Iran Genealogical Records

Newspapers Covering Iran

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.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

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

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

Iran 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.

Iran Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Iran 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.

Iran Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Iran

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.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

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

Iran 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.

Iran 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.

Most Common Surnames in Iran

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Mohammadi914,3591:84
2Hosseini713,4211:108
3Ahmadi551,1041:139
4Ali470,7061:163
5Moradi441,3151:174
6Heydari429,1461:179
7Karimi419,5361:183
8Mousavi419,4201:183
9Jafari418,6561:183
10Mohammad374,6201:205
11Pour370,6661:207
12Ghasemi339,5651:226
13Rahimi330,5041:232
14Ebrahimi325,7741:236
15Sadeghi297,0221:259
16Abbasi284,0901:270
17Gholami258,2001:297
18Akbari250,2481:307
19Asadi248,9721:308
20Zare245,6261:313
21Mahmoudi239,6441:320
22Ghorbani239,2611:321
23Bagheri232,5721:330
24Amiri232,2561:331
25Kazemi230,5501:333
26Zarei229,4041:335
27Haji229,0981:335
28Hashemi221,1921:347
29Nouri219,7181:349
30Yousefi217,8721:352
31Alizadeh212,7211:361
32Esmaeili208,2591:369
33Rezaei205,3111:374
34Salehi204,6361:375
35Nazari201,4431:381
36Mir199,8521:384
37Razaee199,6431:385
38Norouzi197,4341:389
39Shah190,5181:403
40Soleimani190,5041:403
41Sharifi187,8401:409
42Karami183,7581:418
43Rahmani181,5891:423
44Azizi180,7831:425
45Rostami179,9791:427
46Najafi179,1971:428
47Safari168,4121:456
48Amini167,3761:459
49Soltani166,2071:462
50Taheri164,7951:466
51Ramezani163,8541:469
52Razaie155,7271:493
53Khosravi155,0811:495
54Bahrami152,9501:502
55Abdollahi151,9501:505
56Mirzaei145,3951:528
57Zamani143,6401:535
58Dehghani142,9661:537
59Maleki138,9601:553
60Hasani137,9661:557
61Ghanbari134,2271:572
62Fathi133,7271:574
63Hosseinzadeh131,5511:584
64Rajabi130,8551:587
65Abdi130,4111:589
66Dehghan128,5341:597
67Saeedi122,4981:627
68Shabani122,1201:629
69Hossein121,8001:630
70Abbas121,4831:632
71Mansouri119,3861:643
72Asgari117,0301:656
73Ranjbar114,9511:668
74Naderi112,1471:685
75Arab111,4661:689
76Nassiri109,3121:702
77Salimi109,2391:703
78Sheikh109,1381:704
79Jalali107,5031:714
80Lotfi106,6281:720
81Khalili105,7371:726
82Habibi104,3161:736
83Mohammadzadeh103,2551:744
84Shafiee102,9691:746
85Fallah102,6441:748
86Goodarzi101,3651:757
87Rashidi100,9811:760
88Ghaffari99,9501:768
89Eskandari99,7261:770
90Rigi99,5131:772
91Nasseri98,8881:776
92Salari98,1281:782
93Kiani97,1691:790
94Tavakoli95,2511:806
95Rasooli94,8991:809
96Babaei91,8301:836
97Azimi90,9341:844
98Ghaderi89,9111:854
99Bayat88,8781:864
100Mirzaie88,1951:871
101Nemati88,0651:872
102Kamali87,8021:874
103Shojaei87,3871:879
104Ansari87,2431:880
105Talebi86,5771:887
106Mokhtari86,1401:891
107Reza86,0361:892
108Shahbazi86,0301:893
109Yazdani86,0091:893
110Mahdi84,6891:907
111Khani84,5451:908
112Hatami83,9001:915
113Asghari83,5721:919
114Faraji83,2051:923
115Mahdavi82,3131:933
116Hasanza81,1881:946
117Amir81,0021:948
118Reyesi80,1271:958
119Jamshidi80,0011:960
120Abedi79,2121:969
121Jamali79,1771:970
122Rafiee78,7721:975
123Alipour76,5201:1,003
124Seyed76,3601:1,006
125Hassanpour75,7251:1,014
126Hosseinpour75,5471:1,016
127Bakhtiari75,1951:1,021
128Hassan74,9651:1,024
129Allah74,1581:1,035
130Teimouri73,7361:1,041
131Rahmati73,4451:1,045
132Tajik72,1701:1,064
133Ebadi71,5311:1,073
134Keshavarz71,4621:1,074
135Masoumi71,1291:1,079
136Khazaei70,7351:1,085
137Ahmad69,4901:1,105
138Salmani69,0651:1,112
139Samadi69,0631:1,112
140Farhadi68,9531:1,114
141Mohseni68,7611:1,117
142Sohrabi68,0221:1,129
143Babaee67,9921:1,129
144Torabi67,9811:1,129
145Hamidi67,7711:1,133
146Islami67,6701:1,135
147Bani67,5371:1,137
148Shokri67,0811:1,145
149Mohammadian66,5711:1,153
150Momeni65,9021:1,165
151Malek65,5901:1,171
152Bakhshi65,1141:1,179
153Abdollah64,7941:1,185
154Javadi64,3751:1,193
155Yoqobe62,7961:1,223
156Imani62,3691:1,231
157Askari62,3181:1,232
158Panahi61,7351:1,244
159Barati61,5951:1,247
160Khan61,5321:1,248
161Davoodi61,0071:1,259
162Haj60,8741:1,261
163Khademi59,9461:1,281
164Moghadam59,8481:1,283
165Hemati59,5391:1,290
166Darvishi59,3141:1,295
167Khajeh58,8861:1,304
168Barzegar58,1701:1,320
169Saberi57,8341:1,328
170Azadi57,7571:1,329
171Kargar57,6081:1,333
172Gul57,5691:1,334
173Izadi57,4151:1,337
174Seyyed57,0391:1,346
175Hasan56,7521:1,353
176Tahmasbi56,6581:1,355
177Amani55,3971:1,386
178Sheikhi54,8841:1,399
179Baloch54,3031:1,414
180Hassanzadeh54,0691:1,420
181Shir53,2261:1,443
182Ataei52,8001:1,454
183Gholam52,7831:1,455
184Ghahramani52,5381:1,461
185Mozaffari52,3621:1,466
186Jalili52,0221:1,476
187Shakeri51,5131:1,491
188Emami50,9711:1,506
189Aliza50,5321:1,519
190Jabbari50,5181:1,520
191Hajizadeh50,2641:1,528
192Shamsi50,0641:1,534
193Zakeri50,0051:1,535
194Fattahi49,8181:1,541
195Sari49,7801:1,542
196Shiri49,7211:1,544
197Zahedi49,3861:1,555
198Qale49,2981:1,558
199Mohebbi49,1601:1,562
200Brahouei48,9831:1,568