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Palii (Палій): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 114 towns and villages of 20 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: 19 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblastDnipropetrovsk oblast: 5 placesDonetsk oblast: 3 placesZhytomyr oblast: 9 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 2 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 3 placesKyiv oblast: 1 placeKyiv oblast: 1 placeKirovohrad oblast: 4 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 13 placesMykolaiv oblast: 6 placesOdesa oblast: 3 placesPoltava oblast: 5 placesRivne oblast: 3 placesSumy oblast: 1 placeTernopil oblast: 11 placesKharkiv oblast: 2 placesKherson oblastKhmelnytskyi oblast: 10 placesCherkasy oblast: 8 placesChernihiv oblast: 5 placesChernivtsi oblast: 1 place
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 1–2
  • 3–4
  • 5–8
  • 9–19

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Vinnytsia oblast

19 places with the surname Палій

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Vinnytsia oblast 1917%
Lviv oblast 1311%
Ternopil oblast 1110%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 109%
Zhytomyr oblast 98%
Cherkasy oblast 87%
Mykolaiv oblast 65%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 54%
Poltava oblast 54%
Chernihiv oblast 54%
All 20 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kirovohrad oblast 44%
Donetsk oblast 33%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 33%
Odesa oblast 33%
Rivne oblast 33%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 22%
Kharkiv oblast 22%
Kyiv oblast 11%
Sumy oblast 11%
Chernivtsi oblast 11%

Each oblast name opens its coverage page: parishes, books and what has been digitized.

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

32 places with a ready parish description · 24 shown

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Places in the indexed books

Vinnytsia oblast 19All 19 places
Other oblasts19Show
Lviv oblast 139 of 13

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

Ternopil oblast 117 of 11

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 107 of 10

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

Zhytomyr oblast 96 of 9

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

Cherkasy oblast 85 of 8

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

Mykolaiv oblast 64 of 6

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 53 of 5

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

Poltava oblast 53 of 5

and 2 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 →

Kirovohrad oblast 43 of 4

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

Donetsk oblast 3All 3 places
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 3All 3 places
Odesa oblast 3All 3 places
Rivne oblast 3All 3 places
Zaporizhzhia oblast 2All 2 places
Kharkiv oblast 2All 2 places
Kyiv oblast 1All 1 place
Sumy oblast 1All 1 place
Chernivtsi oblast 1All 1 place

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.
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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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