Cyprus Genealogical Records
Cyprus 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.
Cyprus 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.
Cyprus Death & Burial Records
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
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 Cyprus
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 around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
Cyprus Military Records
A list of 457 British Army personnel who died in a conflict in Cyprus. Contains biographical and military information.
Cyprus Directories & Gazetteers
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
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.
Cyprus Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Cyprus Histories & Books
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
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.
Cyprus Occupation & Business Records
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Cyprus
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 searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
The lineages of Cypriot royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Cyprus 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.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
The lineages of Cypriot royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
Cyprus Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Historical Description
This Island is of length 200, large 60, and in circuit 600 miles.
Fertility
This Island yieldeth infinite Canes of Sugar, Cotton-Wool, Honey, Oyl, Corn, Turpentine, Allum, Verdegrease, Grogram, store of Metals, and Salt, besides all sorts of Fruits and Commodities in abundance.
This Isle lyeth in the Gulf between and Syria; having Egypt to the West; Syria to the South; Cilicia to the East; and Pamphillia North.
Natures of the People
The Inhabitants are generally strong; nimble; of great civility; hospitality to their Neighbours; and exceeding affectionate to Strangers.
Selina, Melisso, Paphos, Fontana, and Morosa, are the four special Towns in this Island.
The greatest imperfection of this Isle is scarcity of Water, and too much plenty of scorching heat, and sabulous ground.
Most Common Surnames in Cyprus
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgiou | 19,329 | 1:46 | |
| 2 | Charalambous | 17,616 | 1:50 | |
| 3 | Ioannou | 15,292 | 1:58 | |
| 4 | Constantinou | 14,184 | 1:62 | |
| 5 | Christodoulou | 14,081 | 1:63 | |
| 6 | Demetriou | 11,719 | 1:76 | |
| 7 | Michael | 11,286 | 1:78 | |
| 8 | Nicolaou | 10,806 | 1:82 | |
| 9 | Andreou | 10,668 | 1:83 | |
| 10 | Antoniou | 10,438 | 1:85 | |
| 11 | Kyriacou | 9,228 | 1:96 | |
| 12 | Savva | 7,685 | 1:115 | |
| 13 | Stylianou | 7,397 | 1:120 | |
| 14 | Christou | 7,162 | 1:124 | |
| 15 | Panayiotou | 6,638 | 1:133 | |
| 16 | Petrou | 5,375 | 1:165 | |
| 17 | Christoforou | 5,336 | 1:166 | |
| 18 | Christofi | 5,205 | 1:170 | |
| 19 | Vassiliou | 4,966 | 1:178 | |
| 20 | Theodorou | 4,669 | 1:190 | |
| 21 | Loizou | 4,527 | 1:195 | |
| 22 | Stavrou | 4,492 | 1:197 | |
| 23 | Neophytou | 4,399 | 1:201 | |
| 24 | Panayi | 4,267 | 1:207 | |
| 25 | Philippou | 3,923 | 1:226 | |
| 26 | Michaelides | 3,731 | 1:237 | |
| 27 | Pavlou | 3,680 | 1:240 | |
| 28 | Chrysostomou | 3,673 | 1:241 | |
| 29 | Alexandrou | 3,499 | 1:253 | |
| 30 | Kyprianou | 3,438 | 1:257 | |
| 30 | Louca | 3,438 | 1:257 | |
| 32 | Papadopoulos | 3,368 | 1:263 | |
| 33 | Panteli | 3,173 | 1:279 | |
| 34 | Elia | 2,872 | 1:308 | |
| 35 | Eleftheriou | 2,866 | 1:309 | |
| 36 | Georgiades | 2,731 | 1:324 | |
| 37 | Constantinides | 2,719 | 1:325 | |
| 38 | Spyrou | 2,706 | 1:327 | |
| 39 | Efstathiou | 2,691 | 1:329 | |
| 40 | Ioannides | 2,686 | 1:329 | |
| 41 | Demosthenous | 2,674 | 1:331 | |
| 42 | Anastassiou | 2,670 | 1:331 | |
| 43 | Chrysanthou | 2,661 | 1:333 | |
| 44 | Soteriou | 2,560 | 1:346 | |
| 45 | Gregoriou | 2,524 | 1:351 | |
| 46 | Savvides | 2,449 | 1:361 | |
| 47 | Socratous | 2,372 | 1:373 | |
| 48 | Achilleos | 2,323 | 1:381 | |
| 49 | Kyriakides | 2,295 | 1:386 | |
| 50 | Sophocleous | 2,242 | 1:395 | |
| 51 | Lambrou | 2,235 | 1:396 | |
| 52 | Evangelou | 2,215 | 1:399 | |
| 52 | Iacovou | 2,215 | 1:399 | |
| 54 | Costa | 2,186 | 1:405 | |
| 55 | Aristidou | 2,148 | 1:412 | |
| 56 | Papageorgiou | 2,055 | 1:431 | |
| 57 | Kyriakou | 2,034 | 1:435 | |
| 58 | Nicolaides | 2,009 | 1:440 | |
| 59 | Xenophontos | 1,994 | 1:444 | |
| 60 | Theocharous | 1,944 | 1:455 | |
| 61 | Solomou | 1,927 | 1:459 | |
| 62 | Adamou | 1,919 | 1:461 | |
| 63 | Nikolaou | 1,912 | 1:463 | |
| 64 | Polycarpou | 1,855 | 1:477 | |
| 65 | Evripidou | 1,832 | 1:483 | |
| 66 | Theophanous | 1,821 | 1:486 | |
| 67 | Paraskeva | 1,804 | 1:491 | |
| 68 | Efthymiou | 1,788 | 1:495 | |
| 69 | Antoniades | 1,757 | 1:504 | |
| 70 | Hadjigeorgiou | 1,742 | 1:508 | |
| 71 | Avraam | 1,724 | 1:513 | |
| 72 | Theodoulou | 1,722 | 1:514 | |
| 73 | Cleanthous | 1,714 | 1:516 | |
| 74 | Neocleous | 1,710 | 1:517 | |
| 75 | Argyrou | 1,698 | 1:521 | |
| 76 | Christodoulides | 1,676 | 1:528 | |
| 77 | Christofides | 1,620 | 1:546 | |
| 77 | Heracleous | 1,620 | 1:546 | |
| 77 | Themistocleous | 1,620 | 1:546 | |
| 80 | Lazarou | 1,598 | 1:554 | |
| 81 | Yiangou | 1,539 | 1:575 | |
| 82 | Athanassiou | 1,508 | 1:587 | |
| 83 | Sofroniou | 1,496 | 1:591 | |
| 84 | Leonidou | 1,494 | 1:592 | |
| 85 | Gavriel | 1,485 | 1:596 | |
| 86 | Prodromou | 1,472 | 1:601 | |
| 87 | Michaelidou | 1,470 | 1:602 | |
| 88 | Papadopoulou | 1,462 | 1:605 | |
| 89 | Menelaou | 1,442 | 1:614 | |
| 89 | Theodossiou | 1,442 | 1:614 | |
| 91 | Demetriades | 1,434 | 1:617 | |
| 92 | Photiou | 1,430 | 1:619 | |
| 93 | Symeou | 1,405 | 1:630 | |
| 94 | Aristodemou | 1,400 | 1:632 | |
| 95 | Marcou | 1,385 | 1:639 | |
| 96 | Herodotou | 1,369 | 1:646 | |
| 97 | Pericleous | 1,351 | 1:655 | |
| 98 | Loizides | 1,344 | 1:658 | |
| 99 | Agathocleous | 1,312 | 1:674 | |
| 100 | Mina | 1,305 | 1:678 | |
| 101 | Zenonos | 1,295 | 1:683 | |
| 102 | Procopiou | 1,293 | 1:684 | |
| 103 | Polydorou | 1,270 | 1:697 | |
| 104 | Pieri | 1,265 | 1:700 | |
| 105 | Economou | 1,261 | 1:702 | |
| 106 | Charalambides | 1,256 | 1:705 | |
| 107 | Papaioannou | 1,249 | 1:708 | |
| 107 | Varnava | 1,249 | 1:708 | |
| 109 | Economides | 1,242 | 1:712 | |
| 110 | Konstantinou | 1,228 | 1:721 | |
| 111 | Petrides | 1,212 | 1:730 | |
| 112 | Stephanou | 1,165 | 1:760 | |
| 113 | Thoma | 1,139 | 1:777 | |
| 114 | Anastasiou | 1,112 | 1:796 | |
| 115 | Tryfonos | 1,097 | 1:807 | |
| 116 | Apostolou | 1,072 | 1:825 | |
| 117 | Papamichael | 1,054 | 1:840 | |
| 118 | Kokkinos | 1,053 | 1:840 | |
| 119 | Panayides | 1,046 | 1:846 | |
| 120 | Aristotelous | 1,043 | 1:848 | |
| 121 | Mattheou | 1,040 | 1:851 | |
| 122 | Constantinidou | 1,027 | 1:862 | |
| 123 | Charalampous | 1,023 | 1:865 | |
| 124 | Zachariou | 1,021 | 1:867 | |
| 125 | Nicola | 1,019 | 1:868 | |
| 126 | Eliades | 1,014 | 1:873 | |
| 127 | Aresti | 1,009 | 1:877 | |
| 128 | Avgousti | 1,000 | 1:885 | |
| 129 | Damianou | 995 | 1:889 | |
| 130 | Charilaou | 984 | 1:899 | |
| 131 | Erotokritou | 979 | 1:904 | |
| 132 | Yiannakou | 973 | 1:909 | |
| 133 | Georgiadou | 969 | 1:913 | |
| 133 | Miltiadous | 969 | 1:913 | |
| 135 | Nearchou | 961 | 1:921 | |
| 136 | Ioannidou | 931 | 1:950 | |
| 137 | Panagiotou | 915 | 1:967 | |
| 138 | Mylonas | 914 | 1:968 | |
| 139 | Pavlides | 901 | 1:982 | |
| 140 | Ellinas | 896 | 1:988 | |
| 141 | Stavrinou | 887 | 1:998 | |
| 142 | Vasiliou | 884 | 1:1,001 | |
| 143 | Agapiou | 883 | 1:1,002 | |
| 143 | Agathangelou | 883 | 1:1,002 | |
| 145 | Hadjimichael | 865 | 1:1,023 | |
| 146 | Odysseos | 863 | 1:1,025 | |
| 147 | Evagorou | 857 | 1:1,033 | |
| 148 | Stylianides | 855 | 1:1,035 | |
| 149 | Zacharia | 848 | 1:1,043 | |
| 150 | Savvidou | 835 | 1:1,060 | |
| 151 | Paphitis | 833 | 1:1,062 | |
| 152 | Iacovides | 823 | 1:1,075 | |
| 153 | Papanicolaou | 821 | 1:1,078 | |
| 154 | Yianni | 815 | 1:1,086 | |
| 155 | Panagi | 805 | 1:1,099 | |
| 156 | Polyviou | 800 | 1:1,106 | |
| 157 | Kallis | 796 | 1:1,112 | |
| 158 | Hadjioannou | 787 | 1:1,124 | |
| 159 | Kyriakidou | 766 | 1:1,155 | |
| 160 | Costi | 760 | 1:1,164 | |
| 160 | Nicolaidou | 760 | 1:1,164 | |
| 162 | Manoli | 754 | 1:1,174 | |
| 163 | Andronicou | 749 | 1:1,181 | |
| 164 | Hadjikyriacou | 739 | 1:1,197 | |
| 165 | Violaris | 723 | 1:1,224 | |
| 166 | Vassiliades | 718 | 1:1,232 | |
| 167 | Orphanides | 712 | 1:1,243 | |
| 168 | Kalli | 711 | 1:1,245 | |
| 169 | Hadjicharalambous | 709 | 1:1,248 | |
| 169 | Mavrommatis | 709 | 1:1,248 | |
| 171 | Pittas | 701 | 1:1,262 | |
| 172 | Timotheou | 695 | 1:1,273 | |
| 173 | Angeli | 686 | 1:1,290 | |
| 173 | Neofytou | 686 | 1:1,290 | |
| 175 | Patsalides | 679 | 1:1,303 | |
| 176 | Iosif | 678 | 1:1,305 | |
| 177 | Papademetriou | 672 | 1:1,317 | |
| 177 | Tsangarides | 672 | 1:1,317 | |
| 179 | Papakyriacou | 658 | 1:1,345 | |
| 180 | Kalogirou | 646 | 1:1,370 | |
| 181 | Onissiforou | 645 | 1:1,372 | |
| 182 | Athanasiou | 644 | 1:1,374 | |
| 183 | Dionyssiou | 641 | 1:1,380 | |
| 184 | Protopapas | 640 | 1:1,383 | |
| 184 | Thrassyvoulou | 640 | 1:1,383 | |
| 186 | Papacharalambous | 636 | 1:1,391 | |
| 187 | Koumi | 629 | 1:1,407 | |
| 188 | Loucaides | 626 | 1:1,414 | |
| 189 | Papapetrou | 623 | 1:1,420 | |
| 190 | Anastassi | 622 | 1:1,423 | |
| 191 | Afxentiou | 604 | 1:1,465 | |
| 192 | Dimitriou | 603 | 1:1,467 | |
| 193 | Pitsillides | 602 | 1:1,470 | |
| 194 | Papachristoforou | 599 | 1:1,477 | |
| 195 | Pantelides | 598 | 1:1,480 | |
| 196 | Karaolis | 591 | 1:1,497 | |
| 197 | Theodotou | 588 | 1:1,505 | |
| 198 | Louka | 586 | 1:1,510 | |
| 198 | Papaconstantinou | 586 | 1:1,510 | |
| 200 | Antoniadou | 585 | 1:1,513 | |