Kedah Genealogical Records
Kedah 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.
Kedah Death & Burial Records
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
Newspapers Covering Kedah
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.
Kedah Military Records
Details of over 1,500 men who died in Malaysia's war of independence from Britain.
Kedah 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.
Kedah Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Kedah 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.
Kedah 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.
Kedah 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 Kedah
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.
Kedah 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.
Kedah 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 Kedah
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Malaysia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | binti Ahmad | 38,577 | 1:53 | 20.26% | 12 |
| 2 | bin Ahmad | 33,995 | 1:60 | 17.23% | 9 |
| 3 | binti Ismail | 27,902 | 1:73 | 14.19% | 10 |
| 4 | Lim | 24,930 | 1:81 | 7.33% | 2 |
| 5 | Tan | 24,197 | 1:84 | 5.98% | 1 |
| 6 | bin Ismail | 24,059 | 1:84 | 11.87% | 7 |
| 7 | binti Abdullah | 20,875 | 1:97 | 10.67% | 11 |
| 8 | Isa | 20,764 | 1:98 | 25.68% | 29 |
| 9 | bin Abdullah | 18,697 | 1:108 | 9.36% | 8 |
| 10 | binti Saad | 16,087 | 1:126 | 46.85% | 112 |
| 11 | Lee | 14,730 | 1:138 | 4.35% | 3 |
| 12 | binti Hashim | 13,515 | 1:150 | 21.55% | 52 |
| 13 | bin Saad | 13,002 | 1:156 | 38.24% | 114 |
| 14 | Rahman | 12,561 | 1:161 | 8.00% | 14 |
| 15 | Ooi | 12,314 | 1:165 | 21.56% | 61 |
| 16 | binti Othman | 12,075 | 1:168 | 14.22% | 27 |
| 17 | bin Hashim | 12,000 | 1:169 | 19.07% | 51 |
| 18 | binti Ibrahim | 11,777 | 1:172 | 10.70% | 18 |
| 19 | bin Othman | 11,107 | 1:183 | 12.75% | 26 |
| 20 | Saad | 10,902 | 1:186 | 29.11% | 103 |
| 21 | Che | 10,887 | 1:186 | 11.83% | 24 |
| 22 | bin Ibrahim | 10,400 | 1:195 | 9.31% | 17 |
| 23 | Wan | 10,298 | 1:197 | 4.37% | 5 |
| 24 | Ng | 10,038 | 1:202 | 4.78% | 6 |
| 25 | binti Hassan | 9,807 | 1:207 | 13.87% | 39 |
| 26 | Noor | 9,703 | 1:209 | 9.91% | 22 |
| 27 | Bakar | 9,391 | 1:216 | 12.21% | 33 |
| 28 | bin Hassan | 8,737 | 1:232 | 12.06% | 37 |
| 29 | Hamid | 8,724 | 1:232 | 12.39% | 41 |
| 30 | binti Ishak | 8,361 | 1:242 | 20.39% | 91 |
| 31 | binti Zakaria | 8,122 | 1:250 | 12.97% | 53 |
| 32 | binti Omar | 7,885 | 1:257 | 13.43% | 58 |
| 33 | bin Ishak | 7,864 | 1:258 | 18.38% | 86 |
| 34 | bin Zakaria | 7,641 | 1:265 | 11.56% | 43 |
| 35 | binti Awang | 7,588 | 1:267 | 15.53% | 71 |
| 36 | bin Abu Bakar | 7,580 | 1:267 | 11.89% | 48 |
| 37 | binti Ramli | 7,533 | 1:269 | 12.97% | 59 |
| 38 | Ahmad | 7,416 | 1:273 | 12.06% | 54 |
| 39 | Zain | 7,402 | 1:274 | 14.93% | 70 |
| 40 | binti Hamid | 7,093 | 1:286 | 26.32% | 156 |
| 41 | binti Ali | 6,936 | 1:292 | 11.01% | 49 |
| 42 | Ali | 6,909 | 1:293 | 6.15% | 16 |
| 43 | binti Mat | 6,873 | 1:295 | 26.86% | 166 |
| 44 | bin Ramli | 6,847 | 1:296 | 11.32% | 56 |
| 45 | Hassan | 6,826 | 1:297 | 11.25% | 55 |
| 46 | bin Omar | 6,723 | 1:302 | 11.41% | 57 |
| 47 | binti Salleh | 6,706 | 1:302 | 14.79% | 81 |
| 48 | Ong | 6,660 | 1:304 | 6.20% | 19 |
| 49 | bin Awang | 6,582 | 1:308 | 13.59% | 72 |
| 50 | binti Bakar | 6,327 | 1:320 | 29.59% | 208 |
| 51 | bin Hamid | 6,087 | 1:333 | 21.90% | 149 |
| 52 | binti Din | 6,037 | 1:336 | 37.87% | 279 |
| 53 | Yusof | 6,020 | 1:337 | 6.58% | 25 |
| 54 | binti Osman | 5,995 | 1:338 | 14.56% | 89 |
| 55 | bin Salleh | 5,935 | 1:342 | 12.42% | 77 |
| 56 | Chong | 5,728 | 1:354 | 3.33% | 13 |
| 57 | Aziz | 5,673 | 1:357 | 7.17% | 31 |
| 58 | binti Said | 5,597 | 1:362 | 23.35% | 183 |
| 59 | bin Osman | 5,596 | 1:362 | 13.21% | 88 |
| 60 | Nor | 5,523 | 1:367 | 5.41% | 21 |
| 61 | Wong | 5,422 | 1:374 | 1.88% | 4 |
| 62 | bin Ali | 5,409 | 1:375 | 8.24% | 44 |
| 63 | binti Man | 5,369 | 1:378 | 45.30% | 377 |
| 64 | Teoh | 5,266 | 1:385 | 12.93% | 94 |
| 65 | Salleh | 5,190 | 1:391 | 8.00% | 47 |
| 66 | Ku | 5,148 | 1:394 | 26.51% | 230 |
| 67 | binti Mohamad | 5,083 | 1:399 | 6.38% | 30 |
| 68 | Razak | 4,996 | 1:406 | 9.94% | 69 |
| 69 | Rahim | 4,970 | 1:408 | 7.90% | 50 |
| 70 | bin Bakar | 4,955 | 1:409 | 22.87% | 207 |
| 71 | Bin Abdul Rahman | 4,931 | 1:411 | 9.45% | 68 |
| 72 | bin Harun | 4,831 | 1:420 | 12.31% | 98 |
| 73 | bin Mat | 4,802 | 1:422 | 18.72% | 164 |
| 74 | bin Mohamad | 4,792 | 1:423 | 5.74% | 28 |
| 75 | binti Harun | 4,785 | 1:424 | 12.90% | 106 |
| 76 | Halim | 4,774 | 1:425 | 13.57% | 109 |
| 77 | Chan | 4,725 | 1:429 | 3.63% | 15 |
| 78 | Abidin | 4,658 | 1:435 | 8.18% | 62 |
| 79 | Wahab | 4,514 | 1:449 | 10.98% | 90 |
| 80 | binti Shafie | 4,484 | 1:452 | 37.81% | 376 |
| 81 | Daud | 4,476 | 1:453 | 11.24% | 97 |
| 82 | Ismail | 4,455 | 1:455 | 8.16% | 64 |
| 83 | bin Din | 4,354 | 1:466 | 26.85% | 274 |
| 84 | binti Shaari | 4,327 | 1:468 | 28.12% | 293 |
| 85 | Yusoff | 4,310 | 1:470 | 8.92% | 73 |
| 86 | bin Said | 4,288 | 1:473 | 17.57% | 178 |
| 87 | bin Yahaya | 4,247 | 1:477 | 21.58% | 225 |
| 88 | binti Mansor | 4,241 | 1:478 | 18.04% | 186 |
| 89 | binti Jaafar | 4,232 | 1:479 | 13.45% | 129 |
| 90 | Teh | 4,224 | 1:480 | 8.80% | 76 |
| 91 | bin Man | 4,204 | 1:482 | 36.15% | 382 |
| 92 | Low | 4,164 | 1:487 | 5.49% | 35 |
| 93 | Goh | 4,025 | 1:504 | 5.27% | 34 |
| 94 | Khor | 3,971 | 1:510 | 14.13% | 144 |
| 95 | Rashid | 3,889 | 1:521 | 8.66% | 83 |
| 96 | binti Yahaya | 3,857 | 1:526 | 20.97% | 240 |
| 97 | bin Jaafar | 3,852 | 1:526 | 11.49% | 117 |
| 98 | bin Abd Rahman | 3,789 | 1:535 | 9.72% | 99 |
| 99 | binti Mahmud | 3,781 | 1:536 | 21.00% | 246 |
| 100 | binti Hussain | 3,742 | 1:542 | 27.04% | 322 |
| 101 | binti Ariffin | 3,739 | 1:542 | 19.00% | 226 |
| 102 | Hashim | 3,662 | 1:554 | 11.54% | 124 |
| 103 | bin Mansor | 3,639 | 1:557 | 15.66% | 188 |
| 104 | Abdullah | 3,617 | 1:560 | 5.57% | 46 |
| 105 | Ghani | 3,594 | 1:564 | 7.48% | 75 |
| 106 | binti Yahya | 3,447 | 1:588 | 12.65% | 154 |
| 107 | bin Shaari | 3,426 | 1:592 | 21.67% | 283 |
| 108 | Noh | 3,417 | 1:593 | 13.64% | 171 |
| 109 | Nasir | 3,404 | 1:596 | 7.06% | 74 |
| 110 | Din | 3,373 | 1:601 | 13.82% | 177 |
| 111 | Desa | 3,317 | 1:611 | 24.73% | 332 |
| 112 | binti Jusoh | 3,313 | 1:612 | 11.83% | 147 |
| 113 | binti Azizan | 3,308 | 1:613 | 32.43% | 426 |
| 114 | bin Shafie | 3,259 | 1:622 | 29.08% | 391 |
| 115 | bin Abdul Hamid | 3,253 | 1:623 | 13.19% | 175 |
| 116 | bin Ariffin | 3,249 | 1:624 | 16.04% | 217 |
| 117 | bin Azizan | 3,232 | 1:627 | 30.63% | 416 |
| 118 | binti Aziz | 3,223 | 1:629 | 14.07% | 194 |
| 119 | Rejab | 3,210 | 1:632 | 45.14% | 608 |
| 120 | Akhir | 3,205 | 1:633 | 33.85% | 465 |
| 121 | Loh | 3,204 | 1:633 | 5.95% | 65 |
| 122 | bin Azmi | 3,167 | 1:640 | 12.65% | 172 |
| 123 | binti Idris | 3,161 | 1:641 | 10.38% | 135 |
| 124 | bin Aziz | 3,142 | 1:645 | 13.11% | 184 |
| 125 | Radzi | 3,124 | 1:649 | 17.04% | 243 |
| 126 | Mat | 3,084 | 1:657 | 12.05% | 165 |
| 127 | Chin | 3,072 | 1:660 | 2.89% | 20 |
| 128 | binti Zainol | 3,062 | 1:662 | 35.81% | 523 |
| 129 | bin Hussain | 3,013 | 1:673 | 22.40% | 330 |
| 129 | binti Azmi | 3,013 | 1:673 | 13.08% | 191 |
| 131 | bin Yusof | 2,983 | 1:680 | 6.93% | 85 |
| 132 | binti Musa | 2,975 | 1:681 | 10.43% | 142 |
| 133 | binti Yusof | 2,970 | 1:683 | 7.26% | 92 |
| 134 | binti Yaacob | 2,968 | 1:683 | 16.80% | 252 |
| 135 | bin Ghazali | 2,965 | 1:684 | 14.91% | 223 |
| 136 | bin Idris | 2,918 | 1:695 | 9.22% | 126 |
| 137 | Cheah | 2,908 | 1:697 | 9.43% | 132 |
| 138 | Ang | 2,893 | 1:701 | 6.37% | 80 |
| 139 | binti Hasan | 2,888 | 1:702 | 13.62% | 210 |
| 140 | Yeoh | 2,815 | 1:720 | 10.79% | 160 |
| 141 | bin Zainol | 2,792 | 1:726 | 31.69% | 505 |
| 142 | Chew | 2,727 | 1:743 | 5.20% | 67 |
| 143 | binti Wahab | 2,698 | 1:751 | 17.78% | 296 |
| 144 | bin Yahya | 2,655 | 1:764 | 9.46% | 146 |
| 145 | bin Hasan | 2,651 | 1:765 | 11.62% | 196 |
| 146 | Ibrahim | 2,644 | 1:767 | 7.26% | 107 |
| 147 | bin Yaacob | 2,642 | 1:767 | 13.84% | 232 |
| 148 | Said | 2,629 | 1:771 | 7.58% | 111 |
| 149 | binti Ghazali | 2,628 | 1:771 | 14.18% | 238 |
| 150 | bin Jusoh | 2,622 | 1:773 | 9.32% | 143 |
| 151 | binti Hamzah | 2,621 | 1:773 | 8.32% | 128 |
| 152 | bin Mahmud | 2,616 | 1:775 | 15.60% | 266 |
| 153 | Omar | 2,600 | 1:780 | 10.53% | 174 |
| 154 | binti Yusoff | 2,585 | 1:784 | 11.58% | 201 |
| 155 | bin Rosli | 2,576 | 1:787 | 8.14% | 127 |
| 156 | binti Darus | 2,546 | 1:796 | 34.09% | 581 |
| 157 | binti Sulaiman | 2,523 | 1:803 | 5.85% | 84 |
| 158 | bin Musa | 2,520 | 1:804 | 8.51% | 138 |
| 159 | bin Mustafa | 2,439 | 1:831 | 12.46% | 228 |
| 160 | bin Sulaiman | 2,431 | 1:834 | 5.10% | 78 |
| 161 | binti Rosli | 2,420 | 1:838 | 8.06% | 136 |
| 162 | binti Baharom | 2,414 | 1:840 | 27.09% | 500 |
| 163 | binti Hussin | 2,402 | 1:844 | 8.55% | 145 |
| 164 | binti Mustafa | 2,358 | 1:860 | 13.32% | 251 |
| 165 | Tang | 2,327 | 1:871 | 5.46% | 87 |
| 166 | bin Hamzah | 2,291 | 1:885 | 7.15% | 122 |
| 166 | bin Yusoff | 2,291 | 1:885 | 9.38% | 176 |
| 168 | bin Saidin | 2,288 | 1:886 | 23.63% | 456 |
| 169 | binti Saidin | 2,274 | 1:891 | 25.02% | 490 |
| 170 | binti Taib | 2,258 | 1:898 | 21.05% | 410 |
| 171 | Cheng | 2,252 | 1:900 | 7.39% | 133 |
| 172 | bin Darus | 2,250 | 1:901 | 28.37% | 558 |
| 173 | bin Mohamed | 2,249 | 1:901 | 3.13% | 38 |
| 174 | Mohamed | 2,239 | 1:905 | 4.97% | 82 |
| 175 | bin Wahab | 2,215 | 1:915 | 14.37% | 292 |
| 176 | Kechik | 2,209 | 1:918 | 34.59% | 653 |
| 177 | Shukri | 2,208 | 1:918 | 23.23% | 464 |
| 178 | bin Abd Hamid | 2,173 | 1:933 | 12.43% | 256 |
| 178 | Lau | 2,173 | 1:933 | 3.85% | 63 |
| 180 | binti Zulkifli | 2,161 | 1:938 | 9.55% | 199 |
| 181 | Fauzi | 2,137 | 1:949 | 10.71% | 222 |
| 182 | binti Daud | 2,133 | 1:950 | 7.19% | 137 |
| 183 | Lai | 2,113 | 1:959 | 3.06% | 42 |
| 184 | bin Jamaludin | 2,108 | 1:962 | 11.19% | 234 |
| 185 | binti Ayob | 2,096 | 1:967 | 26.10% | 553 |
| 186 | bin Zulkifli | 2,081 | 1:974 | 8.59% | 179 |
| 187 | binti Halim | 2,031 | 1:998 | 23.02% | 504 |
| 188 | bin Hussin | 2,028 | 1:1,000 | 7.09% | 141 |
| 189 | Khoo | 2,023 | 1:1,002 | 5.76% | 110 |
| 190 | bin Abdul Razak | 2,022 | 1:1,003 | 10.58% | 231 |
| 191 | binti Johari | 2,021 | 1:1,003 | 11.49% | 255 |
| 192 | bin Abdul Aziz | 2,014 | 1:1,007 | 7.61% | 158 |
| 193 | Othman | 2,012 | 1:1,008 | 9.23% | 205 |
| 194 | Amin | 2,008 | 1:1,010 | 4.94% | 95 |
| 195 | binti Jamaludin | 1,994 | 1:1,017 | 11.30% | 253 |
| 196 | bin Abu Hassan | 1,992 | 1:1,018 | 16.42% | 365 |
| 197 | bin Abdul Wahab | 1,989 | 1:1,019 | 12.81% | 288 |
| 198 | bin Yaakob | 1,979 | 1:1,024 | 23.71% | 535 |
| 199 | bin Daud | 1,970 | 1:1,029 | 6.22% | 125 |
| 200 | Subramaniam | 1,969 | 1:1,030 | 8.15% | 180 |