Use Google Country Codes to Search Ancestry
Learn the Google country codes for searching ancestry records in countries of origin.

I have put together a series of articles to help you learn how to search for ancestry records and find information for writing narratives, family profiles, history, etc. Each article contains a series of easy steps.  See other articles for specific countries.

Google Country Ancestry
United States
Australia Austria Belgium
Canada Denmark England
Finland France Germany
Greece Iceland Ireland
Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg
Netherlands New Zealand Norway
Poland Portugal Scotland
Spain Sweden Switzerland
Wales Any Country

One of the steps is entitled: “In Country Website Search Queries,” which will help you look for ancestry records in your country of origin. To search for in-country records and information, you will need to know the Google country codes.

These articles have been created for specific countries. If you are searching in other countries, you will need to know the Google 2 letter codes.

Google Country Codes

Usually, the Google country codes are two letters (not case sensitive).

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M

N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | XYZ

A

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Country

Google Country Codes
 Afghanistan

af

 Albania

al
 Algeria

dz

 American Samoa

as
 Andorra

ad

 Angola

ao
 Anguilla

ai

 Antarctica

aq
 Antarctica

ag

 Antigua & Barbuda

ar

 Argentina

am
 Aruba

aw

 Australia

au
 Austria

at

 Azerbaijan

az

B

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Country

Google Country Codes
 Bahamas

bs

 Bahrain

bh
 Bangladesh

bd

 Barbados

bb
 Belarus

by

 Belgium

be
 Belize

bz

 Benin

bj
 Bermuda

bm

 Bhutan

bt
 Bolivia

bo

 Bosnia & Herzegovina

ba
 Botswana

bw

 Bouvet Island

bv
 Brazil

br

 British Indian Ocean Territory

io
 Brunei Darussalam

bn

 Bulgaria

bg
 Burkina Faso

bf

 Burundi

bi

C

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Country

Google Country Codes

 Cambodia

kh
 Cameroon

cm

 Canada

ca
 Cape Verde

cv

 Cayman Islands

ky
 Central African Republic

cf

 Chad

td
 Chile

cl

 China

cn
 Christmas Island

cx

 Cocos (Keeling) Islands

cc
 Colombia

co

 Comoros

km
 Congo

cg

 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

cd

 Cook Islands

ck
 Costa Rica

cr

 Cote D’ivoire

ci
 Croatia

hr

 Cuba

cu
 Cyprus

cy

 Czech Republic

cz

D

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Country

Google Country Codes
 Denmark

dk

Djibouti

dj
 Dominica

dm

 Dominican Republic

do

E

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Country

Google Country Codes
 Ecuador

ec

 Egypt

eg
 El Salvador

sv

 Equatorial Guinea

gq
 Eritrea

er

 Estonia

ee
 Ethiopia

et

F

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Country

Google Country Codes

 Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

fk
 Faroe Islands

fo

 Fiji

fj
 Finland

fi

 France

fr
 French Guiana

gf

 French Polynesia

pf
 French Southern Territories

tf

G

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Country

Google Country Codes

 Gabon

ga
 Gambia

gm

 Georgia

ge
 Germany

de

 Ghana

gh
 Gibraltar

gi

 Greece

gr
 Greenland

gl

 Grenada

gd
 Guadeloupe

gp

 Guam

gu
 Guatemala

gt

 Guinea

gn
 Guinea-Bissau

gw

 Guyana

gy

H

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Country

Google Country Codes
Haiti

ht

 Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands

hm

 Holy See (Vatican City State)

va
 Honduras

hn

 Hong Kong

hk
 Hungary

hu

I

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Country

Google Country Codes

 Iceland

is
 India

in

 Indonesia

id
 Iran, Islamic Republic of

ir

 Iraq

iq
 Ireland

ie

 Israel

il
 Italy

it

J

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Country

Google Country Codes

 Jamaica

jm
 Japan

jp

 Jordan

jo

K

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Country

Google Country Codes
 Kazakhstan

kz

 Kenya

ke

 Kiribati

ki
 Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of

kp

 Korea, Republic of

kr

 Kuwait

kw
 Kyrgyzstan

kg

L

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Country

Google Country Codes

 Lao People’s Democratic Republic

la

 Latvia

lv
 Lebanon

lb

 Lesotho

ls
 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

lr

 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

ly
 Liechtenstein

li

 Lithuania

lt
 Luxembourg

lu

M

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Country

Google Country Codes

 Macao

mo
 Macedonia, The Former Yugosalv Republic of

mk

 Madagascar

mg
 Malawi

mw

 Malaysia

my
 Maldives

mv

 Mali

ml
 Malta

mt

 Marshall Islands

mh
 Martinique

mq

 Martinique

mr
 Mauritius

mu

 Mayotte

yt
 Mexico

mx

 Micronesia, Federated States of

fm
 Moldova, Republic of

md

 Monaco

mc
 Mongolia

mn

 Montserrat

ms
 Morocco

ma

 Mozambique

mz
 Myanmar

mm

N

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Country

Google Country Codes

 Namibia

na
 Nauru

nr

 Nepal

np
 Netherlands

nl

Netherlands Antilles

an
 New Caledonia

nc

 New Zealand

nz
 Nicaragua

ni

 Nicaragua

ne
 Nigeria

ng

 Niue

nu
 Norfolk Island

nf

 Northern Mariana Islands

mp
 Norway

no

O

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Country

Google Country Codes

 Oman

om

P

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Country

Google Country Codes

 Pakistan

pk

 Palau

pw

 Palestinian Territory, Occupied

ps
 Panama

pa

 Papua New Guinea

pg
 Paraguay

py

 Peru

pe

 Philippines

ph

 Pitcairn

pn
 Poland

pl

 Portugal

pt
 Puerto Rico

pr

Q

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Country

Google Country Codes

 Qatar

qa

R

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Country

Google Country Codes
 Réunion

re

 Romania

ro
 Russian Federation

ru

 Rwanda

rw

S

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Country

Google Country Codes
 Saint Helena

sh

 Saint Kitts & Nevis

kn
 Saint Lucia

lc

 Saint Pierre & Miquelon

pm
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

vc

 Samoa

ws
 San Marino

sm

 Sao Tome & Principe

st
 Saudi Arabia

sa

 Senegal

sn
 Serbia &  Montenegro

cs

 Seychelles

sc
 Sierra Leone

sl

 Singapore

sg
 Slovakia

sk

 Slovenia

si
 Slovenia

sb

 Somalia

so
 South Africa

za

 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

gs

 Spain

es

 Sri Lanka

lk

 Sudan

sd

 Suriname

sr
 Svalbard & Jan Mayen

sj

 Swaziland

sz
 Sweden

se

 Switzerland

ch
 Syrian Arab Republic

sy

T

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Country

Google Country Codess

 Taiwan, Province of China

tw
 Tajikistan

tj

 Tanzania, United Republic of

tz
 Thailand

th

 Timor-Leste

tl
 Togo

tg

 Tokelau

tk
 Tonga

to

 Trinidad & Tobago

tt
 Tunisia

tn

 Turkey

tr
 Turkmenistan

tm

 Turks & Caicos Islands

tc
 Tuvalu

tv

U

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Country

Google Country Codes
 Uganda

ug

 Ukraine

ua
 United Arab Emirates

ae

 United Kingdom

uk
 United States

us

 United States Minor Outlying Islands

um

 Uruguay

uy

 Uzbekistan

uz

V

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Country

Google Country Codes

 Vanuatu

vu

 Venezuela

ve
 Vietnam

vn

 Virgin Islands, British

vg

 Virgin Islands, U.S.

vi

W

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Country

Google Country Codes

 Wallis and Futuna

wf
 Western Sahara

eh

XYZ

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Country

Google Country Codes

 Yemen

ye

 Zambia

zm

 Zimbabwe

zw