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Shcherbyna (Щербина): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Shcherbina · Szczerbyna. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 226 towns and villages of 18 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: 6 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 2 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 24 placesDonetsk oblast: 17 placesZhytomyr oblast: 6 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 18 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 4 placesKyiv oblast: 23 placesKyiv oblast: 23 placesKirovohrad oblast: 28 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 9 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 12 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 12 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 15 placesKherson oblast: 14 placesKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 18 placesChernihiv oblast: 16 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–4
  • 6–12
  • 14–17
  • 18–28

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Kirovohrad oblast

28 places with the surname Щербина

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kirovohrad oblast 2812%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 2411%
Kyiv oblast 2310%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 188%
Cherkasy oblast 188%
Donetsk oblast 178%
Chernihiv oblast 167%
Kharkiv oblast 157%
Kherson oblast 146%
Poltava oblast 125%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Sumy oblast 125%
Mykolaiv oblast 94%
Vinnytsia oblast 63%
Zhytomyr oblast 63%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 42%
Luhansk oblast 21%
Odesa oblast 11%
Ternopil 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

9 places with a ready parish description

Parish, books and what has been digitized: open a place.

Places in the indexed books

Kirovohrad oblast 2824 of 28

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

Other oblasts17Show
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 248 of 24

and 16 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 238 of 23

and 15 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 186 of 18

and 12 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 186 of 18

and 12 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 176 of 17

and 11 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 165 of 16

and 11 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 155 of 15

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

Kherson oblast 144 of 14

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

Poltava oblast 124 of 12

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

Sumy oblast 124 of 12

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

Mykolaiv oblast 93 of 9

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

Vinnytsia oblast 63 of 6

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

Zhytomyr oblast 63 of 6

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

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 43 of 4

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

Luhansk oblast 2All 2 places
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Ternopil oblast 1All 1 place
Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 164980 entries in 16 regimentsShow
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

80 entries in 16 regiments

  • Полтавський
  • Чигиринський
  • Переяславський
  • Київський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Черкаський
  • Канівський
  • Корсунський
  • Миргородський
  • Брацлавський
  • Прилуцький
  • Кальницький
  • Ніжинський
  • Уманський
  • Чернігівський
  • Кропивнянський

The same surname in 1649 does not by itself mean this was your ancestor.

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Пилипъ ШчербинаЧигиринський regimentp. 1
Иванъ ШчербинаЧеркаський regimentp. 29
Пванъ Шчербинаsotnia ГунинаКанівський regimentp. 64
Иванъ ЩербинаКорсунський regimentp. 79
Процыкъ ЩербинаБілоцерківський regimentp. 113

5 of 80 entries shown. Names and sotnias as spelled in the 1875 edition of the register (Moscow, edited by O. M. Bodianskyi); "p." is the page of that edition.

Similar surnames in the index

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

What these books can and cannot tell you

They can

  • 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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