Zayat (surname)

'Zayat or El-Zayat are surnames. Notable people with the surnames include:

• Ahmed Zayat (born 1962), American racehorse owner
• Fouad al-Zayat
• Habib Zayat [fr] (1874-1954), French orientalist and writer
• Ibrahim El-Zayat
• Montasser el-Zayat (born 1956), Egyptian lawyer
• Mohamed El-Zayat