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Aflalo is a Jewish surname used in the past mostly in Morocco and Algeria, nowadays especially in countries where live Jews of Moroccan and Algerian origin, like Israel, France, Canada etc. The surname is probably relative to the Arabic word aflal, which means desert or maybe is derived from the name of a Berber village Afelilou in the Central Atlas or the Tafilalet province in South-East Morocco

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Eli Aflalo (born 1952), Israeli politician
  • Kobi Aflalo (born 1976), Israeli pop singer
  • Raphael Aflalo (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
  • Valerie Aflalo (born 1976), Swedish model, beauty pageant winner, and fashion designer

See also

  • Arron Afflalo (born 1985), American basketball player
  • Alain Afflelou , (born 1948), French optometrist and businessman, born in Algeria
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Sources

  • Eve H. and Heinrich Walter Guggenheimer - Jewish Family Names and Their Origin, Ktav Publishers House, 1992 p.11

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Notes

  1. Eve and Heinrich Walter Guggenheimer, 1992 p.11
  2. A.Beider 2017.
  3. Eve and Heinrich Walter Guggenheimer, 1992 p.11
  4. A.Beider 2017.
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