Angola Genealogical Records

Angola Birth & Baptism Records

South Africa Anglican Parish Registers (1801-2004)

An index and images to registers of baptism, marriage and burial kept by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. They also cover events in what is now Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Saint Helena, South Africa and Swaziland.

Angola Marriage & Divorce Records

South Africa Anglican Parish Registers (1801-2004)

An index and images to registers of baptism, marriage and burial kept by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. They also cover events in what is now Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Saint Helena, South Africa and Swaziland.

Angola Death & Burial Records

South Africa Anglican Parish Registers (1801-2004)

An index and images to registers of baptism, marriage and burial kept by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. They also cover events in what is now Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Saint Helena, South Africa and Swaziland.

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Newspapers Covering Angola

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Angola Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

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.

Angola Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Angola Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

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.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Angola

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

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.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Angola Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

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.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Angola Church Records

South Africa Anglican Parish Registers (1801-2004)

An index and images to registers of baptism, marriage and burial kept by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. They also cover events in what is now Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Saint Helena, South Africa and Swaziland.

Angola Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Historical Description

Angola was sometime a Province of this Kingdom, but it is now a Kingdom of it self, and very populous. Here are Mines of Silver, and most excellent Copper. They have many Kine, but love Dogs better than any other Flesh, and fat them to the Shambles.

A Geographical Description of the World (1671) by George Meriton

Most Common Surnames in Angola

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Manuel692,5361:39
2Domingos518,0221:52
3Francisco500,4721:54
4António455,9061:59
5da Silva421,9891:64
6Pedro409,7641:66
7dos Santos382,5511:71
8Neto326,5491:83
9Miguel306,6331:88
10da Costa270,9411:100
11Gomes259,5041:104
12Paulo243,5311:111
13João241,1651:112
14Fernandes240,3761:112
15Mateus230,7141:117
16Ferreira222,4321:121
17Sántos216,1221:125
18Afonso186,3461:145
19Antonio184,9651:146
20Gonçalves184,1771:147
21Lopes179,2471:151
22José177,6691:152
23Pereira171,9511:157
24Martins165,8381:163
25Pinto162,8801:166
26Gaspar159,3311:169
27André157,3591:172
28Sebastião155,7811:173
29Joaquim146,1191:185
30Mendes145,3301:186
31Dias143,9501:187
32Agostinho143,1611:189
33Correia136,6541:198
34Baptista133,8931:202
35Bernardo133,6961:202
36Pascoal131,5271:205
37Cardoso129,7521:208
38Joao129,1601:209
39Almeida126,9911:213
40Fernando124,4281:217
41Augusto121,8641:221
42Oliveira117,9201:229
43Alberto115,9491:233
44Lourenço115,7511:233
45Teixeira112,3991:240
46Monteiro111,4131:242
47Jorge107,6661:251
48Diogo106,8781:253
49Simão102,1451:264
50de Almeida98,5961:274
51Filipe96,6241:279
52Morais95,6381:282
52Rodriguês95,6381:282
54Carlos93,4691:289
55de Sousa91,6941:294
56de Carvalho90,7081:298
57Sebastiao89,1301:303
58Dala82,4261:327
59Eduardo81,6371:331
60Luís81,0461:333
61Alexandre79,6651:339
62de Oliveira74,3411:363
63Bento72,7641:371
64Nunes72,5661:372
65Alfredo71,5801:377
65Tavares71,5801:377
67Miranda69,8061:387
68Simao69,2141:390
69Panzo68,8201:392
70Luis67,8341:398
71Machado66,8481:404
72Barros65,2701:414
73Neves62,7071:430
74Lima61,9181:436
75Salvador60,1431:449
76Bartolomeu59,5521:453
77Junior59,1571:456
78Marquês57,5801:469
78Nascimento57,5801:469
80Andre56,7911:475
81Paulino56,5941:477
82Cunha56,0021:482
83Andrade55,4111:487
83Lemos55,4111:487
83Matias55,4111:487
86Samuel55,2141:489
87Alves54,4251:496
87Gonga54,4251:496
89Gabriel51,8611:520
90Adão51,2701:526
91Caetano50,8751:531
92Jamba50,6781:533
93Ventura50,2841:537
94Fonsêca49,4951:545
95Vunge49,2981:547
95da Cruz49,2981:547
97Bumba48,9031:552
98Henriques48,7061:554
99Coelho47,9171:563
100Borges47,5231:568
101Faria46,5371:580
101Jacinto46,5371:580
103Xavier45,3541:595
104Pires44,7621:603
105Armando44,5651:606
106Ngola44,1711:611
107Ernesto43,5791:619
107Rocha43,5791:619
109Inácio43,1851:625
110Muhongo42,9881:628
111Bunga42,3961:637
111Tomás42,3961:637
113Figueiredo42,1991:640
114da Conceição41,0161:658
115Matos39,8331:678
116Cassule39,6351:681
117Simões38,6501:698
118Fortunato38,4521:702
119Casimiro38,0581:709
120Freitas37,4661:720
121Adriano37,2691:724
121Duarte37,2691:724
123Cabral36,4801:740
124Araújo36,2831:744
124Brito36,2831:744
124Gouveia36,2831:744
127Victor35,6921:756
127Zua35,6921:756
129Nicolau35,4941:760
129Reis35,4941:760
131Tomas34,3111:787
132Faustino33,5231:805
133Ferraz32,7341:825
133Figueira32,7341:825
133Júnior32,7341:825
136Kiala32,5371:829
137Maria32,3391:835
138Amaral32,1421:840
138Viegas32,1421:840
140Bastos31,7481:850
141Moreira31,3531:861
142Segunda31,1561:866
143Cassoma30,9591:872
143Guimarães30,9591:872
143da Cunha30,9591:872
146Albino30,7621:877
147Baltazar30,5651:883
147Pacheco30,5651:883
149Jaime30,3671:889
150Sampaio30,1701:895
150Vaz30,1701:895
152Raimundo29,9731:900
152Rosa29,9731:900
154Avelino29,7761:906
154Felix29,7761:906
156Marques29,5791:912