Syria Genealogical Records
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Syria Histories & Books
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Historical Description
Syria hath on the East, Euphrates; on the West, the Mediterranean Sea; on the North, Cilicia; and on other parts, Asia minor.
The Inhabitants of this Countrey are either Mahumetans, or Christians: these later are divided into the Sects of Melchies, Jacobites, and Maronites: these last inhabit only Mount Libanus, so much renowned for its goodly Cedars.
In this Countrey, between it and Armenia minor, live a certain people whom they call Cardi, or Coordes. These men worship the Devil, and with good reason, as they think, because God is a good man, and will do no man harm; but the Devil is a Knave, and must be pleased.
This Countrey is divided into three Provinces, viz. Phoenicia, Coelo-Syria, and Syro-Phoenicia.
Most Common Surnames in Syria
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khaled | 1,475,034 | 1:13 | |
| 2 | Mohamed | 1,027,127 | 1:19 | |
| 3 | Al Numan | 696,170 | 1:28 | |
| 4 | Ahmed | 682,251 | 1:28 | |
| 5 | Ali | 679,214 | 1:28 | |
| 6 | Hassan | 425,134 | 1:45 | |
| 7 | Hussein | 402,161 | 1:48 | |
| 8 | Ibrahim | 365,580 | 1:53 | |
| 9 | Mahmoud | 296,744 | 1:65 | |
| 10 | Samaan | 275,040 | 1:70 | |
| 11 | Saleh | 216,658 | 1:89 | |
| 12 | Alzuhur | 211,434 | 1:91 | |
| 13 | Mostafa | 208,083 | 1:93 | |
| 14 | Alththania | 183,034 | 1:105 | |
| 15 | Allah | 180,591 | 1:107 | |
| 16 | Suleiman | 173,641 | 1:111 | |
| 17 | Khalaf | 169,754 | 1:114 | |
| 18 | Mohammed | 154,291 | 1:125 | |
| 19 | Yousef | 154,020 | 1:125 | |
| 20 | Aldaman | 148,263 | 1:130 | |
| 21 | Khalil | 127,087 | 1:152 | |
| 22 | Ahmad | 126,379 | 1:153 | |
| 23 | El Din | 119,760 | 1:161 | |
| 24 | Eisaa | 117,073 | 1:165 | |
| 25 | Ismail | 116,960 | 1:165 | |
| 26 | Hamoud | 97,895 | 1:197 | |
| 27 | Abdel | 95,720 | 1:202 | |
| 28 | Saeed | 92,396 | 1:209 | |
| 29 | Mousa | 92,238 | 1:209 | |
| 30 | Omar | 90,355 | 1:214 | |
| 31 | Jassim | 86,041 | 1:224 | |
| 32 | Rahman | 85,978 | 1:224 | |
| 33 | Sheikh | 83,922 | 1:230 | |
| 34 | Awad | 78,711 | 1:245 | |
| 35 | Deeb | 73,709 | 1:262 | |
| 36 | Al-Karim | 70,384 | 1:274 | |
| 37 | Azza | 70,030 | 1:276 | |
| 38 | Abdo | 69,668 | 1:277 | |
| 39 | Abbas | 66,678 | 1:289 | |
| 40 | Elkader | 65,099 | 1:296 | |
| 41 | Qasim | 65,097 | 1:296 | |
| 42 | Osman | 60,749 | 1:318 | |
| 43 | Badr | 57,236 | 1:337 | |
| 44 | Al-Razzaq | 56,584 | 1:341 | |
| 45 | El Hajj | 55,252 | 1:349 | |
| 46 | Khader | 54,916 | 1:351 | |
| 47 | Abdullah | 54,230 | 1:356 | |
| 48 | Nasser | 54,154 | 1:356 | |
| 49 | Hamad | 54,027 | 1:357 | |
| 50 | El Abd | 52,718 | 1:366 | |
| 51 | Yassin | 52,074 | 1:371 | |
| 52 | Al Jassim | 49,636 | 1:389 | |
| 53 | Aboud | 49,422 | 1:391 | |
| 54 | Shamalieh | 49,072 | 1:393 | |
| 55 | Hameed | 47,067 | 1:410 | |
| 56 | Al Aziz | 46,951 | 1:411 | |
| 57 | Darwish | 46,518 | 1:415 | |
| 58 | Haj | 46,464 | 1:415 | |
| 59 | Ramadan | 45,821 | 1:421 | |
| 60 | Hamid | 44,156 | 1:437 | |
| 61 | Asaad | 43,783 | 1:441 | |
| 62 | El Arab | 43,215 | 1:447 | |
| 63 | Obaid | 40,818 | 1:473 | |
| 64 | Jerash | 39,843 | 1:484 | |
| 65 | Khalif | 38,882 | 1:496 | |
| 66 | Salim | 36,977 | 1:522 | |
| 67 | Shams | 36,407 | 1:530 | |
| 68 | Al Hamoud | 36,086 | 1:535 | |
| 69 | Fares | 36,045 | 1:535 | |
| 70 | Rashid | 35,884 | 1:538 | |
| 71 | Khair | 34,972 | 1:552 | |
| 72 | Juma | 34,743 | 1:556 | |
| 73 | Hamdan | 34,628 | 1:557 | |
| 74 | Issa | 34,304 | 1:563 | |
| 75 | Eid | 34,280 | 1:563 | |
| 76 | Salem | 33,203 | 1:581 | |
| 77 | Salloum | 32,732 | 1:590 | |
| 78 | Adnan | 32,621 | 1:592 | |
| 79 | Younis | 31,984 | 1:603 | |
| 80 | Sobhy | 31,565 | 1:611 | |
| 81 | Mansour | 31,419 | 1:614 | |
| 82 | Jamil | 30,996 | 1:623 | |
| 83 | Habib | 30,368 | 1:636 | |
| 84 | Yujad | 29,745 | 1:649 | |
| 85 | Nayef | 29,563 | 1:653 | |
| 86 | Shehadeh | 29,242 | 1:660 | |
| 87 | Salman | 27,779 | 1:695 | |
| 88 | El Latif | 27,516 | 1:701 | |
| 89 | Amin | 27,365 | 1:705 | |
| 90 | Taha | 26,787 | 1:721 | |
| 91 | Mari | 26,506 | 1:728 | |
| 92 | Al Ward | 26,492 | 1:729 | |
| 93 | Salama | 26,020 | 1:742 | |
| 94 | Hilal | 25,721 | 1:750 | |
| 95 | Alyousf | 25,297 | 1:763 | |
| 96 | Al Mousa | 24,810 | 1:778 | |
| 97 | Hamada | 24,795 | 1:778 | |
| 98 | Turki | 24,307 | 1:794 | |
| 99 | Duyub | 24,236 | 1:796 | |
| 100 | Jumah | 23,966 | 1:805 | |
| 101 | Khadour | 23,933 | 1:806 | |
| 102 | Diab | 23,594 | 1:818 | |
| 103 | Al Awamid | 23,558 | 1:819 | |
| 104 | Haji | 23,456 | 1:823 | |
| 105 | Sharqia | 23,224 | 1:831 | |
| 106 | Al Omar | 22,375 | 1:863 | |
| 107 | Yahya | 22,364 | 1:863 | |
| 108 | Farhan | 22,236 | 1:868 | |
| 109 | Mohsen | 22,183 | 1:870 | |
| 110 | Shaaban | 21,939 | 1:880 | |
| 111 | Al Khatib | 21,286 | 1:907 | |
| 112 | Hamed | 21,081 | 1:916 | |
| 113 | Sulaiman | 20,805 | 1:928 | |
| 114 | Fahd | 20,739 | 1:931 | |
| 115 | Hamidi | 20,658 | 1:934 | |
| 116 | Masry | 20,600 | 1:937 | |
| 117 | Dawood | 19,911 | 1:969 | |
| 118 | Saad | 19,821 | 1:974 | |
| 119 | Bashir | 19,787 | 1:975 | |
| 120 | Kamel | 19,658 | 1:982 | |
| 121 | Al-Majeed | 19,614 | 1:984 | |
| 122 | Al Sheikh | 19,605 | 1:984 | |
| 123 | Matar | 19,336 | 1:998 | |
| 124 | El Helou | 19,226 | 1:1,004 | |
| 125 | Haddad | 19,119 | 1:1,010 | |
| 126 | El Sharqeya | 19,107 | 1:1,010 | |
| 127 | Mahfoud | 18,649 | 1:1,035 | |
| 128 | El Hadi | 18,648 | 1:1,035 | |
| 129 | Al Ain | 18,626 | 1:1,036 | |
| 130 | El Wahab | 18,621 | 1:1,037 | |
| 131 | Fayez | 18,582 | 1:1,039 | |
| 132 | Haidar | 18,391 | 1:1,049 | |
| 132 | Zidan | 18,391 | 1:1,049 | |
| 134 | Hassoun | 18,309 | 1:1,054 | |
| 135 | Hamdou | 18,173 | 1:1,062 | |
| 136 | Hamza | 17,850 | 1:1,081 | |
| 137 | Al Hamad | 17,814 | 1:1,083 | |
| 138 | Omran | 17,737 | 1:1,088 | |
| 139 | Tawfiq | 17,729 | 1:1,089 | |
| 140 | Khalifa | 17,684 | 1:1,091 | |
| 141 | Ayed | 17,516 | 1:1,102 | |
| 142 | Sah | 17,450 | 1:1,106 | |
| 143 | Qasarneh | 17,449 | 1:1,106 | |
| 144 | Al Fattah | 16,964 | 1:1,138 | |
| 145 | Obeid | 16,929 | 1:1,140 | |
| 146 | Al Thina | 16,871 | 1:1,144 | |
| 147 | Islam | 16,779 | 1:1,150 | |
| 148 | Daoud | 16,772 | 1:1,151 | |
| 149 | Sherif | 16,718 | 1:1,155 | |
| 150 | Hammadi | 16,717 | 1:1,155 | |
| 151 | Fadel | 16,711 | 1:1,155 | |
| 152 | Al Rahim | 16,664 | 1:1,158 | |
| 153 | Al Haji | 16,579 | 1:1,164 | |
| 153 | Shaheen | 16,579 | 1:1,164 | |
| 155 | Arab | 16,450 | 1:1,173 | |
| 156 | Barakat | 16,439 | 1:1,174 | |
| 157 | Hamo | 16,256 | 1:1,187 | |
| 158 | Ghanim | 16,181 | 1:1,193 | |
| 159 | Maarouf | 16,067 | 1:1,201 | |
| 160 | Idris | 16,039 | 1:1,203 | |
| 161 | El Salam | 15,978 | 1:1,208 | |
| 162 | Sameh | 15,936 | 1:1,211 | |
| 163 | Al Humaidi | 15,916 | 1:1,213 | |
| 164 | Aladol | 15,778 | 1:1,223 | |
| 165 | Aziz | 15,767 | 1:1,224 | |
| 166 | Muslim | 15,752 | 1:1,225 | |
| 167 | Ragab | 15,736 | 1:1,227 | |
| 168 | Mukhlaf | 15,719 | 1:1,228 | |
| 169 | Attieh | 15,508 | 1:1,245 | |
| 170 | Fawaz | 15,175 | 1:1,272 | |
| 171 | Al Dahour | 15,158 | 1:1,273 | |
| 172 | Alawi | 15,119 | 1:1,277 | |
| 173 | Jamal | 15,080 | 1:1,280 | |
| 174 | Jan | 14,991 | 1:1,288 | |
| 175 | Artouz | 14,977 | 1:1,289 | |
| 176 | El Ghany | 14,965 | 1:1,290 | |
| 177 | Adel | 14,964 | 1:1,290 | |
| 178 | Halab | 14,955 | 1:1,291 | |
| 179 | Refaat | 14,884 | 1:1,297 | |
| 180 | Oued | 14,758 | 1:1,308 | |
| 181 | Fayad | 14,481 | 1:1,333 | |
| 182 | Waleed | 14,270 | 1:1,353 | |
| 183 | Kamal | 14,167 | 1:1,362 | |
| 184 | Assaf | 14,138 | 1:1,365 | |
| 185 | Al Aboud | 14,132 | 1:1,366 | |
| 186 | Jiblah | 13,874 | 1:1,391 | |
| 187 | Al Aliawi | 13,811 | 1:1,398 | |
| 188 | Aswad | 13,572 | 1:1,422 | |
| 189 | Zakaria | 13,460 | 1:1,434 | |
| 190 | Mehrez | 13,415 | 1:1,439 | |
| 191 | Al Mashrafah | 13,404 | 1:1,440 | |
| 192 | Saber | 13,368 | 1:1,444 | |
| 193 | Al-Khader | 13,231 | 1:1,459 | |
| 194 | Faraj | 13,090 | 1:1,474 | |
| 195 | Nawaf | 13,025 | 1:1,482 | |
| 196 | Faisal | 12,908 | 1:1,495 | |
| 197 | Khalouf | 12,830 | 1:1,504 | |
| 198 | Sultan | 12,769 | 1:1,512 | |
| 199 | Al Othman | 12,470 | 1:1,548 | |
| 200 | Zuhair | 12,421 | 1:1,554 | |