Arabs do not have surnames, only first names. They use the joint name of father and son. The same is true for the Uighurs, Kazakhs, and Kirgiz in Xinjiang. One of my classmates is called Imam Nurshati, so the imam is him His name, Nurshati, is his father’s name. His father’s name is Nurshati Aishan, and the imam’s son’s name is Shawuti Imam.
Mohammed is a name that Muslims prefer. . . A Uighur friend named his dog Abdullah. .