Last name ﺍﻟﻄﻴﺐ (ﺍﻟﻄﻴﺐ 
) , in the world, is quite a common surname. The cognomen ﺍﻟﻄﻴﺐ is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Sudan, where it is quite a rare surname, Egypt, and Libya. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Egypt, Sudan, and Iraq. Very seldom, ﺍﻟﻄﻴﺐ is the forename as well as the last name.