In all the world, Hafnaoui (Hafnaoui 
, حفناوي 
) is a rare masculine forename. The forename Hafnaoui is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Tunisia, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Algeria, and Egypt, where it is a rare boy's name. More prevalently, Hafnaoui is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Hafnaoui | Belgium, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, France |
| حفناوي | Saudi Arabia, Palestinian Territory, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan |
| belkacem el hafnaoui DZ (b. 1850) |
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| cherkaoui hafnaoui Moroccan association football player, MA (b. 1953) |
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| hafnaoui baali Algerian academic, critic and journalist, DZ |
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