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Petrovskyi (Петровський): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Petrovsky · Petrowski. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 255 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: 43 placesVolyn oblast: 2 placesLuhansk oblast: 5 placesDnipropetrovsk oblastDonetsk oblast: 8 placesZhytomyr oblast: 27 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 5 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 10 placesKyiv oblast: 11 placesKyiv oblast: 11 placesKirovohrad oblast: 7 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 2 placesMykolaiv oblast: 4 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 2 placesRivne oblast: 7 placesSumy oblast: 6 placesTernopil oblast: 9 placesKharkiv oblast: 7 placesKherson oblastKhmelnytskyi oblast: 79 placesCherkasy oblast: 4 placesChernihiv oblast: 14 placesChernivtsi oblast: 2 places
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–2
  • 4–6
  • 7–9
  • 10–79

Selected oblast

Khmelnytskyi oblast

79 places with the surname Петровський

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 7931%
Vinnytsia oblast 4317%
Zhytomyr oblast 2711%
Chernihiv oblast 145%
Kyiv oblast 114%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 104%
Ternopil oblast 94%
Donetsk oblast 83%
Kirovohrad oblast 73%
Rivne oblast 73%
All 21 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 73%
Sumy oblast 62%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 52%
Luhansk oblast 52%
Mykolaiv oblast 42%
Cherkasy oblast 42%
Volyn oblast 21%
Lviv oblast 21%
Poltava oblast 21%
Chernivtsi oblast 21%
Odesa 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

70 places with a ready parish description · 24 shown

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Places in the indexed books

Khmelnytskyi oblast 7924 of 79

and 55 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Other oblasts20Show
Vinnytsia oblast 4313 of 43

and 30 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 278 of 27

and 19 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 144 of 14

and 10 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 113 of 11

and 8 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 103 of 10

and 7 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Ternopil oblast 93 of 9

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

Donetsk oblast 83 of 8

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

Kirovohrad oblast 73 of 7

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

Rivne oblast 73 of 7

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

Kharkiv oblast 73 of 7

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

Sumy oblast 63 of 6

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 53 of 5

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

Luhansk oblast 53 of 5

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

Mykolaiv oblast 43 of 4

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

Cherkasy oblast 43 of 4

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

Volyn oblast 2All 2 places
Lviv oblast 2All 2 places
Poltava oblast 2All 2 places
Chernivtsi oblast 2All 2 places
Odesa 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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