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Hrytsai (Грицай): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Hritsai · Gritsai · Hrycai. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 125 towns and villages of 21 oblasts in the state memory books of 1917–1960. This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.

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Vinnytsia oblast: 1 placeVolyn oblast: 1 placeLuhansk oblast: 3 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 9 placesDonetsk oblast: 4 placesZhytomyr oblast: 3 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 3 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 3 placesKyiv oblast: 9 placesKyiv oblast: 9 placesKirovohrad oblast: 2 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 14 placesMykolaiv oblast: 2 placesOdesa oblastPoltava oblast: 10 placesRivne oblast: 1 placeSumy oblast: 14 placesTernopil oblast: 8 placesKharkiv oblast: 13 placesKherson oblast: 1 placeKhmelnytskyi oblast: 8 placesCherkasy oblast: 11 placesChernihiv oblast: 5 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1
  • 2–3
  • 4–8
  • 9–14

Selected oblast

Lviv oblast

14 places with the surname Грицай

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Lviv oblast 1411%
Sumy oblast 1411%
Kharkiv oblast 1310%
Cherkasy oblast 119%
Poltava oblast 108%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 97%
Kyiv oblast 97%
Ternopil oblast 86%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 86%
Chernihiv oblast 54%
All 21 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Donetsk oblast 43%
Zhytomyr oblast 32%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 32%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 32%
Luhansk oblast 32%
Kirovohrad oblast 22%
Mykolaiv oblast 22%
Vinnytsia oblast 11%
Volyn oblast 11%
Rivne oblast 11%
Kherson oblast 11%

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Years of the sources

These books concern 1917–1960. Families in the 19th century were recorded in parish registers. Those are what we read, with a frame number beside every name.

Memory books 1917–1960

  • “Rehabilitated by History” («Реабілітовані історією»)1917–1960
  • National Book of Memory of Holodomor Victims1932–1933

Places with a ready parish description

17 places with a ready parish description

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Places in the indexed books

Lviv oblast 14All 14 places
Other oblasts20Show
Sumy oblast 148 of 14

and 6 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 138 of 13

and 5 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 117 of 11

and 4 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 106 of 10

and 4 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 95 of 9

and 4 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 95 of 9

and 4 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Ternopil oblast 85 of 8

and 3 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Khmelnytskyi oblast 85 of 8

and 3 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 53 of 5

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 43 of 4

and 1 place more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 3All 3 places
Zaporizhzhia oblast 3All 3 places
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 3All 3 places
Luhansk oblast 3All 3 places
Kirovohrad oblast 2All 2 places
Mykolaiv oblast 2All 2 places
Vinnytsia oblast 1All 1 place
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Rivne oblast 1All 1 place
Kherson oblast 1All 1 place

Similar surnames in the index

Similar in spelling. That does not make the families related.

What these books can and cannot tell you

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  • Show the towns and villages where the surname was recorded in 1917–1960.
  • Suggest which oblast to start the search in.

They cannot

  • This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.
  • An absent place does not mean the surname was never used there.
  • A shared surname does not establish family origin or kinship.

The index covers only the source material processed so far. An absent place does not mean the surname was never used there; a shared surname does not establish family origin or kinship.

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Source: state memory books, «Реабілітовані історією» and the National Book of Memory of the Victims of the Holodomor. We publish surnames only: no first names, dates or fates.

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