This is how family names (surnames) are presented in the Bishmizzine genealogy and generally on the website if I don’t know how people spell their name consistently. It is based on formal academic rules of transliteration.

Arabic / Transliteration
بركات / Barakat
جحا / Jiha
جمال الدين / Jamal al-Din
حايك / Hayik
حبيب / Habib
خزامي / Khuzami
خوري / Khuri
ديب / Dib
ديك / Dik
سركيس / Sarkis
سودا / Sawda
شاهين / Shahin
شيخاني / Shikhani
صيفي / Saifi
طنوس / Tannus
غازي / Ghazi
كلش / Kalash
مخلوطة / Makhluta
مفرج / Mufarrij
ملكي / Milki
موسى / Musa
مينا / Mina
نبتي / Nabti
نجار / Najjar
نعمة / Ni'mah
يوسف / Yusuf

Known Name/Spelling Variations

And here are known name/spelling variations of the main Bishmizzine family names as they are written in different countries and language areas (not counting the variations of using or not using the al-/el)

Barakat: Barakate, Barequet
Dib: Deep
Dik: Dickson, Eldik
Habib: Habeeb, Khuri, Melki
Hayik: Haick, Haik, Hayek
Jamal al-Din: Eldeen, Jamaleddine
Jiha: Gaha, Geha, Jeha
Kalash: Kalach
Khuri: Khoury
Khuzami: Jazami
Milki: Melki, Melkey, Melkie, Milkie, Mulckie, Mulckey
Mina: Meena
Mufarrij: Mafrig, Mafrige, Mauferrige, McGuire, Moufarreg, Moufarrege, Moufarrej, Moufarrige, Moufferige, Mouffrige, Mufarrege, Mufarregue, Mufarrige, Thomas
Nabti: Nabtie, Nabty, Nupty, Nabté
Najjar: Najor,  Nagher, Nayar, Naffa, Abraham, Anthony, Elias, Jacob, McGuire, Musi, Nawras, Nehme, Ni'mah, Niqula, Nicolas, Saba, Sasin, Sayfi, Shahin, Sarkis, Sha'nin, Tannous, Tannus, Tayr, Ya’qub
Niqula: Nicola
Saqr: Saar, Sacker, Saker
Sarkis: Zarquis, Saquis
Tannus: Tannous

Bishmizzine Kinship Groups 1890

In his study in 1939, Dr. Afif Tannous identified thirteen major kinship groups existing in Bishmizzine in 1890 (Tannous 1940:123):
   
Kinship Group  / Number of compound families
    Jiha  / 15
    Najjar / 14
    Elias / 12
    Mufarrij / 12
    Milki / 10
    Mina / 6
    Jamal al-Din / 5
    Hayik / 5    
    Barakat / 4
    Habib /4
    Nabti / 4
    Khuri / 3
    Ghazi / 2
 Total: 96