Malaysia Genealogical Records
Malaysia 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.
Malaysia Death & Burial Records
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
Newspapers Covering Malaysia
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.
Malaysia Military Records
Details of over 1,500 men who died in Malaysia's war of independence from Britain.
Malaysia Directories & Gazetteers
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
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.
Malaysia Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Malaysia Obituaries
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
Malaysia 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.
Malaysia Occupation & Business Records
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Malaysia
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 collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Malaysia 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.
Malaysia Maps
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 Malaysia
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tan | 404,514 | 1:73 | |
| 2 | Lim | 340,271 | 1:87 | |
| 3 | Lee | 338,534 | 1:87 | |
| 4 | Wong | 288,771 | 1:102 | |
| 5 | Wan | 235,819 | 1:125 | |
| 6 | Ng | 209,849 | 1:141 | |
| 7 | bin Ismail | 202,765 | 1:145 | |
| 8 | bin Abdullah | 199,713 | 1:148 | |
| 9 | bin Ahmad | 197,291 | 1:149 | |
| 10 | binti Ismail | 196,692 | 1:150 | |
| 11 | binti Abdullah | 195,588 | 1:151 | |
| 12 | binti Ahmad | 190,416 | 1:155 | |
| 13 | Chong | 172,105 | 1:171 | |
| 14 | Rahman | 156,991 | 1:188 | |
| 15 | Chan | 130,002 | 1:227 | |
| 16 | Ali | 112,357 | 1:263 | |
| 17 | bin Ibrahim | 111,694 | 1:264 | |
| 18 | binti Ibrahim | 110,051 | 1:268 | |
| 19 | Ong | 107,393 | 1:275 | |
| 20 | Chin | 106,127 | 1:278 | |
| 21 | Nor | 102,048 | 1:289 | |
| 22 | Noor | 97,959 | 1:301 | |
| 23 | Yap | 93,129 | 1:317 | |
| 24 | Che | 92,055 | 1:320 | |
| 25 | Yusof | 91,467 | 1:322 | |
| 26 | bin Othman | 87,121 | 1:339 | |
| 27 | binti Othman | 84,907 | 1:347 | |
| 28 | bin Mohamad | 83,444 | 1:353 | |
| 29 | Isa | 80,848 | 1:365 | |
| 30 | binti Mohamad | 79,681 | 1:370 | |
| 31 | Aziz | 79,104 | 1:373 | |
| 32 | Yong | 77,591 | 1:380 | |
| 33 | Bakar | 76,935 | 1:383 | |
| 34 | Goh | 76,427 | 1:386 | |
| 35 | Low | 75,799 | 1:389 | |
| 36 | Liew | 73,125 | 1:403 | |
| 37 | bin Hassan | 72,473 | 1:407 | |
| 38 | bin Mohamed | 71,865 | 1:410 | |
| 39 | binti Hassan | 70,721 | 1:417 | |
| 40 | Leong | 70,437 | 1:419 | |
| 41 | Hamid | 70,422 | 1:419 | |
| 42 | Lai | 68,984 | 1:428 | |
| 43 | bin Zakaria | 66,083 | 1:446 | |
| 44 | bin Ali | 65,632 | 1:449 | |
| 45 | binti Mohamed | 65,405 | 1:451 | |
| 46 | Abdullah | 64,916 | 1:454 | |
| 47 | Salleh | 64,842 | 1:455 | |
| 48 | bin Abu Bakar | 63,760 | 1:463 | |
| 49 | binti Ali | 62,974 | 1:468 | |
| 50 | Rahim | 62,920 | 1:469 | |
| 51 | bin Hashim | 62,916 | 1:469 | |
| 52 | binti Hashim | 62,722 | 1:470 | |
| 53 | binti Zakaria | 62,619 | 1:471 | |
| 54 | Ahmad | 61,482 | 1:480 | |
| 55 | Hassan | 60,694 | 1:486 | |
| 56 | bin Ramli | 60,477 | 1:488 | |
| 57 | bin Omar | 58,917 | 1:501 | |
| 58 | binti Omar | 58,722 | 1:502 | |
| 59 | binti Ramli | 58,086 | 1:508 | |
| 60 | Ho | 57,520 | 1:513 | |
| 61 | Ooi | 57,107 | 1:516 | |
| 62 | Abidin | 56,933 | 1:518 | |
| 63 | Lau | 56,457 | 1:522 | |
| 64 | Ismail | 54,565 | 1:541 | |
| 65 | Loh | 53,804 | 1:548 | |
| 66 | Chai | 53,309 | 1:553 | |
| 67 | Chew | 52,476 | 1:562 | |
| 68 | Bin Abdul Rahman | 52,171 | 1:565 | |
| 69 | Razak | 50,245 | 1:587 | |
| 70 | Zain | 49,589 | 1:595 | |
| 71 | binti Awang | 48,871 | 1:604 | |
| 72 | bin Awang | 48,450 | 1:609 | |
| 73 | Yusoff | 48,344 | 1:610 | |
| 74 | Nasir | 48,221 | 1:612 | |
| 75 | Ghani | 48,049 | 1:614 | |
| 76 | Teh | 48,022 | 1:614 | |
| 77 | bin Salleh | 47,772 | 1:617 | |
| 78 | bin Sulaiman | 47,668 | 1:619 | |
| 79 | Chua | 47,422 | 1:622 | |
| 80 | Ang | 45,397 | 1:650 | |
| 81 | binti Salleh | 45,346 | 1:650 | |
| 82 | Mohamed | 45,024 | 1:655 | |
| 83 | Rashid | 44,895 | 1:657 | |
| 84 | binti Sulaiman | 43,099 | 1:684 | |
| 85 | bin Yusof | 43,056 | 1:685 | |
| 86 | bin Ishak | 42,786 | 1:689 | |
| 87 | Tang | 42,641 | 1:692 | |
| 88 | bin Osman | 42,367 | 1:696 | |
| 89 | binti Osman | 41,171 | 1:716 | |
| 90 | Wahab | 41,106 | 1:718 | |
| 91 | binti Ishak | 41,009 | 1:719 | |
| 92 | binti Yusof | 40,883 | 1:721 | |
| 93 | Gan | 40,855 | 1:722 | |
| 94 | Teoh | 40,740 | 1:724 | |
| 95 | Amin | 40,683 | 1:725 | |
| 96 | Chang | 40,023 | 1:737 | |
| 97 | Daud | 39,823 | 1:741 | |
| 98 | bin Harun | 39,249 | 1:751 | |
| 99 | bin Abd Rahman | 38,992 | 1:756 | |
| 100 | Ling | 38,427 | 1:768 | |
| 101 | Kong | 37,808 | 1:780 | |
| 102 | Chen | 37,482 | 1:787 | |
| 103 | Saad | 37,449 | 1:788 | |
| 104 | Tee | 37,431 | 1:788 | |
| 105 | Koh | 37,393 | 1:789 | |
| 106 | binti Harun | 37,093 | 1:795 | |
| 107 | Ibrahim | 36,427 | 1:810 | |
| 108 | Teo | 36,134 | 1:816 | |
| 109 | Halim | 35,186 | 1:838 | |
| 110 | Khoo | 35,147 | 1:839 | |
| 111 | Said | 34,693 | 1:850 | |
| 112 | binti Saad | 34,337 | 1:859 | |
| 113 | Chia | 34,289 | 1:860 | |
| 114 | bin Saad | 34,001 | 1:867 | |
| 115 | Zin | 33,783 | 1:873 | |
| 116 | Shah | 33,639 | 1:877 | |
| 117 | bin Jaafar | 33,528 | 1:880 | |
| 118 | Foo | 33,374 | 1:884 | |
| 119 | Choo | 33,246 | 1:887 | |
| 120 | Singh | 32,710 | 1:902 | |
| 121 | Pang | 32,058 | 1:920 | |
| 122 | bin Hamzah | 32,024 | 1:921 | |
| 123 | Cheong | 31,801 | 1:927 | |
| 124 | Hashim | 31,742 | 1:929 | |
| 125 | bin Daud | 31,675 | 1:931 | |
| 126 | bin Idris | 31,662 | 1:932 | |
| 127 | bin Rosli | 31,633 | 1:932 | |
| 128 | binti Hamzah | 31,509 | 1:936 | |
| 129 | binti Jaafar | 31,469 | 1:937 | |
| 130 | Loo | 31,149 | 1:947 | |
| 131 | Sim | 31,135 | 1:947 | |
| 132 | Cheah | 30,826 | 1:957 | |
| 133 | Cheng | 30,484 | 1:968 | |
| 134 | Yee | 30,462 | 1:968 | |
| 135 | binti Idris | 30,445 | 1:969 | |
| 136 | binti Rosli | 30,030 | 1:982 | |
| 137 | binti Daud | 29,646 | 1:995 | |
| 138 | bin Musa | 29,627 | 1:996 | |
| 139 | bin Nordin | 28,846 | 1:1,022 | |
| 140 | Chee | 28,657 | 1:1,029 | |
| 141 | bin Hussin | 28,615 | 1:1,031 | |
| 142 | binti Musa | 28,518 | 1:1,034 | |
| 143 | bin Jusoh | 28,120 | 1:1,049 | |
| 144 | Khor | 28,096 | 1:1,050 | |
| 145 | binti Hussin | 28,079 | 1:1,050 | |
| 146 | bin Yahya | 28,056 | 1:1,051 | |
| 147 | binti Jusoh | 28,011 | 1:1,053 | |
| 148 | Tay | 27,929 | 1:1,056 | |
| 149 | bin Hamid | 27,790 | 1:1,061 | |
| 150 | binti Nordin | 27,733 | 1:1,064 | |
| 151 | bin Mamat | 27,594 | 1:1,069 | |
| 152 | binti Mamat | 27,537 | 1:1,071 | |
| 153 | Fong | 27,511 | 1:1,072 | |
| 154 | binti Yahya | 27,259 | 1:1,082 | |
| 155 | Kadir | 27,068 | 1:1,090 | |
| 156 | binti Hamid | 26,951 | 1:1,094 | |
| 157 | bin Alias | 26,540 | 1:1,111 | |
| 158 | bin Abdul Aziz | 26,456 | 1:1,115 | |
| 159 | Karim | 26,152 | 1:1,128 | |
| 160 | Yeoh | 26,082 | 1:1,131 | |
| 161 | binti Alias | 25,963 | 1:1,136 | |
| 162 | bin Razali | 25,852 | 1:1,141 | |
| 163 | Chow | 25,790 | 1:1,144 | |
| 164 | bin Mat | 25,656 | 1:1,150 | |
| 165 | Mat | 25,589 | 1:1,153 | |
| 166 | binti Mat | 25,587 | 1:1,153 | |
| 167 | Tuan | 25,357 | 1:1,163 | |
| 168 | Law | 25,334 | 1:1,164 | |
| 169 | Yunus | 25,154 | 1:1,173 | |
| 170 | Chung | 25,093 | 1:1,175 | |
| 171 | Noh | 25,055 | 1:1,177 | |
| 172 | bin Azmi | 25,030 | 1:1,178 | |
| 173 | binti Razali | 24,888 | 1:1,185 | |
| 174 | Omar | 24,701 | 1:1,194 | |
| 175 | bin Abdul Hamid | 24,671 | 1:1,196 | |
| 176 | bin Yusoff | 24,434 | 1:1,207 | |
| 177 | Din | 24,413 | 1:1,208 | |
| 178 | bin Said | 24,405 | 1:1,209 | |
| 179 | bin Zulkifli | 24,217 | 1:1,218 | |
| 180 | Subramaniam | 24,154 | 1:1,221 | |
| 181 | Azmi | 24,043 | 1:1,227 | |
| 182 | bin Roslan | 23,995 | 1:1,229 | |
| 183 | binti Said | 23,970 | 1:1,230 | |
| 184 | bin Aziz | 23,962 | 1:1,231 | |
| 185 | Ting | 23,670 | 1:1,246 | |
| 186 | binti Mansor | 23,515 | 1:1,254 | |
| 187 | binti Roslan | 23,310 | 1:1,265 | |
| 188 | bin Mansor | 23,242 | 1:1,269 | |
| 189 | Razali | 23,141 | 1:1,275 | |
| 190 | Lam | 23,059 | 1:1,279 | |
| 191 | binti Azmi | 23,033 | 1:1,281 | |
| 192 | bin Zainal | 22,990 | 1:1,283 | |
| 193 | Heng | 22,941 | 1:1,286 | |
| 194 | binti Aziz | 22,901 | 1:1,288 | |
| 195 | bin Muhamad | 22,847 | 1:1,291 | |
| 196 | bin Hasan | 22,808 | 1:1,293 | |
| 197 | bin Mohammad | 22,700 | 1:1,299 | |
| 198 | Kok | 22,678 | 1:1,301 | |
| 199 | binti Zulkifli | 22,625 | 1:1,304 | |
| 200 | Majid | 22,610 | 1:1,304 | |