Sarawak Genealogical Records
Sarawak 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.
Sarawak Death & Burial Records
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
Newspapers Covering Sarawak
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.
Sarawak Military Records
Details of over 1,500 men who died in Malaysia's war of independence from Britain.
Sarawak 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.
Sarawak Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Sarawak 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.
Sarawak 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.
Sarawak 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 Sarawak
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.
Sarawak 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.
Sarawak 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 Sarawak
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Malaysia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wong | 29,462 | 1:90 | 10.20% | 4 |
| 2 | Lee | 18,407 | 1:144 | 5.44% | 3 |
| 3 | Ling | 15,689 | 1:169 | 40.83% | 100 |
| 4 | Abdullah | 15,138 | 1:175 | 23.32% | 46 |
| 5 | binti Abdullah | 14,918 | 1:178 | 7.63% | 11 |
| 6 | Tan | 14,705 | 1:180 | 3.64% | 1 |
| 7 | Wan | 14,672 | 1:181 | 6.22% | 5 |
| 8 | Lim | 13,615 | 1:195 | 4.00% | 2 |
| 9 | Ting | 12,953 | 1:205 | 54.72% | 185 |
| 10 | bin Abdullah | 12,602 | 1:210 | 6.31% | 8 |
| 11 | Lau | 11,966 | 1:222 | 21.19% | 63 |
| 12 | Chai | 10,053 | 1:264 | 18.86% | 66 |
| 13 | Chong | 9,614 | 1:276 | 5.59% | 13 |
| 14 | Sim | 9,449 | 1:281 | 30.35% | 131 |
| 15 | Kong | 9,197 | 1:288 | 24.33% | 101 |
| 16 | James | 8,321 | 1:319 | 48.39% | 260 |
| 17 | Chin | 8,224 | 1:322 | 7.75% | 20 |
| 18 | bin Ahmad | 7,946 | 1:334 | 4.03% | 9 |
| 19 | Bong | 7,848 | 1:338 | 59.10% | 339 |
| 20 | Lai | 7,743 | 1:342 | 11.22% | 42 |
| 21 | Liew | 7,453 | 1:356 | 10.19% | 36 |
| 22 | Yong | 7,228 | 1:367 | 9.32% | 32 |
| 23 | binti Ahmad | 6,651 | 1:399 | 3.49% | 12 |
| 24 | bin Bujang | 6,614 | 1:401 | 71.01% | 475 |
| 25 | Tiong | 6,559 | 1:404 | 65.73% | 436 |
| 26 | Ali | 6,338 | 1:418 | 5.64% | 16 |
| 27 | John | 6,213 | 1:427 | 45.47% | 324 |
| 28 | Chan | 6,045 | 1:439 | 4.65% | 15 |
| 29 | Ng | 5,833 | 1:455 | 2.78% | 6 |
| 30 | Tang | 5,750 | 1:461 | 13.48% | 87 |
| 31 | bin Ismail | 5,662 | 1:468 | 2.79% | 7 |
| 32 | binti Bujang | 5,375 | 1:493 | 65.69% | 544 |
| 33 | Jok | 5,332 | 1:497 | 96.47% | 734 |
| 34 | Ngau | 5,102 | 1:520 | 95.53% | 748 |
| 35 | bin Mohamad | 4,920 | 1:539 | 5.90% | 28 |
| 36 | Goh | 4,876 | 1:544 | 6.38% | 34 |
| 37 | Bujang | 4,683 | 1:566 | 83.21% | 723 |
| 38 | binti Ismail | 4,648 | 1:570 | 2.36% | 10 |
| 39 | Chua | 4,612 | 1:575 | 9.73% | 79 |
| 40 | Rahman | 4,533 | 1:585 | 2.89% | 14 |
| 41 | Ho | 4,493 | 1:590 | 7.81% | 60 |
| 42 | Jau | 4,460 | 1:594 | 97.08% | 812 |
| 43 | bin Ali | 4,331 | 1:612 | 6.60% | 44 |
| 44 | Chang | 4,262 | 1:622 | 10.65% | 96 |
| 45 | Joseph | 4,232 | 1:626 | 36.43% | 383 |
| 46 | bin Ibrahim | 4,193 | 1:632 | 3.75% | 17 |
| 47 | binti Mohamad | 4,115 | 1:644 | 5.16% | 30 |
| 48 | Law | 4,112 | 1:645 | 16.23% | 168 |
| 49 | Voon | 4,081 | 1:650 | 43.59% | 471 |
| 50 | Ngu | 3,990 | 1:664 | 72.69% | 737 |
| 51 | Sia | 3,939 | 1:673 | 32.89% | 372 |
| 52 | Peter | 3,856 | 1:688 | 49.02% | 562 |
| 53 | Teo | 3,794 | 1:699 | 10.50% | 108 |
| 54 | Chung | 3,612 | 1:734 | 14.39% | 170 |
| 55 | binti Ibrahim | 3,587 | 1:739 | 3.26% | 18 |
| 56 | Ong | 3,582 | 1:740 | 3.34% | 19 |
| 57 | Kho | 3,564 | 1:744 | 46.41% | 570 |
| 58 | Leong | 3,497 | 1:758 | 4.96% | 40 |
| 59 | binti Ali | 3,474 | 1:763 | 5.52% | 49 |
| 60 | Bakar | 3,461 | 1:766 | 4.50% | 33 |
| 61 | Ding | 3,344 | 1:793 | 41.81% | 556 |
| 62 | Tay | 3,155 | 1:840 | 11.30% | 148 |
| 63 | Anyi | 3,150 | 1:842 | 97.04% | 1,056 |
| 64 | Wee | 3,060 | 1:866 | 19.13% | 276 |
| 65 | bin Othman | 3,040 | 1:872 | 3.49% | 26 |
| 66 | Chen | 3,002 | 1:883 | 8.01% | 102 |
| 67 | Anthony | 2,997 | 1:885 | 41.03% | 592 |
| 68 | bin Hassan | 2,996 | 1:885 | 4.13% | 37 |
| 69 | Laing | 2,978 | 1:890 | 95.79% | 1,089 |
| 70 | Lian | 2,959 | 1:896 | 30.06% | 444 |
| 71 | bin Salleh | 2,878 | 1:921 | 6.02% | 77 |
| 72 | Salleh | 2,834 | 1:936 | 4.37% | 47 |
| 73 | Thomas | 2,824 | 1:939 | 40.60% | 613 |
| 74 | Emang | 2,782 | 1:953 | 97.48% | 1,155 |
| 74 | Yeo | 2,782 | 1:953 | 16.98% | 272 |
| 76 | David | 2,756 | 1:962 | 44.83% | 671 |
| 77 | bin Sulaiman | 2,709 | 1:979 | 5.68% | 78 |
| 78 | Ahmad | 2,690 | 1:986 | 4.38% | 54 |
| 79 | Ajang | 2,682 | 1:989 | 96.65% | 1,175 |
| 80 | Bin Abdul Rahman | 2,607 | 1:1,017 | 5.00% | 68 |
| 81 | binti Hassan | 2,598 | 1:1,021 | 3.67% | 39 |
| 82 | binti Othman | 2,591 | 1:1,023 | 3.05% | 27 |
| 83 | Philip | 2,570 | 1:1,032 | 57.90% | 838 |
| 84 | Hui | 2,479 | 1:1,069 | 31.73% | 564 |
| 85 | bin Abu Bakar | 2,414 | 1:1,098 | 3.79% | 48 |
| 85 | bin Rosli | 2,414 | 1:1,098 | 7.63% | 127 |
| 87 | Michael | 2,314 | 1:1,146 | 38.57% | 680 |
| 88 | bin Ramli | 2,310 | 1:1,148 | 3.82% | 56 |
| 89 | Ching | 2,308 | 1:1,149 | 14.91% | 289 |
| 90 | Wei | 2,293 | 1:1,156 | 23.86% | 460 |
| 91 | Yap | 2,281 | 1:1,162 | 2.45% | 23 |
| 92 | Lawai | 2,266 | 1:1,170 | 94.26% | 1,300 |
| 93 | Daud | 2,252 | 1:1,177 | 5.66% | 97 |
| 94 | Choo | 2,250 | 1:1,178 | 6.77% | 119 |
| 95 | Ming | 2,226 | 1:1,191 | 32.25% | 616 |
| 96 | Janting | 2,204 | 1:1,203 | 92.72% | 1,306 |
| 97 | Ping | 2,203 | 1:1,203 | 34.63% | 655 |
| 98 | Anyie | 2,185 | 1:1,213 | 97.15% | 1,365 |
| 99 | binti Sulaiman | 2,184 | 1:1,214 | 5.07% | 84 |
| 100 | Isa | 2,168 | 1:1,223 | 2.68% | 29 |
| 101 | binti Salleh | 2,162 | 1:1,226 | 4.77% | 81 |
| 102 | binti Rosli | 2,147 | 1:1,235 | 7.15% | 136 |
| 103 | Jalong | 2,146 | 1:1,235 | 95.59% | 1,368 |
| 104 | Gani | 2,125 | 1:1,248 | 29.11% | 593 |
| 105 | Loh | 2,122 | 1:1,249 | 3.94% | 65 |
| 106 | binti Ramli | 2,062 | 1:1,286 | 3.55% | 59 |
| 107 | Robert | 2,054 | 1:1,291 | 45.93% | 829 |
| 108 | Stephen | 2,051 | 1:1,293 | 48.75% | 872 |
| 109 | Hong | 2,041 | 1:1,299 | 10.08% | 219 |
| 110 | Andrew | 2,034 | 1:1,303 | 60.27% | 1,024 |
| 111 | Chia | 2,032 | 1:1,305 | 5.93% | 113 |
| 112 | Hassan | 2,023 | 1:1,311 | 3.33% | 55 |
| 113 | Phang | 2,005 | 1:1,322 | 13.72% | 309 |
| 114 | Henry | 1,998 | 1:1,327 | 58.17% | 1,006 |
| 115 | Then | 1,991 | 1:1,332 | 49.10% | 894 |
| 116 | William | 1,967 | 1:1,348 | 54.20% | 968 |
| 117 | Francis | 1,958 | 1:1,354 | 32.81% | 684 |
| 118 | bin Suhaili | 1,954 | 1:1,357 | 64.53% | 1,109 |
| 119 | Fong | 1,940 | 1:1,367 | 7.05% | 153 |
| 120 | bin Osman | 1,936 | 1:1,369 | 4.57% | 88 |
| 121 | George | 1,900 | 1:1,395 | 33.19% | 708 |
| 122 | Ang | 1,898 | 1:1,397 | 4.18% | 80 |
| 123 | Ismail | 1,886 | 1:1,406 | 3.46% | 64 |
| 124 | Anak | 1,884 | 1:1,407 | 72.21% | 1,227 |
| 125 | Chew | 1,883 | 1:1,408 | 3.59% | 67 |
| 126 | Mat | 1,875 | 1:1,414 | 7.33% | 165 |
| 127 | Lu | 1,859 | 1:1,426 | 27.95% | 633 |
| 128 | Lin | 1,851 | 1:1,432 | 11.98% | 290 |
| 128 | Mering | 1,851 | 1:1,432 | 97.32% | 1,548 |
| 130 | Hua | 1,842 | 1:1,439 | 46.28% | 902 |
| 131 | Thian | 1,836 | 1:1,444 | 64.08% | 1,153 |
| 132 | Hamid | 1,828 | 1:1,450 | 2.60% | 41 |
| 133 | Musa | 1,815 | 1:1,461 | 16.93% | 411 |
| 134 | Cheng | 1,812 | 1:1,463 | 5.94% | 133 |
| 134 | Richard | 1,812 | 1:1,463 | 53.63% | 1,022 |
| 136 | bin Omar | 1,809 | 1:1,466 | 3.07% | 57 |
| 136 | Ibrahim | 1,809 | 1:1,466 | 4.97% | 107 |
| 138 | Seng | 1,808 | 1:1,466 | 15.07% | 369 |
| 139 | bin Razali | 1,804 | 1:1,470 | 6.98% | 162 |
| 140 | bin Sahari | 1,778 | 1:1,491 | 45.35% | 911 |
| 141 | Su | 1,773 | 1:1,495 | 22.01% | 548 |
| 142 | Liang | 1,758 | 1:1,508 | 18.15% | 455 |
| 143 | Simon | 1,726 | 1:1,536 | 44.89% | 924 |
| 144 | bin Mat | 1,709 | 1:1,551 | 6.66% | 164 |
| 144 | binti Suhaili | 1,709 | 1:1,551 | 62.40% | 1,184 |
| 146 | Liu | 1,705 | 1:1,555 | 24.74% | 619 |
| 147 | Jawa | 1,704 | 1:1,556 | 89.45% | 1,547 |
| 148 | bin Hamdan | 1,681 | 1:1,577 | 13.86% | 366 |
| 149 | binti Razali | 1,675 | 1:1,583 | 6.73% | 173 |
| 150 | Johnny | 1,673 | 1:1,585 | 46.24% | 969 |
| 151 | Sing | 1,665 | 1:1,592 | 31.03% | 745 |
| 152 | Chee | 1,657 | 1:1,600 | 5.78% | 140 |
| 153 | binti Osman | 1,648 | 1:1,609 | 4.00% | 89 |
| 154 | Balang | 1,627 | 1:1,630 | 85.99% | 1,556 |
| 155 | bin Junaidi | 1,608 | 1:1,649 | 48.38% | 1,034 |
| 156 | bin Bakar | 1,598 | 1:1,659 | 7.37% | 207 |
| 157 | Bilong | 1,595 | 1:1,662 | 95.80% | 1,710 |
| 158 | Yee | 1,584 | 1:1,674 | 5.20% | 134 |
| 159 | Edward | 1,572 | 1:1,687 | 50.56% | 1,089 |
| 160 | Rahim | 1,558 | 1:1,702 | 2.48% | 50 |
| 161 | Chiew | 1,555 | 1:1,705 | 17.09% | 489 |
| 162 | Abang | 1,551 | 1:1,709 | 88.33% | 1,641 |
| 163 | Liong | 1,543 | 1:1,718 | 25.74% | 681 |
| 164 | Soon | 1,539 | 1:1,723 | 9.70% | 282 |
| 165 | Kiong | 1,535 | 1:1,727 | 52.14% | 1,131 |
| 166 | Minggu | 1,532 | 1:1,731 | 87.19% | 1,639 |
| 167 | Balan | 1,523 | 1:1,741 | 44.08% | 999 |
| 168 | Jemat | 1,509 | 1:1,757 | 92.46% | 1,735 |
| 169 | bin Johari | 1,500 | 1:1,768 | 8.23% | 244 |
| 170 | Kadir | 1,497 | 1:1,771 | 5.53% | 155 |
| 171 | Martin | 1,496 | 1:1,772 | 38.51% | 914 |
| 172 | binti Omar | 1,492 | 1:1,777 | 2.54% | 58 |
| 173 | Amin | 1,489 | 1:1,781 | 3.66% | 95 |
| 173 | Jee | 1,489 | 1:1,781 | 49.77% | 1,117 |
| 175 | binti Sahari | 1,482 | 1:1,789 | 43.68% | 1,020 |
| 176 | Bin | 1,473 | 1:1,800 | 8.30% | 249 |
| 177 | Siong | 1,463 | 1:1,812 | 38.56% | 933 |
| 178 | bin Mohamed | 1,459 | 1:1,817 | 2.03% | 38 |
| 179 | Nor | 1,450 | 1:1,828 | 1.42% | 21 |
| 180 | Boon | 1,445 | 1:1,835 | 18.83% | 572 |
| 181 | bin Mohammad | 1,438 | 1:1,844 | 6.33% | 197 |
| 182 | Jugah | 1,428 | 1:1,857 | 92.37% | 1,807 |
| 183 | bin Kassim | 1,421 | 1:1,866 | 8.06% | 254 |
| 184 | binti Junaidi | 1,405 | 1:1,887 | 47.31% | 1,125 |
| 185 | Noor | 1,404 | 1:1,888 | 1.43% | 22 |
| 186 | Hung | 1,399 | 1:1,895 | 41.61% | 1,029 |
| 187 | Mohamad | 1,397 | 1:1,898 | 6.76% | 212 |
| 188 | Teng | 1,395 | 1:1,901 | 9.50% | 305 |
| 189 | Liaw | 1,393 | 1:1,903 | 21.72% | 651 |
| 190 | binti Hamdan | 1,392 | 1:1,905 | 12.47% | 392 |
| 190 | Foo | 1,392 | 1:1,905 | 4.17% | 118 |
| 192 | Ing | 1,375 | 1:1,928 | 72.60% | 1,555 |
| 193 | bin Hashim | 1,371 | 1:1,934 | 2.18% | 51 |
| 194 | bin Zaini | 1,369 | 1:1,937 | 17.06% | 554 |
| 195 | Wahab | 1,366 | 1:1,941 | 3.32% | 90 |
| 196 | bin Morshidi | 1,360 | 1:1,949 | 91.09% | 1,866 |
| 197 | Dana | 1,358 | 1:1,952 | 92.07% | 1,884 |
| 197 | Pang | 1,358 | 1:1,952 | 4.24% | 121 |
| 199 | binti Mat | 1,352 | 1:1,961 | 5.28% | 166 |
| 200 | Kuan | 1,346 | 1:1,970 | 14.35% | 470 |