Tunisia Genealogical Records

Newspapers Covering Tunisia

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.

Newspaper Archive: Tunisia (1943-1944)

Text-searchable copies of thousands of Tunisian newspaper articles.

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.

Tunisia 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.

Tunisia Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Tunisia 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.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Tunisia

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.

Tunisia 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.

Tunisia 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 Tunisia

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Trabelsi2,3401:261
2Gharbi1,8171:336
3Hammami1,8041:338
4Mohamed1,5881:385
5Dridi1,5231:401
6Ayari1,4011:436
7Cherif1,3691:446
8Sassi1,2941:472
9Allah1,2841:476
10Ammar1,2671:482
11Hamdi1,2641:483
12Mejri1,2561:486
13Ali1,1981:510
14Al Trabelsi1,1831:516
15Ayadi1,1631:525
16Riahi1,1501:531
17Arfaoui1,1391:536
18Abidi1,1021:554
19El Hadi1,0951:558
20Salem1,0691:571
21Saidi1,0581:577
22Ahmed1,0171:600
23Oueslati1,0101:605
24Mansour9921:616
25Nasri9201:664
26Ben Ali9021:677
27Chebbi8931:684
28Ben Amor8761:697
29Amri8591:711
30Abid8581:712
31Al Hamami8481:720
32Aloui8221:743
33Kamoun8101:754
34Ben Abdallah8011:762
35Farhat7881:775
36Amara7821:781
37Souissi7691:794
38Mabrouk7641:799
39Tlili7581:806
40Omar7391:826
41Bahri7321:834
42Ben Salem7271:840
43Hassen7221:846
44Bouaziz7201:848
45Triki7071:864
46Labidi7001:872
47Turki6941:880
47Ben Salah6941:880
49Belhadj6921:882
50Selmi6891:886
51Yahyaoui6861:890
52Hamza6851:891
53Hamouda6741:906
54Zouari6671:915
55Khalifa6641:920
56El Sherif6621:922
57Mansouri6511:938
58Saeed6471:944
59Bejaoui6341:963
60El Bashir6251:977
61Al Gharbi6221:982
62Toumi6161:991
63Jlassi6131:996
64Tounsi6121:998
65Ibrahim6021:1,014
66Jouini5951:1,026
67Ben Ammar5931:1,030
68Barhoumi5801:1,053
68Bouzid5801:1,053
70Sellami5791:1,055
71Haddad5771:1,058
72Ben5661:1,079
73Boubaker5641:1,083
74Al Jalasi5621:1,087
75Al Dridi5571:1,096
75Rezgui5571:1,096
77Kammoun5541:1,102
78Masmoudi5491:1,112
79Al Manji5481:1,114
80Bel5461:1,118
81Obaid5371:1,137
82Al Obeidi5331:1,146
83Kallel5321:1,148
84Al Ayadi5291:1,154
85Nasr5241:1,165
85Saleh5241:1,165
87Karoui5161:1,183
88Ferchichi5151:1,186
89Ayed5141:1,188
89El Moncef5141:1,188
91Khalil5081:1,202
92Abdallah4981:1,226
93Hamrouni4961:1,231
93Rekik4961:1,231
93Sghaier4961:1,231
96Damak4951:1,234
97Kouki4871:1,254
98Touati4761:1,283
99El Sayed4731:1,291
100Hamdy4711:1,296
101Salhi4701:1,299
102Ferjani4691:1,302
103Hadj4681:1,305
104Kacem4671:1,308
105Al Rayahi4601:1,327
106El Saghir4591:1,330
106Slama4591:1,330
108Louati4571:1,336
109Hajji4521:1,351
109Jebali4521:1,351
111Al Mabrouk4491:1,360
112Abbes4391:1,391
112Jerbi4391:1,391
112Mahjoub4391:1,391
115Hosni4351:1,404
115Meddeb4351:1,404
115Messaoudi4351:1,404
118Achour4331:1,410
118Belhaj4331:1,410
120Al Waslati4321:1,413
120Guesmi4321:1,413
120Ben Romdhane4321:1,413
123Ben Ayed4251:1,437
124El Magry4241:1,440
125Khemiri4231:1,444
126Gharbal4211:1,450
127Ayad4201:1,454
128Hussein4191:1,457
129Moalla4161:1,468
130Al Ayari4101:1,489
130Ben Ahmed4101:1,489
130Shaaban4101:1,489
133Thabet4071:1,500
134Ben Youssef4061:1,504
135Khaled4051:1,508
135Ben Said4051:1,508
137Manai4041:1,511
138Amor4031:1,515
138Ouni4031:1,515
140Chakroun4021:1,519
140Sahli4021:1,519
142Ramadan4001:1,527
143Ghorbel3991:1,530
144Habib3971:1,538
145Fathi3961:1,542
146Faraj3931:1,554
147Marzouki3921:1,558
148Alraqiq3911:1,562
149Ben Hassine3871:1,578
150Al Nasser3851:1,586
150Malek3851:1,586
152Fourati3831:1,594
153Dhaouadi3821:1,598
153Lassoued3821:1,598
155Chaabane3811:1,603
156Hannachi3731:1,637
157Amine3711:1,646
157Saber3711:1,646
159Ben Mansour3701:1,650
160Al Bagawi3691:1,655
160Hassan3691:1,655
160Nouri3691:1,655
163Missaoui3661:1,668
164Saad3631:1,682
165Imen3611:1,691
166Attia3591:1,701
166Bouzidi3591:1,701
166Jendoubi3591:1,701
166Maher3591:1,701
166Salah3591:1,701
171Mrabet3581:1,706
172Belgacem3561:1,715
173Slim3551:1,720
174El Araby3521:1,735
175Al Saeedi3501:1,745
175Makhlouf3501:1,745
177Zouaoui3481:1,755
178Mahmoud3471:1,760
178Mhamdi3471:1,760
180Belghith3451:1,770
181Feki3441:1,775
181Zribi3441:1,775
183Hassine3421:1,785
184Said3411:1,791
185Soltani3391:1,801
186Essid3381:1,807
187Nefzi3361:1,817
188Aymen3321:1,839
188El Tayeb3321:1,839
188Fakhfakh3321:1,839
191Besbes3311:1,845
192Mannai3301:1,850
192Obeidi3301:1,850
194Daoud3291:1,856
194Osman3291:1,856
196Charfi3271:1,867
197Youssef3251:1,879
198Khlifi3241:1,885
198Othmani3241:1,885
200Al Jabali3231:1,890
200Chaari3231:1,890