Abulafia (Arabic: أبو العافية‎ Abū l-ʿāfiya, Abou l-Afiyya or Abu l-Afia; Hebrew: אבולעפיה‎ Abulafia) is a Sephardi Jewish surname whose etymological origin is in the Arabic language. The family name, like many other Arabic-origin Sephardic Jewish surnames, originated in Spain (Sefarad) among Spanish Jews (Sephardim) at a time during Spain's Islamic history, when it was ruled as Al-Andalus by Arabic-speaking Moors.