Penang Genealogical Records
Penang 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.
Penang Death & Burial Records
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
Newspapers Covering Penang
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.
Penang Military Records
Details of over 1,500 men who died in Malaysia's war of independence from Britain.
Penang 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.
Penang Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Penang 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.
Penang 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.
Penang 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 Penang
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.
Penang 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.
Penang 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 Penang
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Malaysia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tan | 61,084 | 1:26 | 15.10% | 1 |
| 2 | Lim | 43,680 | 1:37 | 12.84% | 2 |
| 3 | Lee | 30,330 | 1:53 | 8.96% | 3 |
| 4 | Ng | 23,075 | 1:70 | 11.00% | 6 |
| 5 | Ooi | 18,793 | 1:86 | 32.91% | 61 |
| 6 | Ong | 16,830 | 1:96 | 15.67% | 19 |
| 7 | bin Ahmad | 13,556 | 1:119 | 6.87% | 9 |
| 8 | Teoh | 13,087 | 1:123 | 32.12% | 94 |
| 9 | bin Ismail | 12,691 | 1:127 | 6.26% | 7 |
| 10 | Goh | 12,272 | 1:131 | 16.06% | 34 |
| 11 | binti Ahmad | 12,170 | 1:132 | 6.39% | 12 |
| 12 | Wong | 11,753 | 1:137 | 4.07% | 4 |
| 13 | binti Ismail | 11,599 | 1:139 | 5.90% | 10 |
| 14 | Ang | 10,672 | 1:151 | 23.51% | 80 |
| 15 | Teh | 10,104 | 1:159 | 21.04% | 76 |
| 16 | bin Abdullah | 9,763 | 1:165 | 4.89% | 8 |
| 17 | Khor | 9,733 | 1:165 | 34.64% | 144 |
| 18 | Chan | 9,661 | 1:167 | 7.43% | 15 |
| 19 | Yeoh | 9,636 | 1:167 | 36.95% | 160 |
| 20 | binti Abdullah | 8,219 | 1:196 | 4.20% | 11 |
| 21 | Wan | 8,020 | 1:201 | 3.40% | 5 |
| 22 | Noor | 7,991 | 1:201 | 8.16% | 22 |
| 23 | Loh | 7,717 | 1:209 | 14.34% | 65 |
| 24 | Khoo | 7,259 | 1:222 | 20.65% | 110 |
| 25 | Chong | 7,111 | 1:226 | 4.13% | 13 |
| 26 | Chew | 6,695 | 1:241 | 12.76% | 67 |
| 27 | Cheah | 6,547 | 1:246 | 21.24% | 132 |
| 28 | Chin | 6,361 | 1:253 | 5.99% | 20 |
| 29 | bin Othman | 6,190 | 1:260 | 7.11% | 26 |
| 29 | Rahman | 6,190 | 1:260 | 3.94% | 14 |
| 31 | Low | 5,839 | 1:276 | 7.70% | 35 |
| 32 | Isa | 5,727 | 1:281 | 7.08% | 29 |
| 33 | bin Hashim | 5,664 | 1:284 | 9.00% | 51 |
| 34 | binti Othman | 5,585 | 1:288 | 6.58% | 27 |
| 35 | Che | 5,576 | 1:289 | 6.06% | 24 |
| 36 | Bakar | 5,415 | 1:297 | 7.04% | 33 |
| 37 | Chuah | 5,251 | 1:307 | 31.26% | 265 |
| 38 | Tang | 5,210 | 1:309 | 12.22% | 87 |
| 39 | bin Ibrahim | 5,078 | 1:317 | 4.55% | 17 |
| 40 | Ali | 4,922 | 1:327 | 4.38% | 16 |
| 41 | Saad | 4,911 | 1:328 | 13.11% | 103 |
| 42 | binti Hashim | 4,808 | 1:335 | 7.67% | 52 |
| 43 | bin Abu Bakar | 4,734 | 1:340 | 7.42% | 48 |
| 44 | binti Ibrahim | 4,728 | 1:341 | 4.30% | 18 |
| 45 | Hamid | 4,632 | 1:348 | 6.58% | 41 |
| 46 | Leong | 4,484 | 1:359 | 6.37% | 40 |
| 47 | Koay | 4,404 | 1:366 | 51.16% | 518 |
| 48 | bin Ishak | 4,382 | 1:367 | 10.24% | 86 |
| 49 | Lau | 4,368 | 1:369 | 7.74% | 63 |
| 50 | Rahim | 4,204 | 1:383 | 6.68% | 50 |
| 51 | Loo | 4,190 | 1:384 | 13.45% | 130 |
| 52 | bin Saad | 4,149 | 1:388 | 12.20% | 114 |
| 53 | Yeap | 4,059 | 1:397 | 34.99% | 384 |
| 54 | bin Hassan | 4,022 | 1:400 | 5.55% | 37 |
| 55 | Yusof | 3,822 | 1:421 | 4.18% | 25 |
| 56 | binti Ishak | 3,796 | 1:424 | 9.26% | 91 |
| 57 | Choo | 3,789 | 1:425 | 11.40% | 119 |
| 58 | Nor | 3,757 | 1:429 | 3.68% | 21 |
| 59 | binti Saad | 3,705 | 1:435 | 10.79% | 112 |
| 60 | bin Ramli | 3,591 | 1:448 | 5.94% | 56 |
| 61 | binti Hassan | 3,573 | 1:451 | 5.05% | 39 |
| 62 | Cheng | 3,547 | 1:454 | 11.64% | 133 |
| 63 | Yusoff | 3,546 | 1:454 | 7.33% | 73 |
| 64 | bin Omar | 3,544 | 1:454 | 6.02% | 57 |
| 65 | Ho | 3,497 | 1:460 | 6.08% | 60 |
| 66 | Aziz | 3,476 | 1:463 | 4.39% | 31 |
| 67 | Sim | 3,456 | 1:466 | 11.10% | 131 |
| 68 | binti Ramli | 3,379 | 1:477 | 5.82% | 59 |
| 69 | Ismail | 3,346 | 1:481 | 6.13% | 64 |
| 70 | Yap | 3,307 | 1:487 | 3.55% | 23 |
| 71 | bin Zakaria | 3,270 | 1:492 | 4.95% | 43 |
| 72 | Lai | 3,263 | 1:493 | 4.73% | 42 |
| 73 | Hassan | 3,230 | 1:499 | 5.32% | 55 |
| 74 | binti Omar | 3,221 | 1:500 | 5.49% | 58 |
| 75 | Abidin | 3,217 | 1:501 | 5.65% | 62 |
| 76 | bin Osman | 3,144 | 1:512 | 7.42% | 88 |
| 77 | Ahmad | 3,091 | 1:521 | 5.03% | 54 |
| 78 | Razak | 3,068 | 1:525 | 6.11% | 69 |
| 79 | bin Mohamad | 3,047 | 1:528 | 3.65% | 28 |
| 80 | binti Osman | 3,012 | 1:535 | 7.32% | 89 |
| 81 | binti Zakaria | 3,001 | 1:537 | 4.79% | 53 |
| 82 | Yong | 2,966 | 1:543 | 3.82% | 32 |
| 83 | Heng | 2,946 | 1:547 | 12.84% | 193 |
| 84 | binti Mohamad | 2,918 | 1:552 | 3.66% | 30 |
| 85 | Bin Abdul Rahman | 2,851 | 1:565 | 5.46% | 68 |
| 86 | bin Mohamed | 2,826 | 1:570 | 3.93% | 38 |
| 87 | Mohamed | 2,790 | 1:577 | 6.20% | 82 |
| 88 | Zain | 2,760 | 1:583 | 5.57% | 70 |
| 89 | Liew | 2,682 | 1:600 | 3.67% | 36 |
| 90 | Rashid | 2,655 | 1:606 | 5.91% | 83 |
| 91 | Chee | 2,623 | 1:614 | 9.15% | 140 |
| 92 | Beh | 2,611 | 1:617 | 24.24% | 408 |
| 93 | bin Ali | 2,571 | 1:626 | 3.92% | 44 |
| 94 | binti Mohamed | 2,503 | 1:643 | 3.83% | 45 |
| 95 | Saw | 2,489 | 1:647 | 22.55% | 396 |
| 96 | Salleh | 2,466 | 1:653 | 3.80% | 47 |
| 97 | Khaw | 2,405 | 1:670 | 38.15% | 660 |
| 98 | Chua | 2,387 | 1:675 | 5.03% | 79 |
| 99 | Neoh | 2,316 | 1:695 | 41.18% | 724 |
| 100 | Kang | 2,293 | 1:702 | 18.85% | 363 |
| 101 | bin Yahaya | 2,289 | 1:703 | 11.63% | 225 |
| 102 | Soon | 2,276 | 1:707 | 14.35% | 282 |
| 103 | Foo | 2,273 | 1:708 | 6.81% | 118 |
| 104 | binti Yahaya | 2,251 | 1:715 | 12.24% | 240 |
| 105 | Hashim | 2,240 | 1:719 | 7.06% | 124 |
| 106 | Kee | 2,219 | 1:726 | 14.80% | 299 |
| 107 | Nasir | 2,198 | 1:733 | 4.56% | 74 |
| 108 | Halim | 2,196 | 1:733 | 6.24% | 109 |
| 109 | bin Rosli | 2,189 | 1:736 | 6.92% | 127 |
| 110 | Chang | 2,188 | 1:736 | 5.47% | 96 |
| 111 | Law | 2,186 | 1:737 | 8.63% | 168 |
| 112 | Ibrahim | 2,184 | 1:737 | 6.00% | 107 |
| 112 | Muniandy | 2,184 | 1:737 | 15.64% | 320 |
| 114 | Eng | 2,182 | 1:738 | 11.83% | 239 |
| 115 | Subramaniam | 2,140 | 1:752 | 8.86% | 180 |
| 116 | bin Salleh | 2,126 | 1:757 | 4.45% | 77 |
| 117 | Bin Abdul Rahim | 2,118 | 1:760 | 10.32% | 214 |
| 118 | bin Hamid | 2,094 | 1:769 | 7.54% | 149 |
| 119 | binti Ali | 2,068 | 1:779 | 3.28% | 49 |
| 120 | binti Rosli | 2,047 | 1:787 | 6.82% | 136 |
| 121 | bin Azmi | 2,011 | 1:801 | 8.03% | 172 |
| 122 | Singh | 2,000 | 1:805 | 6.11% | 120 |
| 123 | Wahab | 1,992 | 1:808 | 4.85% | 90 |
| 124 | bin Awang | 1,979 | 1:814 | 4.08% | 72 |
| 125 | Desa | 1,951 | 1:825 | 14.55% | 332 |
| 126 | bin Yusof | 1,938 | 1:831 | 4.50% | 85 |
| 127 | bin Harun | 1,923 | 1:837 | 4.90% | 98 |
| 128 | bin Din | 1,916 | 1:840 | 11.82% | 274 |
| 129 | binti Salleh | 1,896 | 1:849 | 4.18% | 81 |
| 130 | binti Hamid | 1,882 | 1:856 | 6.98% | 156 |
| 131 | Chen | 1,863 | 1:864 | 4.97% | 102 |
| 132 | Poh | 1,853 | 1:869 | 16.48% | 388 |
| 133 | binti Azmi | 1,844 | 1:873 | 8.01% | 191 |
| 134 | Koh | 1,830 | 1:880 | 4.89% | 105 |
| 135 | Gan | 1,823 | 1:883 | 4.46% | 93 |
| 136 | Toh | 1,815 | 1:887 | 9.71% | 236 |
| 137 | Yew | 1,804 | 1:893 | 11.68% | 290 |
| 138 | binti Awang | 1,801 | 1:894 | 3.69% | 71 |
| 139 | Radzi | 1,780 | 1:905 | 9.71% | 243 |
| 140 | Cheong | 1,777 | 1:906 | 5.59% | 123 |
| 141 | bin Mansor | 1,742 | 1:924 | 7.50% | 188 |
| 142 | bin Abdul Hamid | 1,713 | 1:940 | 6.94% | 175 |
| 142 | bin Mat | 1,713 | 1:940 | 6.68% | 164 |
| 144 | bin Jaafar | 1,710 | 1:942 | 5.10% | 117 |
| 145 | Fong | 1,709 | 1:942 | 6.21% | 153 |
| 146 | binti Mat | 1,696 | 1:949 | 6.63% | 166 |
| 147 | bin Bakar | 1,695 | 1:950 | 7.82% | 207 |
| 148 | Hong | 1,685 | 1:956 | 8.32% | 219 |
| 149 | bin Aziz | 1,674 | 1:962 | 6.99% | 184 |
| 150 | bin Abd Rahman | 1,663 | 1:968 | 4.26% | 99 |
| 151 | Quah | 1,660 | 1:970 | 29.29% | 718 |
| 152 | Yee | 1,656 | 1:972 | 5.44% | 134 |
| 153 | binti Mansor | 1,645 | 1:979 | 7.00% | 186 |
| 154 | Oh | 1,641 | 1:981 | 18.99% | 514 |
| 155 | Abdullah | 1,638 | 1:983 | 2.52% | 46 |
| 156 | bin Idris | 1,626 | 1:990 | 5.14% | 126 |
| 157 | binti Harun | 1,617 | 1:996 | 4.36% | 106 |
| 158 | bin Yusoff | 1,615 | 1:997 | 6.61% | 176 |
| 159 | bin Said | 1,594 | 1:1,010 | 6.53% | 178 |
| 160 | binti Bakar | 1,592 | 1:1,011 | 7.44% | 208 |
| 161 | binti Jaafar | 1,587 | 1:1,015 | 5.04% | 129 |
| 162 | binti Din | 1,583 | 1:1,017 | 9.93% | 279 |
| 162 | binti Yusof | 1,583 | 1:1,017 | 3.87% | 92 |
| 164 | Ling | 1,579 | 1:1,020 | 4.11% | 100 |
| 165 | Chow | 1,568 | 1:1,027 | 6.08% | 163 |
| 166 | bin Roslan | 1,567 | 1:1,028 | 6.53% | 182 |
| 167 | bin Sulaiman | 1,560 | 1:1,032 | 3.27% | 78 |
| 168 | bin Abdul Aziz | 1,556 | 1:1,035 | 5.88% | 158 |
| 169 | binti Yusoff | 1,552 | 1:1,037 | 6.95% | 201 |
| 170 | Din | 1,522 | 1:1,058 | 6.23% | 177 |
| 171 | binti Aziz | 1,512 | 1:1,065 | 6.60% | 194 |
| 172 | bin Abdul Razak | 1,492 | 1:1,079 | 7.81% | 231 |
| 172 | Fauzi | 1,492 | 1:1,079 | 7.48% | 222 |
| 174 | bin Jamaludin | 1,490 | 1:1,081 | 7.91% | 234 |
| 175 | bin Hussain | 1,486 | 1:1,084 | 11.05% | 330 |
| 176 | binti Idris | 1,477 | 1:1,090 | 4.85% | 135 |
| 177 | bin Zulkifli | 1,474 | 1:1,092 | 6.09% | 179 |
| 178 | Said | 1,469 | 1:1,096 | 4.23% | 111 |
| 179 | Daud | 1,467 | 1:1,098 | 3.68% | 97 |
| 180 | Teng | 1,465 | 1:1,099 | 9.97% | 305 |
| 181 | binti Sulaiman | 1,464 | 1:1,100 | 3.40% | 84 |
| 182 | binti Roslan | 1,463 | 1:1,101 | 6.28% | 187 |
| 183 | binti Said | 1,453 | 1:1,108 | 6.06% | 183 |
| 184 | Khan | 1,435 | 1:1,122 | 10.12% | 316 |
| 185 | Soo | 1,423 | 1:1,132 | 6.49% | 203 |
| 186 | bin Ariffin | 1,411 | 1:1,141 | 6.96% | 217 |
| 187 | Omar | 1,392 | 1:1,157 | 5.64% | 174 |
| 188 | See | 1,385 | 1:1,163 | 8.37% | 270 |
| 189 | Mat | 1,378 | 1:1,168 | 5.39% | 165 |
| 190 | bin Nordin | 1,351 | 1:1,192 | 4.68% | 139 |
| 191 | binti Jamaludin | 1,346 | 1:1,196 | 7.62% | 253 |
| 191 | Ching | 1,346 | 1:1,196 | 8.69% | 289 |
| 193 | Kok | 1,340 | 1:1,202 | 5.91% | 198 |
| 194 | Ku | 1,337 | 1:1,204 | 6.88% | 230 |
| 195 | binti Hussain | 1,328 | 1:1,212 | 9.59% | 322 |
| 196 | binti Zainol | 1,326 | 1:1,214 | 15.51% | 523 |
| 197 | bin Zainol | 1,324 | 1:1,216 | 15.03% | 505 |
| 198 | Kong | 1,322 | 1:1,218 | 3.50% | 101 |
| 199 | binti Zulkifli | 1,315 | 1:1,224 | 5.81% | 199 |
| 200 | Chai | 1,306 | 1:1,233 | 2.45% | 66 |