Egypt Genealogical Records
Egypt 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.
Egypt 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.
Egypt 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 Egypt
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
Text-searchable copies of thousands of Egyptian newspaper articles. The articles are in the English language.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
Egypt 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.
Egypt Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Egypt 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.
Egypt Occupation & Business Records
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Egypt
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.
Genealogies of the religious leaders and nobility of Muslim Africa and Asia.
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.
A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Egypt 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.
Genealogies of the religious leaders and nobility of Muslim Africa and Asia.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Egypt 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 Kingdom is confined on the East, with the Arabian Desarts; those of Bara, Lybia, and Numidia, West; South, it is divided from Ethiopia by the great Cataract; and North, with the Egyptian Sea, being part of the Mediterranean. A Coast dangerous and unhospitable, full of flats, having no Haven but that of Alexandria, which is by a Desart divided from the rest of the habitable Countrey; so that it is neither by Sea nor Land to be invaded, but with much difficulty. It is said to extend from North to South, 560 miles, and in breadth from Rosetta to Damietta, 140.
Fertility
The wonderfull fertility of this Soyl, is rather to be admired than expressed; in times past reputed the Granary of the whole World. Amongst other Commodities which this Earth doth yield, and are fetched hence by Foreigners.
Riches
Sugar, Flax, Rice, all manner of Grain, Linnen Cloth, Hides, Salt; Butargio and Cassia being now the principal.
Nilus
The fertility of this Countrey proceeds from the Inundation of Nilus, which from the 15. of June, overfloweth the Countrey for the space of 40 dayes, and in as many more gathers his waters again; if it flow not the height of 15 Cubits, then is the Earth deficient of her abundance of encrease, for want of moisture; and if above 17, it cannot produce its natural operation: but if the mean be granted, there is no Countrey can brag of such abundance; the Corn being all inned before the first of May: During this Inundation the Cattle lye on Hills and in the Towns, to which they are driven before hand; as for the Towns and Villages, they stand all on the tops of Hills; Commerce and entercourse is not a jot diminished, for Skiffs and like Boats supply the places of Horses and Camels.
Revenues
The Revenue which the Turk receiveth hence, is three millions yearly, two of which is distributed to support the charge of his Vicegerent Bashaw, and presidary Souldiers.
Most Common Surnames in Egypt
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohamed | 3,408,555 | 1:27 | |
| 2 | Ahmed | 2,436,491 | 1:38 | |
| 3 | Ali | 1,269,697 | 1:72 | |
| 4 | Hassan | 1,074,875 | 1:86 | |
| 5 | Mahmoud | 1,018,802 | 1:90 | |
| 6 | Ibrahim | 686,757 | 1:134 | |
| 7 | Salah | 557,069 | 1:165 | |
| 8 | Mostafa | 550,327 | 1:167 | |
| 9 | Adel | 533,578 | 1:172 | |
| 10 | Gamal | 510,606 | 1:180 | |
| 11 | Saad | 466,461 | 1:197 | |
| 12 | Sayed | 389,430 | 1:236 | |
| 13 | Samir | 370,729 | 1:248 | |
| 14 | Omar | 363,193 | 1:253 | |
| 15 | Hussein | 358,037 | 1:257 | |
| 16 | Kamal | 348,183 | 1:264 | |
| 17 | Magdy | 343,119 | 1:268 | |
| 18 | Salem | 314,808 | 1:292 | |
| 19 | Saleh | 314,228 | 1:293 | |
| 20 | Ramadan | 308,798 | 1:298 | |
| 21 | Hamdy | 303,642 | 1:303 | |
| 22 | Elsayed | 292,385 | 1:314 | |
| 23 | Khaled | 280,273 | 1:328 | |
| 24 | Saeed | 275,911 | 1:333 | |
| 25 | Ashraf | 275,362 | 1:334 | |
| 26 | Yousef | 274,050 | 1:335 | |
| 27 | Fathy | 269,169 | 1:342 | |
| 28 | Said | 266,423 | 1:345 | |
| 29 | Soliman | 253,518 | 1:363 | |
| 30 | Mansour | 247,966 | 1:371 | |
| 31 | Kamel | 247,508 | 1:371 | |
| 32 | Taha | 242,932 | 1:378 | |
| 33 | Mustafa | 240,888 | 1:382 | |
| 34 | Abdo | 240,247 | 1:383 | |
| 35 | Khalil | 239,180 | 1:384 | |
| 36 | Ismail | 237,593 | 1:387 | |
| 37 | Nabil | 237,502 | 1:387 | |
| 38 | Samy | 232,621 | 1:395 | |
| 39 | Ragab | 224,750 | 1:409 | |
| 40 | Fouad | 223,468 | 1:411 | |
| 40 | Youssef | 223,468 | 1:411 | |
| 42 | Amin | 216,452 | 1:425 | |
| 43 | Amer | 216,360 | 1:425 | |
| 44 | Osman | 208,276 | 1:441 | |
| 45 | Awad | 207,116 | 1:444 | |
| 46 | Fawzy | 201,625 | 1:456 | |
| 47 | Aly | 200,466 | 1:459 | |
| 48 | Atef | 198,361 | 1:463 | |
| 49 | Alaa | 197,598 | 1:465 | |
| 50 | Abdullah | 196,866 | 1:467 | |
| 51 | Essam | 196,378 | 1:468 | |
| 52 | Eid | 196,072 | 1:469 | |
| 53 | Hamed | 192,442 | 1:478 | |
| 54 | Zaki | 190,856 | 1:482 | |
| 55 | Sabry | 188,171 | 1:489 | |
| 56 | Maher | 187,622 | 1:490 | |
| 57 | Abdallah | 187,195 | 1:491 | |
| 58 | Abdel | 186,829 | 1:492 | |
| 59 | Salama | 185,303 | 1:496 | |
| 60 | Ana | 184,815 | 1:497 | |
| 61 | Osama | 184,083 | 1:499 | |
| 62 | Tarek | 183,808 | 1:500 | |
| 63 | Nasr | 181,307 | 1:507 | |
| 64 | Alasid | 179,751 | 1:511 | |
| 65 | Badr | 178,836 | 1:514 | |
| 66 | Mohsen | 177,249 | 1:519 | |
| 67 | Farouk | 175,846 | 1:523 | |
| 68 | Saber | 174,107 | 1:528 | |
| 69 | Emad | 173,832 | 1:529 | |
| 70 | Reda | 166,968 | 1:551 | |
| 71 | Helmy | 163,948 | 1:561 | |
| 72 | Ayman | 163,521 | 1:562 | |
| 73 | Fahmy | 161,995 | 1:568 | |
| 74 | Ezzat | 159,707 | 1:576 | |
| 75 | Galal | 152,019 | 1:605 | |
| 76 | Sherif | 151,806 | 1:606 | |
| 77 | Attia | 150,525 | 1:611 | |
| 78 | Rahman | 148,481 | 1:619 | |
| 79 | Fathi | 148,420 | 1:619 | |
| 80 | Shawky | 142,043 | 1:647 | |
| 81 | Khalifa | 138,108 | 1:666 | |
| 82 | Radwan | 135,728 | 1:677 | |
| 83 | Jamal | 134,142 | 1:685 | |
| 84 | Mousa | 133,166 | 1:690 | |
| 85 | Hegazy | 132,342 | 1:695 | |
| 86 | Allam | 132,190 | 1:695 | |
| 87 | Hany | 131,640 | 1:698 | |
| 88 | Hamada | 129,139 | 1:712 | |
| 89 | Farag | 128,895 | 1:713 | |
| 90 | Mamdouh | 128,864 | 1:713 | |
| 91 | Abbas | 128,651 | 1:715 | |
| 92 | Shaaban | 128,620 | 1:715 | |
| 93 | Hussien | 126,332 | 1:728 | |
| 94 | Yasser | 126,271 | 1:728 | |
| 95 | Gad | 126,241 | 1:728 | |
| 96 | Hesham | 125,966 | 1:730 | |
| 97 | Shehata | 125,722 | 1:731 | |
| 98 | Elmasry | 123,617 | 1:744 | |
| 99 | Mido | 123,098 | 1:747 | |
| 100 | Hossam | 122,030 | 1:753 | |
| 101 | Hosny | 121,573 | 1:756 | |
| 102 | Emam | 121,237 | 1:758 | |
| 103 | Sobhy | 120,536 | 1:763 | |
| 104 | Gaber | 119,925 | 1:767 | |
| 105 | Anwar | 118,431 | 1:776 | |
| 106 | Moustafa | 117,759 | 1:781 | |
| 107 | Nasser | 116,234 | 1:791 | |
| 108 | Yehia | 115,624 | 1:795 | |
| 109 | Gomaa | 115,349 | 1:797 | |
| 110 | Hamza | 114,770 | 1:801 | |
| 111 | Hafez | 114,648 | 1:802 | |
| 112 | Rashad | 110,499 | 1:832 | |
| 113 | Mokhtar | 110,163 | 1:835 | |
| 114 | El Misri | 109,614 | 1:839 | |
| 115 | Alalah | 108,729 | 1:846 | |
| 116 | Adam | 107,173 | 1:858 | |
| 117 | Diab | 105,648 | 1:870 | |
| 118 | Nassar | 104,611 | 1:879 | |
| 119 | Darwish | 104,580 | 1:879 | |
| 120 | Nour | 104,519 | 1:880 | |
| 121 | Khalid | 104,397 | 1:881 | |
| 122 | Ebrahim | 104,306 | 1:881 | |
| 123 | Aziz | 103,360 | 1:889 | |
| 124 | Ahmad | 100,797 | 1:912 | |
| 125 | Auljunh | 99,302 | 1:926 | |
| 126 | Hamdi | 98,570 | 1:933 | |
| 127 | Shaheen | 97,441 | 1:944 | |
| 128 | Talaat | 97,014 | 1:948 | |
| 129 | Lotfy | 96,679 | 1:951 | |
| 130 | Shalaby | 96,435 | 1:953 | |
| 131 | Amr | 96,404 | 1:954 | |
| 131 | Habib | 96,404 | 1:954 | |
| 133 | Islam | 96,252 | 1:955 | |
| 134 | Mohammed | 95,946 | 1:958 | |
| 134 | Tawfik | 95,946 | 1:958 | |
| 136 | Zakaria | 95,916 | 1:959 | |
| 137 | Barakat | 95,672 | 1:961 | |
| 138 | Lalh | 95,367 | 1:964 | |
| 139 | Ashour | 95,214 | 1:966 | |
| 140 | Bakr | 93,109 | 1:987 | |
| 141 | Sami | 91,431 | 1:1,006 | |
| 142 | Refaat | 89,509 | 1:1,027 | |
| 143 | Ammar | 89,235 | 1:1,030 | |
| 144 | Medhat | 88,655 | 1:1,037 | |
| 145 | Najjar | 87,313 | 1:1,053 | |
| 146 | Selim | 86,123 | 1:1,067 | |
| 147 | Rabie | 85,940 | 1:1,070 | |
| 148 | Nagy | 85,696 | 1:1,073 | |
| 149 | Shaker | 85,025 | 1:1,081 | |
| 150 | Sakr | 84,964 | 1:1,082 | |
| 151 | Badh | 83,682 | 1:1,099 | |
| 152 | Mohmed | 83,469 | 1:1,101 | |
| 153 | Sadek | 83,408 | 1:1,102 | |
| 154 | El Msra | 83,316 | 1:1,103 | |
| 155 | Abo | 83,011 | 1:1,108 | |
| 156 | Arafa | 82,706 | 1:1,112 | |
| 157 | Ailhiyah | 82,035 | 1:1,121 | |
| 158 | Hashem | 81,913 | 1:1,122 | |
| 159 | Helal | 81,608 | 1:1,127 | |
| 160 | Sultan | 81,547 | 1:1,127 | |
| 161 | Shaban | 81,455 | 1:1,129 | |
| 162 | Zidan | 81,364 | 1:1,130 | |
| 163 | Zagazig | 80,937 | 1:1,136 | |
| 164 | Abdalla | 80,388 | 1:1,144 | |
| 165 | Badawy | 79,960 | 1:1,150 | |
| 166 | Afifi | 79,564 | 1:1,155 | |
| 167 | Sameh | 79,381 | 1:1,158 | |
| 168 | Hammad | 79,106 | 1:1,162 | |
| 169 | Morsy | 78,954 | 1:1,164 | |
| 170 | Abdelaziz | 77,916 | 1:1,180 | |
| 171 | Farid | 76,879 | 1:1,196 | |
| 172 | Raafat | 75,994 | 1:1,210 | |
| 173 | Ibrahem | 75,476 | 1:1,218 | |
| 174 | Salim | 74,805 | 1:1,229 | |
| 175 | Ghanem | 74,774 | 1:1,230 | |
| 176 | Ezz | 74,439 | 1:1,235 | |
| 177 | Sharaf | 74,256 | 1:1,238 | |
| 178 | Fares | 73,828 | 1:1,245 | |
| 179 | Ehab | 71,540 | 1:1,285 | |
| 180 | Khattab | 71,296 | 1:1,289 | |
| 180 | Nada | 71,296 | 1:1,289 | |
| 182 | Saied | 71,083 | 1:1,293 | |
| 183 | Karim | 70,656 | 1:1,301 | |
| 184 | Sharqawi | 70,625 | 1:1,302 | |
| 185 | Safwat | 70,564 | 1:1,303 | |
| 186 | Hamid | 70,351 | 1:1,307 | |
| 187 | Hasan | 69,710 | 1:1,319 | |
| 188 | Taher | 69,313 | 1:1,326 | |
| 189 | Wael | 68,612 | 1:1,340 | |
| 190 | Zahran | 67,879 | 1:1,354 | |
| 191 | Khalaf | 67,635 | 1:1,359 | |
| 192 | Elgendy | 67,544 | 1:1,361 | |
| 193 | Zayed | 67,452 | 1:1,363 | |
| 194 | Khairy | 67,361 | 1:1,365 | |
| 195 | Moussa | 66,629 | 1:1,380 | |
| 196 | Basha | 64,890 | 1:1,417 | |
| 196 | Metwally | 64,890 | 1:1,417 | |
| 198 | Medo | 64,158 | 1:1,433 | |
| 199 | Yousry | 63,242 | 1:1,454 | |
| 200 | Rashed | 63,120 | 1:1,457 | |