| Nickname | # of occurrences | Type | Meaning |
|---|
| al-Fāsī | 59 | locative | from Fez |
| al-Tilimsānī | 54 | locative | from Tilimsān, Algeria |
| al-Garnāṭī | 49 | locative | from Granada |
| al-Tūnisī | 48 | locative | from Tunis |
| al-Anṣārī | 43 | tribal | early converts in Medina |
| al-Andalusī | 37 | locative | from al-Andalus |
| al-Miknāsī | 26 | tribal | of the Miknāsa tribe (from Algeria) |
| al-Bijā'ī | 23 | | |
| al-Iskandarī | 17 | locative | from Alexandria |
| al-Qurashī | 17 | locative | from Quraysh |
| al-Miṣrī | 16 | locative | from Misr (Cairo) |
| al-Ḥasanī | 14 | family | descendant of Ḥasan |
| al-Sharīf | 14 | family | descendant of the prophet |
| al-Mālaqī | 13 | locative | from Malaga |
| al-Zuwāwī | 13 | | |
| al-Magribī | 12 | locative | from the Magreb |
| al-Qaysī | 12 | family | descendant of Qays |
| al-Jazrajī | 11 | tribal | of the Jazraj tribe (Arabia) |
| al-Lajmī | 10 | tribal | of the Lajm tribe |
| al-Ṣanhājī | 10 | locative | from Ṣanhāja, West Africa |
| al-Azdī | 9 | tribal | from the Azḍ tribe |
| al-Qusanṭīnī | 9 | locative | from Cocentaina |
| al-Tujībī | 9 | family | descendant of Tujīb or Tajīb |
| al-Balansī | 8 | locative | from Valencia |
| al-Gāfiqī | 8 | locative | from Gāfiq (modern Benalcazar) |
| al-Makkī | 8 | locative | from Mecca |
| al-Maṣmūdī | 8 | tribal | of the Maṣmūd tribe |
| al-Shāṭibī | 8 | locative | from Jativa |
| al-Gumārī | 7 | | |
| al-Ishbīlī | 7 | locative | from Sevilla |
| al-Jazā'irī | 7 | locative | from Algeria |
| al-Madanī | 7 | locative | from Medina |
| al-Qalshānī | 7 | | |
| al-Sabtī | 7 | locative | from Ceuta |
| al-`Abdarī | 6 | tribal | of the Abduddar tribe |
| al-`Uqbānī | 6 | | |
| al-Balawī | 6 | locative | from Balī (near Cordoba) |
| al-Damīrī | 6 | locative | from Damīra |
| al-Mishidhdhālī | 6 | | |
| al-Nuwayrī | 6 | family | descendant of Nuwayra |
| al-Qarāfī | 6 | locative | from al-Qarāfa, near Cairo |
| al-Sulamī | 6 | tribal | from the Sulaym tribe |
| al-Tanasī | 6 | locative | from Tenes (Algeria) |
| al-Zammūrī | 6 | tribal | of the Zammūr tribe (Morocco) |
| al-`Abbādī | 5 | family | descendant of `Abbād |
| al-`Abdūsī | 5 | family | descendant of `Abdūs |
| al-`Ajīsī | 5 | | |
| al-Awsī | 5 | tribal | from the Aws tribe |
| al-Bakrī | 5 | family | descendant of Bakr |
| al-Basātī | 5 | | |
| al-Gassānī | 5 | tribal | member of the Gassān tribe |
| al-Ḥumaydī | 5 | family | descendant of Ḥumayd (diminutive of Ḥamad) |
| al-Magīlī | 5 | tribal | of the Magīla tribe (Berber) |
| al-Magrāwī | 5 | locative | from Almagro |
| al-Marrākushī | 5 | locative | from Marrakech, Morocco |
| al-Mursī | 5 | locative | from Murcia |
| al-Ragrāgī | 5 | | |
| al-Ru`aynī | 5 | tribal | of the al-Ru`ayn tribe |