Egypt Genealogical Records

Egypt Birth & Baptism Records

British Nationals Born Overseas (1818-2006)

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

British Nationals Married Overseas (1818-2005)

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

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

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

British Nationals Overseas Deaths (1818-2005)

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

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.

Newspaper Archive: Egypt (1943-1945)

Text-searchable copies of thousands of Egyptian newspaper articles. The articles are in the English language.

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.

Egypt 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.

Egypt Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Egypt 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.

Egypt Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Egypt

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.

Medieval Nobility of the Muslim World (500-1512)

Genealogies of the religious leaders and nobility of Muslim Africa and Asia.

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.

Egypt 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.

Medieval Nobility of the Muslim World (500-1512)

Genealogies of the religious leaders and nobility of Muslim Africa and Asia.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

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

Egypt 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

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.

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

Most Common Surnames in Egypt

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Mohamed3,408,5551:27
2Ahmed2,436,4911:38
3Ali1,269,6971:72
4Hassan1,074,8751:86
5Mahmoud1,018,8021:90
6Ibrahim686,7571:134
7Salah557,0691:165
8Mostafa550,3271:167
9Adel533,5781:172
10Gamal510,6061:180
11Saad466,4611:197
12Sayed389,4301:236
13Samir370,7291:248
14Omar363,1931:253
15Hussein358,0371:257
16Kamal348,1831:264
17Magdy343,1191:268
18Salem314,8081:292
19Saleh314,2281:293
20Ramadan308,7981:298
21Hamdy303,6421:303
22Elsayed292,3851:314
23Khaled280,2731:328
24Saeed275,9111:333
25Ashraf275,3621:334
26Yousef274,0501:335
27Fathy269,1691:342
28Said266,4231:345
29Soliman253,5181:363
30Mansour247,9661:371
31Kamel247,5081:371
32Taha242,9321:378
33Mustafa240,8881:382
34Abdo240,2471:383
35Khalil239,1801:384
36Ismail237,5931:387
37Nabil237,5021:387
38Samy232,6211:395
39Ragab224,7501:409
40Fouad223,4681:411
40Youssef223,4681:411
42Amin216,4521:425
43Amer216,3601:425
44Osman208,2761:441
45Awad207,1161:444
46Fawzy201,6251:456
47Aly200,4661:459
48Atef198,3611:463
49Alaa197,5981:465
50Abdullah196,8661:467
51Essam196,3781:468
52Eid196,0721:469
53Hamed192,4421:478
54Zaki190,8561:482
55Sabry188,1711:489
56Maher187,6221:490
57Abdallah187,1951:491
58Abdel186,8291:492
59Salama185,3031:496
60Ana184,8151:497
61Osama184,0831:499
62Tarek183,8081:500
63Nasr181,3071:507
64Alasid179,7511:511
65Badr178,8361:514
66Mohsen177,2491:519
67Farouk175,8461:523
68Saber174,1071:528
69Emad173,8321:529
70Reda166,9681:551
71Helmy163,9481:561
72Ayman163,5211:562
73Fahmy161,9951:568
74Ezzat159,7071:576
75Galal152,0191:605
76Sherif151,8061:606
77Attia150,5251:611
78Rahman148,4811:619
79Fathi148,4201:619
80Shawky142,0431:647
81Khalifa138,1081:666
82Radwan135,7281:677
83Jamal134,1421:685
84Mousa133,1661:690
85Hegazy132,3421:695
86Allam132,1901:695
87Hany131,6401:698
88Hamada129,1391:712
89Farag128,8951:713
90Mamdouh128,8641:713
91Abbas128,6511:715
92Shaaban128,6201:715
93Hussien126,3321:728
94Yasser126,2711:728
95Gad126,2411:728
96Hesham125,9661:730
97Shehata125,7221:731
98Elmasry123,6171:744
99Mido123,0981:747
100Hossam122,0301:753
101Hosny121,5731:756
102Emam121,2371:758
103Sobhy120,5361:763
104Gaber119,9251:767
105Anwar118,4311:776
106Moustafa117,7591:781
107Nasser116,2341:791
108Yehia115,6241:795
109Gomaa115,3491:797
110Hamza114,7701:801
111Hafez114,6481:802
112Rashad110,4991:832
113Mokhtar110,1631:835
114El Misri109,6141:839
115Alalah108,7291:846
116Adam107,1731:858
117Diab105,6481:870
118Nassar104,6111:879
119Darwish104,5801:879
120Nour104,5191:880
121Khalid104,3971:881
122Ebrahim104,3061:881
123Aziz103,3601:889
124Ahmad100,7971:912
125Auljunh99,3021:926
126Hamdi98,5701:933
127Shaheen97,4411:944
128Talaat97,0141:948
129Lotfy96,6791:951
130Shalaby96,4351:953
131Amr96,4041:954
131Habib96,4041:954
133Islam96,2521:955
134Mohammed95,9461:958
134Tawfik95,9461:958
136Zakaria95,9161:959
137Barakat95,6721:961
138Lalh95,3671:964
139Ashour95,2141:966
140Bakr93,1091:987
141Sami91,4311:1,006
142Refaat89,5091:1,027
143Ammar89,2351:1,030
144Medhat88,6551:1,037
145Najjar87,3131:1,053
146Selim86,1231:1,067
147Rabie85,9401:1,070
148Nagy85,6961:1,073
149Shaker85,0251:1,081
150Sakr84,9641:1,082
151Badh83,6821:1,099
152Mohmed83,4691:1,101
153Sadek83,4081:1,102
154El Msra83,3161:1,103
155Abo83,0111:1,108
156Arafa82,7061:1,112
157Ailhiyah82,0351:1,121
158Hashem81,9131:1,122
159Helal81,6081:1,127
160Sultan81,5471:1,127
161Shaban81,4551:1,129
162Zidan81,3641:1,130
163Zagazig80,9371:1,136
164Abdalla80,3881:1,144
165Badawy79,9601:1,150
166Afifi79,5641:1,155
167Sameh79,3811:1,158
168Hammad79,1061:1,162
169Morsy78,9541:1,164
170Abdelaziz77,9161:1,180
171Farid76,8791:1,196
172Raafat75,9941:1,210
173Ibrahem75,4761:1,218
174Salim74,8051:1,229
175Ghanem74,7741:1,230
176Ezz74,4391:1,235
177Sharaf74,2561:1,238
178Fares73,8281:1,245
179Ehab71,5401:1,285
180Khattab71,2961:1,289
180Nada71,2961:1,289
182Saied71,0831:1,293
183Karim70,6561:1,301
184Sharqawi70,6251:1,302
185Safwat70,5641:1,303
186Hamid70,3511:1,307
187Hasan69,7101:1,319
188Taher69,3131:1,326
189Wael68,6121:1,340
190Zahran67,8791:1,354
191Khalaf67,6351:1,359
192Elgendy67,5441:1,361
193Zayed67,4521:1,363
194Khairy67,3611:1,365
195Moussa66,6291:1,380
196Basha64,8901:1,417
196Metwally64,8901:1,417
198Medo64,1581:1,433
199Yousry63,2421:1,454
200Rashed63,1201:1,457