Saudi Arabia Genealogical Records

Newspapers Covering Saudi Arabia

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.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

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

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

Saudi Arabia Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

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.

Saudi Arabia Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Saudi Arabia Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

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

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.

Saudi Arabia Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Saudi Arabia

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.

Medieval Nobility of the Muslim World (500-1512)

Genealogies of the religious leaders and nobility of Muslim Africa and Asia.

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.

Saudi Arabia Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

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.

Medieval Nobility of the Muslim World (500-1512)

Genealogies of the religious leaders and nobility of Muslim Africa and Asia.

Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Khan422,2701:73
2Ali299,7981:103
3Ahmed276,1071:112
4Hassan266,6461:116
5Abu200,5411:154
6Mohamed194,4201:159
7Saleh149,5021:206
8Hussain135,5091:228
9Abdullah126,8041:243
10Alghamdi123,1471:251
11Alharbi115,5151:267
12Ahmad112,8911:273
13Saad86,4971:357
14Salim80,1371:385
15Salem77,5531:398
16Alotaibi72,8631:423
17Khalil70,4781:438
18Alzahrani70,0401:441
19Alqahtani67,1391:460
20Mahmoud66,9801:461
21Omar63,2431:488
22Ismail62,4881:494
23Shaikh62,0511:497
24Hussein60,9381:506
25Kumar60,7391:508
26Alshehri57,8771:533
27Alam57,8371:533
28Abo57,1211:540
28Malik57,1211:540
30Mansour54,3791:567
31Awad54,1001:570
32Taha53,2661:579
33Siddiqui52,4311:589
34Iqbal50,0861:616
35Osman50,0061:617
36Al-Ghamdi49,5691:622
37Rahman49,1711:628
38Abbas48,1781:640
39Salah45,9121:672
40Kamal44,7591:689
41Ansari44,2821:697
42Saeed43,0101:717
43Othman42,1361:732
44Nasser41,7381:739
45Zain39,9891:772
46Mohammad39,7501:776
47Almalki39,4721:782
48Hadi38,3991:804
48Shah38,3991:804
50Alshammari38,2801:806
51Abdallah37,6441:820
52Alamri36,8491:837
53Shaik36,6101:843
54Abdel36,3721:848
55Yousef36,3321:849
56Mousa35,0601:880
57Mostafa34,6231:891
58Soliman34,5431:893
59Abbasi34,3441:898
60Sam34,2251:902
61Aziz34,0661:906
62Syed33,9071:910
63Hamed33,8671:911
64Abdulaziz33,6691:916
64Al-Harbi33,6691:916
66Alanazi33,6291:918
67Eid33,5891:919
68Hamdan32,9931:935
69Uddin32,5161:949
70Sultan32,3171:955
71Sayed32,1981:958
72Saleem31,8001:970
73Azmi31,6021:976
74Suliman31,4031:983
75Gamal31,3231:985
76Elsayed31,2041:989
77Salamah30,9261:998
78Abou30,7271:1,004
79Khaled30,5281:1,011
80Almutairi30,4491:1,013
80Hashim30,4491:1,013
82As30,2101:1,021
82Khalid30,2101:1,021
84Anwar29,8921:1,032
85Mahmood29,8531:1,034
86Baig29,7731:1,036
87Mir29,6941:1,039
88Shaheen29,6541:1,041
89Jaber29,5351:1,045
89Zaki29,5351:1,045
91Hamad28,9381:1,066
92Amer28,8191:1,071
93Said28,2631:1,092
94Al-Qahtani28,1041:1,098
95Al-Zahrani27,7861:1,110
96Amin27,7061:1,114
97Abdo27,6661:1,115
98Hasan27,6271:1,117
99Mirza27,3881:1,127
100Alali27,1891:1,135
100Maher27,1891:1,135
102Al-Otaibi27,1101:1,138
103Sheikh27,0701:1,140
104Adel26,9111:1,147
105Alamoudi26,5141:1,164
106Islam26,4741:1,166
107Salman26,3551:1,171
108Singh26,3151:1,173
109Akhtar26,1961:1,178
109Sami26,1961:1,178
111Khalifa26,1161:1,181
111Qureshi26,1161:1,181
113Badr25,8781:1,192
114Saudi25,6791:1,202
115Salama25,5201:1,209
116Abdalla25,3611:1,217
117Hakim25,3211:1,219
117Nasr25,3211:1,219
119Omer24,9241:1,238
120Raza24,8441:1,242
121Saud24,8041:1,244
122Amri24,6451:1,252
123Nassar24,1681:1,277
124Asiri24,0491:1,283
125Mathew24,0091:1,285
126Barakat23,9301:1,289
127Alsayed23,6521:1,305
127Mustafa23,6521:1,305
129Radwan23,4131:1,318
130Dawood23,2941:1,325
131Adam23,2141:1,329
132Hamza22,8961:1,348
133Alshahrani22,8571:1,350
133Darwish22,8571:1,350
135Rehman22,6981:1,359
136Nair22,4991:1,371
137Hammad22,2601:1,386
137Hashem22,2601:1,386
137Mohammed22,2601:1,386
140Alyami22,1811:1,391
140Hamdy22,1811:1,391
142Hameed22,1011:1,396
143Aldossary22,0621:1,399
143Alharthi22,0621:1,399
145Haddad21,4651:1,437
146Yousif21,2671:1,451
147Alsaleh21,1471:1,459
147Farooq21,1471:1,459
149Rasheed21,1081:1,462
150Ashraf20,9881:1,470
150Rana20,9881:1,470
152Abdulrahman20,8691:1,479
153Muhammad20,7901:1,484
154Ghamdi20,7501:1,487
154Kamel20,7501:1,487
154Khalaf20,7501:1,487
157Rashid20,5911:1,499
158Alshareef20,5511:1,501
159Youssef20,4321:1,510
160Zahrani20,3921:1,513
161Aslam20,3521:1,516
162Yassin20,2731:1,522
163Al Ghamdi20,2331:1,525
163Samir20,2331:1,525
165Ahamed20,1141:1,534
166Alsharif19,9551:1,546
167Al Harbi19,4381:1,587
168Saif19,3981:1,591
169Saber19,2791:1,600
170Varghese19,1601:1,610
171Alkhaldi19,1201:1,614
171Basha19,1201:1,614
173Essa18,9611:1,627
173Fouad18,9611:1,627
175Qahtani18,8021:1,641
175Shahzad18,8021:1,641
175Shams18,8021:1,641
178Alhazmi18,6831:1,652
179Jeddah18,5631:1,662
180Fathy18,5241:1,666
180Ramadan18,5241:1,666
182Javed18,4841:1,669
183Babu18,4441:1,673
184Mukhtar18,2061:1,695
185Alshaikh17,9271:1,721
186Pasha17,8481:1,729
187Hossain17,7291:1,740
188Ashour17,6491:1,748
189Harbi17,6091:1,752
190Abed17,4111:1,772