Last name عياض (Iyad 
, عياض 
, Yadh 
) , worldwide, is a common cognomen. The last name عياض is characteristic of Algeria, where it is quite a common surname, Maldives, and Israel. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Algeria, Morocco, and Israel. Likewise, عياض is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Iyad | Syria, Algeria, India, Israel, Morocco |
| عياض | Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen, Algeria |
| Yadh | Saudi Arabia, United States, Malaysia, India, Tunisia |
| القاضي عياض scholar of Maliki fiqh and great imam of that city and, later, a qadi in the Emirate of Granada, MA (b. 1083) |
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| عبد القادر عياض (b. 1968) |
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