What is the origin of the surname Kuttab?

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What is the origin of the surname Kuttab?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It is a dialect version of the classical Arabic Kitab, which means book. Probably indicative of a scholar in the family tree, or maybe a bookseller. I think it's Jewish, but I'm not 100% sure.
Daoud Kuttab is a Palestinian, so I'm not sure. Arabic