Israel Genealogical Records
Israel Birth & Baptism Records
Notifications forwarded by officials responsible for civil registration under administrative ordinances in Nyasaland, Kenya, Somaliland, Uganda, Sudan, Palestine, Sarawak, Malaya, including Johore and Selangor, and British North Borneo.
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.
Israel 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.
Israel 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 Israel
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.
Israel Immigration & Travel Records
A database containing extracts from various records detailing Jews attempting to find refuge in Palestine. Large amounts of information can be found, such as name, date and place of birth, parents' names, languages spoken, family, height, offenses and much more.
Israel Military Records
The names of over 33,000 Jews who survived the holocaust and ended up in displaced persons camps.
Biographical, genealogical and military details of 891 British men who lost their lives in the Palestine conflict.
Israel Court & Legal Records
The names of over 33,000 Jews who survived the holocaust and ended up in displaced persons camps.
An index to Jewish names found in BMDS, probate, passport, property and other records held by US consular posts in Jerusalem, Jaffa, and Haifa.
An index of close to 10,000 Jews named in State Department files. The records cover Palestine, Romania, and Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Georgia, Yugoslavia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey, Tripoli, Barca, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.
Israel 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.
Israel Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Israel Histories & Books
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.
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
Israel Occupation & Business Records
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Israel
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.
The lineages of the royalty and nobility of Jerusalem, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Israel 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.
The lineages of the royalty and nobility of Jerusalem, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
Israel Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Israel Reference Works
A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.
Most Common Surnames in Israel
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cohen | 159,596 | 1:54 | |
| 2 | Levy | 97,892 | 1:87 | |
| 3 | Mizrahi | 29,131 | 1:294 | |
| 4 | Peretz | 25,764 | 1:332 | |
| 5 | Bitton | 24,461 | 1:350 | |
| 6 | Dahan | 20,555 | 1:416 | |
| 7 | Agbaria | 18,944 | 1:452 | |
| 8 | Avraham | 18,684 | 1:458 | |
| 9 | Friedman | 18,465 | 1:463 | |
| 10 | Katz | 17,219 | 1:497 | |
| 11 | Yosef | 17,107 | 1:500 | |
| 12 | Omer | 16,876 | 1:507 | |
| 13 | Mhamid | 16,379 | 1:522 | |
| 14 | Schwartz | 16,261 | 1:526 | |
| 15 | David | 15,860 | 1:540 | |
| 16 | Azulay | 15,608 | 1:548 | |
| 17 | Malkah | 15,518 | 1:551 | |
| 18 | Zoabi | 15,079 | 1:568 | |
| 19 | Jabarin | 14,644 | 1:584 | |
| 20 | Weiss | 13,683 | 1:625 | |
| 21 | Gaby | 13,297 | 1:644 | |
| 22 | Shapiro | 13,219 | 1:647 | |
| 23 | Chided | 13,168 | 1:650 | |
| 24 | Ohayon | 12,954 | 1:661 | |
| 25 | Reuben | 12,514 | 1:684 | |
| 26 | Lavyan | 12,458 | 1:687 | |
| 27 | Mahagna | 12,226 | 1:700 | |
| 28 | Masarweh | 12,197 | 1:702 | |
| 29 | Vaknin | 12,165 | 1:703 | |
| 30 | Khatib | 11,824 | 1:724 | |
| 31 | Ben Dod | 11,289 | 1:758 | |
| 32 | Isaac | 11,266 | 1:760 | |
| 33 | Adri | 11,163 | 1:767 | |
| 34 | Klein | 10,930 | 1:783 | |
| 35 | Yaakv | 10,843 | 1:789 | |
| 36 | Segel | 10,804 | 1:792 | |
| 37 | Moshe | 10,758 | 1:795 | |
| 38 | Ashknaziy | 10,564 | 1:810 | |
| 39 | Tal | 10,502 | 1:815 | |
| 40 | Hasna | 10,027 | 1:853 | |
| 41 | Goldstein | 10,001 | 1:856 | |
| 42 | Hen | 9,950 | 1:860 | |
| 43 | Ohana | 9,790 | 1:874 | |
| 44 | Suad | 9,759 | 1:877 | |
| 45 | Golan | 9,569 | 1:894 | |
| 46 | Suissa | 9,495 | 1:901 | |
| 47 | Shalom | 9,291 | 1:921 | |
| 48 | Eliyahu | 9,221 | 1:928 | |
| 49 | Rosenberg | 9,216 | 1:929 | |
| 50 | Elbaz | 9,196 | 1:931 | |
| 51 | Ber | 9,139 | 1:936 | |
| 52 | Bekher | 9,088 | 1:942 | |
| 53 | Greenberg | 9,035 | 1:947 | |
| 54 | Khoury | 8,764 | 1:976 | |
| 55 | Mor | 8,746 | 1:978 | |
| 56 | Attias | 8,682 | 1:986 | |
| 57 | Shemesh | 8,612 | 1:994 | |
| 58 | Feldman | 8,584 | 1:997 | |
| 59 | Dayan | 8,521 | 1:1,004 | |
| 60 | Sharabi | 8,433 | 1:1,015 | |
| 61 | Benhamou | 8,392 | 1:1,020 | |
| 62 | Stern | 8,379 | 1:1,021 | |
| 63 | Maman | 8,283 | 1:1,033 | |
| 64 | Nachum | 8,212 | 1:1,042 | |
| 65 | Rabinovitch | 8,179 | 1:1,046 | |
| 66 | Sason | 8,064 | 1:1,061 | |
| 67 | Barukh | 8,042 | 1:1,064 | |
| 68 | Darawshi | 8,000 | 1:1,070 | |
| 69 | Taha | 7,941 | 1:1,078 | |
| 70 | Laviy | 7,933 | 1:1,079 | |
| 71 | Meiyr | 7,921 | 1:1,080 | |
| 72 | Obadiah | 7,919 | 1:1,081 | |
| 73 | Samuel | 7,798 | 1:1,097 | |
| 74 | Maimon | 7,794 | 1:1,098 | |
| 75 | Alon | 7,662 | 1:1,117 | |
| 76 | Shahar | 7,649 | 1:1,119 | |
| 77 | Sharon | 7,566 | 1:1,131 | |
| 78 | Tourgeman | 7,536 | 1:1,136 | |
| 79 | Shoshan | 7,499 | 1:1,141 | |
| 80 | Asulin | 7,347 | 1:1,165 | |
| 81 | Zohar | 7,220 | 1:1,185 | |
| 82 | Goldberg | 7,207 | 1:1,187 | |
| 83 | Leibowitz | 7,143 | 1:1,198 | |
| 84 | Hassan | 6,905 | 1:1,239 | |
| 85 | Ezra | 6,855 | 1:1,248 | |
| 86 | Amsalem | 6,810 | 1:1,257 | |
| 87 | Mansoor | 6,807 | 1:1,257 | |
| 88 | Haim | 6,709 | 1:1,276 | |
| 89 | Amash | 6,691 | 1:1,279 | |
| 90 | Berkowitz | 6,689 | 1:1,279 | |
| 91 | Abramov | 6,674 | 1:1,282 | |
| 92 | Awad | 6,663 | 1:1,284 | |
| 93 | Savage | 6,641 | 1:1,289 | |
| 94 | Jacoby | 6,640 | 1:1,289 | |
| 95 | Ibrahim | 6,604 | 1:1,296 | |
| 96 | Kadosh | 6,439 | 1:1,329 | |
| 97 | Saad | 6,424 | 1:1,332 | |
| 98 | Tzur | 6,396 | 1:1,338 | |
| 99 | Selima | 6,368 | 1:1,344 | |
| 100 | Oren | 6,293 | 1:1,360 | |
| 101 | Hershkowitz | 6,236 | 1:1,372 | |
| 102 | Solomon | 6,209 | 1:1,378 | |
| 103 | Kaplan | 6,193 | 1:1,382 | |
| 104 | Horowitz | 6,160 | 1:1,389 | |
| 105 | Yifrach | 6,156 | 1:1,390 | |
| 106 | Shehadeh | 6,099 | 1:1,403 | |
| 107 | Hason | 6,056 | 1:1,413 | |
| 108 | Haj Yahya | 6,005 | 1:1,425 | |
| 109 | Yisrael | 5,989 | 1:1,429 | |
| 110 | Rachamiym | 5,987 | 1:1,429 | |
| 111 | Raz | 5,983 | 1:1,430 | |
| 112 | Lev | 5,972 | 1:1,433 | |
| 113 | Atiyah | 5,867 | 1:1,459 | |
| 114 | Yehezkel | 5,866 | 1:1,459 | |
| 115 | Yitzhaki | 5,843 | 1:1,465 | |
| 116 | Davidov | 5,814 | 1:1,472 | |
| 117 | Harel | 5,810 | 1:1,473 | |
| 118 | Aharoni | 5,775 | 1:1,482 | |
| 119 | Naiym | 5,743 | 1:1,490 | |
| 120 | Sofer | 5,741 | 1:1,491 | |
| 121 | Ganaim | 5,730 | 1:1,493 | |
| 122 | Daniyel | 5,679 | 1:1,507 | |
| 123 | Millar | 5,666 | 1:1,510 | |
| 124 | Garus | 5,656 | 1:1,513 | |
| 125 | Salomon | 5,655 | 1:1,513 | |
| 126 | Isa | 5,642 | 1:1,517 | |
| 127 | Koren | 5,629 | 1:1,520 | |
| 128 | Helvi | 5,627 | 1:1,521 | |
| 129 | Yishoreliy | 5,573 | 1:1,536 | |
| 130 | Dadoun | 5,571 | 1:1,536 | |
| 131 | Harroch | 5,523 | 1:1,549 | |
| 132 | Yasin | 5,502 | 1:1,555 | |
| 133 | Weiner | 5,492 | 1:1,558 | |
| 134 | Berek | 5,476 | 1:1,563 | |
| 135 | Rozen | 5,475 | 1:1,563 | |
| 136 | Gutman | 5,461 | 1:1,567 | |
| 137 | Deri | 5,455 | 1:1,569 | |
| 138 | Mary | 5,446 | 1:1,571 | |
| 139 | Gal | 5,409 | 1:1,582 | |
| 140 | Binyamiyn | 5,301 | 1:1,614 | |
| 141 | Nigar | 5,300 | 1:1,615 | |
| 142 | Kogan | 5,289 | 1:1,618 | |
| 143 | Aumur | 5,266 | 1:1,625 | |
| 144 | Aharn | 5,220 | 1:1,639 | |
| 145 | Sela | 5,206 | 1:1,644 | |
| 146 | Hayon | 5,204 | 1:1,644 | |
| 147 | Melloul | 5,185 | 1:1,650 | |
| 148 | Peled | 5,171 | 1:1,655 | |
| 148 | Shelby | 5,171 | 1:1,655 | |
| 150 | Amiyr | 5,162 | 1:1,658 | |
| 151 | Tzarfatiy | 5,151 | 1:1,661 | |
| 152 | Nasir | 5,131 | 1:1,668 | |
| 153 | Berger | 5,129 | 1:1,668 | |
| 154 | Saleh | 5,120 | 1:1,671 | |
| 155 | Lifshitz | 5,108 | 1:1,675 | |
| 156 | Heibe | 5,103 | 1:1,677 | |
| 157 | Pisher | 5,102 | 1:1,677 | |
| 158 | Frenkel | 5,100 | 1:1,678 | |
| 159 | Erez | 5,095 | 1:1,680 | |
| 160 | Yhudah | 5,084 | 1:1,683 | |
| 161 | Weizman | 4,994 | 1:1,714 | |
| 162 | Goldman | 4,947 | 1:1,730 | |
| 163 | Watad | 4,899 | 1:1,747 | |
| 164 | Odah | 4,868 | 1:1,758 | |
| 165 | Fuchs | 4,867 | 1:1,758 | |
| 166 | Ben Shushan | 4,858 | 1:1,762 | |
| 167 | Ghanem | 4,838 | 1:1,769 | |
| 168 | Weisman | 4,815 | 1:1,777 | |
| 169 | Asaraf | 4,812 | 1:1,778 | |
| 170 | Elias | 4,787 | 1:1,788 | |
| 171 | Elmaleh | 4,762 | 1:1,797 | |
| 172 | Rosenfeld | 4,722 | 1:1,812 | |
| 173 | Lugassy | 4,703 | 1:1,820 | |
| 174 | Abramowitz | 4,687 | 1:1,826 | |
| 175 | Yakubov | 4,683 | 1:1,827 | |
| 176 | Nisim | 4,668 | 1:1,833 | |
| 177 | Markovitz | 4,645 | 1:1,842 | |
| 178 | Eliy | 4,614 | 1:1,855 | |
| 179 | Streit | 4,610 | 1:1,856 | |
| 180 | Moyal | 4,595 | 1:1,862 | |
| 181 | Schechter | 4,571 | 1:1,872 | |
| 182 | Shalev | 4,567 | 1:1,874 | |
| 183 | Stein | 4,558 | 1:1,877 | |
| 184 | Sulaiman | 4,537 | 1:1,886 | |
| 185 | Ilpas | 4,534 | 1:1,887 | |
| 186 | Adler | 4,528 | 1:1,890 | |
| 187 | Gurevich | 4,498 | 1:1,903 | |
| 187 | Zidane | 4,498 | 1:1,903 | |
| 189 | Lieberman | 4,491 | 1:1,906 | |
| 190 | Meser | 4,489 | 1:1,906 | |
| 191 | Ziyv | 4,483 | 1:1,909 | |
| 192 | Peleg | 4,459 | 1:1,919 | |
| 193 | Hijazi | 4,445 | 1:1,925 | |
| 194 | Said | 4,430 | 1:1,932 | |
| 195 | Abu Lil | 4,423 | 1:1,935 | |
| 196 | Pollack | 4,419 | 1:1,937 | |
| 197 | Hadad | 4,404 | 1:1,943 | |
| 198 | Mouallem | 4,399 | 1:1,945 | |
| 199 | Rubinstein | 4,397 | 1:1,946 | |
| 200 | Neesar | 4,394 | 1:1,948 | |