Hong Kong Genealogical Records
Hong Kong Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births of British citizens born overseas that were registered with the British Consul or High Commissioner. Provides a reference that can be used to order a birth certificate.
Hong Kong Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages of British citizens overseas that were registered with the British Consul or High Commissioner Provides a reference that can be used to order a marriage certificate.
Hong Kong Death & Burial Records
A name index linked to original indices of British citizens who died overseas. Records record the area in which the deceased died and their age.
Newspapers Covering Hong Kong
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
Hong Kong Directories & Gazetteers
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.
Hong Kong Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Hong Kong Obituaries
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
Hong Kong Histories & Books
Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
Hong Kong Occupation & Business Records
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Hong Kong
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Hong Kong Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Hong Kong Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Most Common Surnames in Hong Kong
Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chan | 712,029 | 1:10 | |
2 | Leung | 320,665 | 1:23 | |
3 | Cheung | 281,857 | 1:26 | |
4 | Lau | 252,031 | 1:29 | |
5 | Li | 224,580 | 1:33 | |
6 | Cheng | 178,042 | 1:41 | |
7 | Lai | 152,672 | 1:48 | |
8 | Yeung | 145,911 | 1:50 | |
9 | Tang | 140,373 | 1:52 | |
10 | Chow | 130,464 | 1:56 | |
11 | Fung | 121,005 | 1:61 | |
12 | Tsang | 118,756 | 1:62 | |
13 | Kwok | 113,063 | 1:65 | |
14 | Yu | 108,973 | 1:67 | |
15 | Chu | 94,946 | 1:77 | |
16 | Tse | 94,918 | 1:77 | |
17 | Yip | 93,484 | 1:78 | |
18 | Law | 90,996 | 1:81 | |
19 | Liu | 90,265 | 1:81 | |
20 | Wong | 86,540 | 1:85 | |
21 | Hui | 86,147 | 1:85 | |
22 | Mak | 80,904 | 1:91 | |
23 | Yuen | 79,780 | 1:92 | |
24 | Wu | 79,555 | 1:92 | |
25 | Chiu | 78,163 | 1:94 | |
26 | Choi | 77,657 | 1:94 | |
27 | So | 77,390 | 1:95 | |
28 | Au | 75,802 | 1:97 | |
29 | Poon | 72,766 | 1:101 | |
30 | Ma | 70,081 | 1:105 | |
31 | Kwan | 69,927 | 1:105 | |
32 | Chen | 60,847 | 1:121 | |
33 | Wang | 60,776 | 1:121 | |
34 | Wan | 60,720 | 1:121 | |
35 | Lui | 59,160 | 1:124 | |
36 | Tong | 58,865 | 1:125 | |
37 | Siu | 58,528 | 1:125 | |
38 | Man | 54,929 | 1:134 | |
39 | Ip | 53,650 | 1:137 | |
40 | Tsui | 52,765 | 1:139 | |
41 | Pang | 52,231 | 1:140 | |
42 | Zhang | 44,289 | 1:166 | |
43 | Mok | 43,362 | 1:169 | |
44 | Kong | 42,856 | 1:171 | |
45 | Lam | 42,560 | 1:172 | |
46 | Ko | 41,914 | 1:175 | |
47 | Kwong | 40,719 | 1:180 | |
48 | Luk | 38,358 | 1:191 | |
49 | Ng | 37,978 | 1:193 | |
50 | Yiu | 37,781 | 1:194 | |
51 | Chong | 35,420 | 1:207 | |
52 | Lin | 33,565 | 1:219 | |
53 | Ho | 33,354 | 1:220 | |
54 | Yung | 33,157 | 1:221 | |
55 | Yan | 32,792 | 1:224 | |
56 | Chui | 31,007 | 1:237 | |
57 | Fan | 29,995 | 1:245 | |
58 | Yang | 29,039 | 1:253 | |
59 | Chang | 27,015 | 1:272 | |
60 | Choy | 25,989 | 1:282 | |
61 | Huang | 25,919 | 1:283 | |
62 | Sin | 25,033 | 1:293 | |
63 | Tai | 24,794 | 1:296 | |
64 | Sze | 24,668 | 1:297 | |
65 | Shum | 24,555 | 1:299 | |
66 | Kan | 24,527 | 1:299 | |
67 | Fu | 23,951 | 1:306 | |
68 | Yim | 23,262 | 1:315 | |
69 | Sun | 23,023 | 1:319 | |
70 | Ling | 22,447 | 1:327 | |
71 | Tan | 21,688 | 1:338 | |
72 | Ngai | 20,577 | 1:356 | |
73 | Fok | 18,933 | 1:387 | |
74 | Xu | 17,780 | 1:413 | |
75 | Hong | 17,204 | 1:426 | |
76 | Lee | 16,784 | 1:437 | |
77 | Lu | 16,586 | 1:442 | |
78 | Suen | 16,431 | 1:446 | |
79 | Tam | 15,574 | 1:471 | |
80 | Chung | 15,489 | 1:474 | |
81 | Zhou | 14,351 | 1:511 | |
82 | Tsoi | 13,550 | 1:541 | |
83 | Pun | 13,451 | 1:545 | |
84 | Yin | 12,931 | 1:567 | |
85 | Zhao | 12,552 | 1:584 | |
86 | Zhu | 12,439 | 1:590 | |
87 | Hu | 12,158 | 1:603 | |
88 | Szeto | 12,102 | 1:606 | |
89 | Cheuk | 11,961 | 1:613 | |
90 | Cho | 11,329 | 1:647 | |
91 | Yue | 11,090 | 1:661 | |
92 | Keung | 10,767 | 1:681 | |
93 | Liang | 10,120 | 1:725 | |
94 | He | 10,050 | 1:730 | |
94 | Lung | 10,050 | 1:730 | |
96 | Mo | 10,022 | 1:732 | |
97 | Kim | 9,979 | 1:735 | |
98 | Shiu | 9,755 | 1:752 | |
99 | Zheng | 9,712 | 1:755 | |
100 | Ku | 9,600 | 1:764 | |
100 | Kung | 9,600 | 1:764 | |
102 | Jiang | 9,136 | 1:803 | |
103 | Wei | 8,967 | 1:818 | |
104 | Tso | 8,771 | 1:836 | |
105 | Han | 8,700 | 1:843 | |
106 | Pak | 8,630 | 1:850 | |
107 | Or | 8,560 | 1:857 | |
108 | Shen | 8,447 | 1:868 | |
109 | Hung | 8,363 | 1:877 | |
110 | Pan | 8,293 | 1:885 | |
111 | Shi | 8,265 | 1:888 | |
112 | Chau | 7,927 | 1:925 | |
113 | Luo | 7,759 | 1:945 | |
114 | Guo | 7,674 | 1:956 | |
115 | Song | 7,618 | 1:963 | |
116 | Gao | 7,548 | 1:972 | |
117 | Pong | 7,407 | 1:990 | |
118 | Yao | 7,056 | 1:1,040 | |
119 | Fong | 7,028 | 1:1,044 | |
120 | Tao | 6,676 | 1:1,099 | |
121 | Su | 6,100 | 1:1,203 | |
121 | Xie | 6,100 | 1:1,203 | |
123 | Feng | 5,889 | 1:1,246 | |
124 | Xiao | 5,819 | 1:1,261 | |
125 | Peng | 5,805 | 1:1,264 | |
126 | Fang | 5,763 | 1:1,273 | |
127 | Chou | 5,608 | 1:1,308 | |
128 | Yi | 5,454 | 1:1,345 | |
128 | Ying | 5,454 | 1:1,345 | |
130 | Yuan | 5,425 | 1:1,352 | |
131 | Cai | 5,313 | 1:1,381 | |
132 | Ye | 5,229 | 1:1,403 | |
133 | Jin | 5,172 | 1:1,418 | |
134 | Dong | 5,116 | 1:1,434 | |
135 | Au-Yeung | 4,976 | 1:1,474 | |
136 | Dai | 4,905 | 1:1,496 | |
137 | Ding | 4,849 | 1:1,513 | |
138 | Heung | 4,807 | 1:1,526 | |
139 | Deng | 4,793 | 1:1,530 | |
140 | Cao | 4,779 | 1:1,535 | |
141 | Chi | 4,681 | 1:1,567 | |
141 | Wen | 4,681 | 1:1,567 | |
143 | To | 4,638 | 1:1,582 | |
144 | Ming | 4,554 | 1:1,611 | |
145 | Hou | 4,399 | 1:1,668 | |
145 | Liao | 4,399 | 1:1,668 | |
147 | Chao | 4,357 | 1:1,684 | |
148 | Lei | 4,175 | 1:1,757 | |
149 | Gu | 4,118 | 1:1,781 | |
149 | Zeng | 4,118 | 1:1,781 | |
151 | Shu | 3,992 | 1:1,838 | |
152 | Zhong | 3,936 | 1:1,864 | |
153 | Ching | 3,654 | 1:2,008 | |
154 | Yun | 3,626 | 1:2,023 | |
155 | Hei | 3,500 | 1:2,096 | |
156 | Chai | 3,444 | 1:2,130 | |
157 | Kang | 3,401 | 1:2,157 | |
158 | Yick | 3,359 | 1:2,184 | |
159 | Woo | 3,331 | 1:2,202 | |
160 | Huen | 3,289 | 1:2,230 | |
160 | Xia | 3,289 | 1:2,230 | |
162 | Che | 3,261 | 1:2,249 | |
162 | Mao | 3,261 | 1:2,249 | |
164 | Qian | 3,163 | 1:2,319 | |
164 | Qiu | 3,163 | 1:2,319 | |
164 | Tian | 3,163 | 1:2,319 | |
167 | Auyeung | 3,120 | 1:2,351 | |
168 | Jia | 3,064 | 1:2,394 | |
168 | Meng | 3,064 | 1:2,394 | |
170 | Kam | 3,050 | 1:2,405 | |
171 | Qin | 2,966 | 1:2,473 | |
172 | Chun | 2,853 | 1:2,571 | |
172 | Ji | 2,853 | 1:2,571 | |
174 | Lan | 2,783 | 1:2,636 | |
175 | Cui | 2,741 | 1:2,676 | |
176 | Ren | 2,727 | 1:2,690 | |
177 | Lo | 2,685 | 1:2,732 | |
178 | Gong | 2,671 | 1:2,746 | |
179 | Seto | 2,614 | 1:2,806 | |
180 | Lao | 2,572 | 1:2,852 | |
180 | Sim | 2,572 | 1:2,852 | |
180 | Zou | 2,572 | 1:2,852 | |
183 | Nip | 2,544 | 1:2,883 | |
184 | Guan | 2,516 | 1:2,916 | |
185 | Shao | 2,474 | 1:2,965 | |
185 | Xue | 2,474 | 1:2,965 | |
187 | Lim | 2,460 | 1:2,982 | |
188 | Qi | 2,446 | 1:2,999 | |
189 | Lok | 2,418 | 1:3,034 | |
190 | Lou | 2,404 | 1:3,051 | |
191 | Ting | 2,389 | 1:3,071 | |
192 | Gan | 2,375 | 1:3,089 | |
192 | Wo | 2,375 | 1:3,089 | |
194 | Hon | 2,361 | 1:3,107 | |
195 | Hwang | 2,347 | 1:3,125 | |
195 | Shin | 2,347 | 1:3,125 | |
197 | Hang | 2,235 | 1:3,282 | |
197 | Ngan | 2,235 | 1:3,282 | |
199 | Ni | 2,207 | 1:3,324 | |
200 | Tung | 2,179 | 1:3,366 | |
200 | You | 2,179 | 1:3,366 |