Selangor Genealogy Resources & Vital Records

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Selangor Genealogical Records

Selangor Birth & Baptism Records

Births, Marriages & Deaths in the Protectorates (1895-1965)

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.

Selangor Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Newspapers Covering Selangor

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Selangor Military Records

Malayan Emergency Commonwealth Deaths (1948-1960)

Details of over 1,500 men who died in Malaysia's war of independence from Britain.

Selangor Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

Medical Directory (1915)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

Loxton's Medical Directory (1911)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

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.

Selangor Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Selangor Obituaries

Medical Directory (1915)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

Loxton's Medical Directory (1911)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

Selangor Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

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.

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Selangor Occupation & Business Records

Medical Directory (1915)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

Loxton's Medical Directory (1911)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Selangor

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

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.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Selangor Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

Selangor Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

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 Selangor

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in Malaysia
1	Tan	115,548	1:48	28.56%	1
2	Lee	102,704	1:54	30.34%	3
3	Lim	100,090	1:55	29.41%	2
4	Wong	87,077	1:63	30.15%	4
5	Ng	69,197	1:80	32.97%	6
6	Chong	45,587	1:121	26.49%	13
7	Chan	44,679	1:123	34.37%	15
8	Yap	42,244	1:130	45.36%	23
9	binti Ahmad	31,813	1:173	16.71%	12
10	Ong	31,504	1:175	29.34%	19
11	binti Abdullah	30,685	1:179	15.69%	11
12	bin Ahmad	29,561	1:186	14.98%	9
13	bin Abdullah	29,512	1:186	14.78%	8
14	binti Ismail	29,364	1:187	14.93%	10
15	Chin	28,139	1:196	26.51%	20
16	Wan	27,793	1:198	11.79%	5
17	Low	27,232	1:202	35.93%	35
18	bin Ismail	27,146	1:203	13.39%	7
19	Rahman	26,820	1:205	17.08%	14
20	Leong	24,783	1:222	35.18%	40
21	Yong	23,180	1:237	29.87%	32
22	Ali	22,045	1:250	19.62%	16
23	Yusof	20,492	1:269	22.40%	25
24	Liew	19,773	1:278	27.04%	36
25	Lai	19,674	1:280	28.52%	42
26	Goh	18,814	1:292	24.62%	34
27	Nor	18,613	1:296	18.24%	21
28	Ho	18,464	1:298	32.10%	60
29	binti Ibrahim	17,844	1:308	16.21%	18
30	Aziz	16,771	1:328	21.20%	31
31	Chew	16,639	1:331	31.71%	67
32	Noor	16,201	1:340	16.54%	22
33	Loh	15,832	1:348	29.43%	65
34	bin Ibrahim	15,670	1:351	14.03%	17
35	binti Othman	15,516	1:355	18.27%	27
36	bin Othman	14,335	1:384	16.45%	26
37	Teh	14,107	1:390	29.38%	76
38	Gan	13,768	1:400	33.70%	93
39	Tee	13,661	1:403	36.50%	104
40	Chia	13,287	1:414	38.75%	113
41	Abidin	12,980	1:424	22.80%	62
42	Hamid	12,934	1:425	18.37%	41
43	Bakar	12,893	1:427	16.76%	33
44	Ang	12,657	1:435	27.88%	80
45	Chen	12,505	1:440	33.36%	102
46	Singh	12,326	1:446	37.68%	120
47	Mohamed	12,298	1:447	27.31%	82
48	Cheong	12,218	1:450	38.42%	123
49	Isa	12,212	1:451	15.10%	29
50	binti Hashim	12,179	1:452	19.42%	52
51	Lau	11,930	1:461	21.13%	63
52	Ahmad	11,793	1:467	19.18%	54
53	Chua	11,700	1:470	24.67%	79
54	Khoo	11,634	1:473	33.10%	110
55	binti Hassan	11,403	1:483	16.12%	39
56	Choo	11,229	1:490	33.78%	119
57	Foo	11,203	1:491	33.57%	118
58	Koh	11,200	1:491	29.95%	105
59	Salleh	11,193	1:492	17.26%	47
60	Tang	10,859	1:507	25.47%	87
61	binti Mohamed	10,626	1:518	16.25%	45
61	Yee	10,626	1:518	34.88%	134
63	Chow	10,620	1:518	41.18%	163
64	Rahim	10,611	1:519	16.86%	50
65	Chang	10,556	1:521	26.37%	96
66	Ismail	10,307	1:534	18.89%	64
67	binti Mohamad	10,291	1:535	12.92%	30
68	bin Mohamed	10,238	1:538	14.25%	38
69	Ooi	10,224	1:538	17.90%	61
70	bin Hassan	10,111	1:544	13.95%	37
71	Chai	10,081	1:546	18.91%	66
72	Loo	10,078	1:546	32.35%	130
73	Cheah	10,056	1:547	32.62%	132
74	bin Hashim	9,748	1:565	15.49%	51
75	Bin Abdul Rahman	9,549	1:576	18.30%	68
76	bin Abu Bakar	9,528	1:578	14.94%	48
77	bin Mohamad	9,521	1:578	11.41%	28
78	Teoh	9,505	1:579	23.33%	94
79	bin Ramli	9,440	1:583	15.61%	56
80	binti Ramli	9,413	1:585	16.21%	59
81	Hassan	9,362	1:588	15.42%	55
82	binti Omar	9,188	1:599	15.65%	58
83	Kong	9,167	1:600	24.25%	101
84	binti Zakaria	8,898	1:618	14.21%	53
85	binti Ali	8,852	1:622	14.06%	49
86	Abdullah	8,850	1:622	13.63%	46
87	bin Zakaria	8,772	1:627	13.27%	43
88	bin Sulaiman	8,691	1:633	18.23%	78
89	binti Sulaiman	8,564	1:643	19.87%	84
90	Yusoff	8,448	1:651	17.47%	73
91	Fong	8,447	1:651	30.70%	153
92	Rashid	8,407	1:655	18.73%	83
93	Cheng	8,352	1:659	27.40%	133
94	bin Omar	8,280	1:665	14.05%	57
95	Razak	8,237	1:668	16.39%	69
96	Chee	8,228	1:669	28.71%	140
97	Kok	8,220	1:669	36.25%	198
98	Soo	8,187	1:672	37.33%	203
99	Nasir	8,162	1:674	16.93%	74
100	bin Ali	8,148	1:675	12.41%	44
101	Shah	7,996	1:688	23.77%	116
102	Amin	7,827	1:703	19.24%	95
103	Subramaniam	7,589	1:725	31.42%	180
104	Zain	7,528	1:731	15.18%	70
105	Lam	7,415	1:742	32.16%	190
106	binti Osman	7,369	1:747	17.90%	89
107	Kaur	7,200	1:764	53.56%	331
108	Heng	7,192	1:765	31.35%	193
109	Wahab	7,190	1:765	17.49%	90

110	Pang	7,164	1:768	22.35%	121
111	Said	7,152	1:769	20.62%	111
112	Che	7,139	1:771	7.76%	24
113	Devi	6,998	1:786	54.15%	344
114	Ghani	6,897	1:798	14.35%	75
115	Law	6,829	1:806	26.96%	168
116	Ling	6,814	1:808	17.73%	100
117	binti Ishak	6,674	1:825	16.27%	91
118	binti Harun	6,665	1:826	17.97%	106
119	Hashim	6,597	1:834	20.78%	124
120	binti Yusof	6,555	1:840	16.03%	92
121	Ibrahim	6,549	1:840	17.98%	107
122	Yeoh	6,486	1:848	24.87%	160
123	Teo	6,456	1:852	17.87%	108
124	Kumar	6,413	1:858	40.26%	280
125	Tham	6,362	1:865	35.14%	245
126	Yunus	6,268	1:878	24.92%	169
127	binti Idris	6,218	1:885	20.42%	135
128	bin Ishak	6,192	1:889	14.47%	86
129	bin Abd Rahman	6,127	1:898	15.71%	99
130	bin Osman	6,117	1:900	14.44%	88
131	binti Hamzah	6,075	1:906	19.28%	128
132	binti Jaafar	6,069	1:907	19.29%	129
133	bin Harun	6,016	1:915	15.33%	98
133	bin Yusof	6,016	1:915	13.97%	85
135	Sim	5,960	1:923	19.14%	131
136	bin Abdul Aziz	5,953	1:924	22.50%	158
137	bin Idris	5,880	1:936	18.57%	126
138	Tay	5,839	1:942	20.91%	148
139	Karim	5,791	1:950	22.14%	159
140	Halim	5,776	1:953	16.42%	109
141	Loke	5,770	1:954	46.09%	357
142	Mas	5,743	1:958	45.29%	351
143	bin Jaafar	5,722	1:962	17.07%	117
144	See	5,667	1:971	34.24%	270
145	bin Hamzah	5,586	1:985	17.44%	122
146	binti Nordin	5,529	1:995	19.94%	150
147	Daud	5,488	1:1,003	13.78%	97
148	bin Nordin	5,448	1:1,010	18.89%	139
149	Chung	5,332	1:1,032	21.25%	170
150	Foong	5,292	1:1,040	42.67%	358
151	Khor	5,251	1:1,048	18.69%	144
152	Hong	5,167	1:1,065	25.53%	219
153	Kamal	5,123	1:1,074	25.53%	221
154	binti Salleh	5,064	1:1,087	11.17%	81
155	Soh	5,046	1:1,091	22.80%	202
156	binti Yahya	5,037	1:1,093	18.48%	154
157	Zin	5,036	1:1,093	14.91%	115
158	bin Abdul Hamid	5,018	1:1,097	20.34%	175
159	binti Alias	4,971	1:1,107	19.15%	161
160	binti Rosli	4,933	1:1,116	16.43%	136
161	bin Zainal	4,902	1:1,123	21.32%	192
162	Siew	4,892	1:1,125	36.76%	337
163	Yew	4,863	1:1,132	31.48%	290
164	Majid	4,847	1:1,135	21.44%	200
165	bin Rosli	4,825	1:1,141	15.25%	127
166	Tong	4,821	1:1,141	32.19%	300
167	Tai	4,732	1:1,163	22.59%	211
168	binti Hussin	4,645	1:1,185	16.54%	145
169	Krishnan	4,642	1:1,185	31.49%	304
170	binti Zainal	4,608	1:1,194	21.16%	206
171	Lin	4,516	1:1,219	29.24%	290
172	Tahir	4,497	1:1,224	20.59%	204
173	binti Musa	4,489	1:1,226	15.74%	142
174	Azmi	4,473	1:1,230	18.60%	181
175	bin Salleh	4,463	1:1,233	9.34%	77
176	Woo	4,462	1:1,233	38.03%	378
177	Idris	4,457	1:1,235	22.79%	229
178	Anuar	4,449	1:1,237	21.81%	216
179	Othman	4,448	1:1,237	20.41%	205
180	Noh	4,436	1:1,241	17.71%	171
181	Nordin	4,434	1:1,241	22.52%	224
182	Saad	4,388	1:1,254	11.72%	103
183	Razali	4,380	1:1,256	18.93%	189
184	binti Razali	4,363	1:1,261	17.53%	173
185	bin Yahya	4,338	1:1,269	15.46%	146
186	Kadir	4,316	1:1,275	15.95%	155
187	Ariffin	4,311	1:1,276	21.96%	227
188	Eng	4,277	1:1,287	23.18%	239
189	bin Alias	4,270	1:1,289	16.09%	157
190	Sharif	4,265	1:1,290	29.41%	310
191	Toh	4,252	1:1,294	22.75%	236
192	Muniandy	4,218	1:1,305	30.20%	320
193	Ramli	4,170	1:1,320	19.53%	209
194	bin Hussin	4,146	1:1,327	14.49%	141
195	Omar	4,143	1:1,328	16.77%	174
196	bin Musa	4,134	1:1,331	13.95%	138
197	bin Razali	4,085	1:1,347	15.80%	162
198	Soon	4,062	1:1,355	25.61%	282
199	binti Mansor	4,051	1:1,358	17.23%	186
200	Ching	4,048	1:1,359	26.14%	289

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