Cognomen الظاهري (Dhahri 
, الظاهري 
) , across the world, is a common surname. The family name الظاهري is habitual in Tunisia, where it is quite a common surname, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Tunisia, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia. Much less frequently, الظاهري is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Dhahri | France, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates |
| الظاهري | Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Oman |
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داود بن علي الظاهري Islamic scholar, IQ (b. 815) |
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| أبو بكر محمد بن داود الظاهري Islamic scholar, IQ (b. 868) |
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| يُوسُف بن تغري بردي الأتابكي اليشبقاوي الظاهري historian, EG (b. 1410) |
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| أبو تراب الظاهري Saudi Arabian muhaddith, faqih and poet (1923-2002), SA (b. 1923) |
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| فؤاد الظاهري EG (b. 1916) |
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مسعود بن مضيان الظاهري SA |
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| ابن عقيل الظاهري Saudi Arabian academic, SA (b. 1942) |
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| سعيدة الظاهري Tunisian judoka, TN (b. 1979) |
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| فالح الظاهري SAUDI ARMY GENERAL, SA |
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| ناصر الظاهري AE |
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| محمد الظاهري association football player, AE (b. 1991) |
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