Family name Atab (عتاب 
, Atab 
, Атаб 
) , all around the world, is a common surname. The surname Atab is characteristic of Egypt, where it is quite a common surname, Lebanon, where it is quite a rare surname, and Sudan. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Sudan, and Iraq. Likewise, Atab is the forename as well as the last name.