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| عدنان عبد المجيد العاني Iraqi minister of Industry and Mines, IQ (b. 1943) |
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| سامي مكي العاني IQ (b. 1933) |
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| نادرة العاني politician, IQ (b. 1951) |
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| نصير العاني Iraqi politician, IQ (b. 1953) |
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| ظافر العاني Iraqi politician, IQ (b. 1958) |
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