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Shulha (Шульга): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Shulga · Szulha. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 202 towns and villages of 19 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: 8 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 5 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 13 placesDonetsk oblast: 12 placesZhytomyr oblast: 9 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 14 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 33 placesKyiv oblast: 33 placesKirovohrad oblast: 15 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 1 placeMykolaiv oblast: 2 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 9 placesRivne oblast: 2 placesSumy oblast: 19 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 20 placesKherson oblast: 3 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 7 placesCherkasy oblast: 13 placesChernihiv oblast: 16 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–2
  • 3–8
  • 9–14
  • 15–33

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Kyiv oblast

33 places with the surname Шульга

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 3316%
Kharkiv oblast 2010%
Sumy oblast 199%
Chernihiv oblast 168%
Kirovohrad oblast 157%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 147%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 136%
Cherkasy oblast 136%
Donetsk oblast 126%
Zhytomyr oblast 94%
All 19 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Poltava oblast 94%
Vinnytsia oblast 84%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 73%
Luhansk oblast 52%
Kherson oblast 31%
Mykolaiv oblast 21%
Rivne oblast 21%
Lviv oblast 11%
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

9 places with a ready parish description

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Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 3324 of 33

and 9 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Other oblasts18Show
Kharkiv oblast 207 of 20

and 13 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 197 of 19

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

Chernihiv oblast 166 of 16

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

Kirovohrad oblast 155 of 15

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 145 of 14

and 9 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 135 of 13

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

Cherkasy oblast 135 of 13

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

Donetsk oblast 124 of 12

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

Zhytomyr oblast 93 of 9

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

Poltava oblast 93 of 9

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

Vinnytsia oblast 83 of 8

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 73 of 7

and 4 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 →

Kherson oblast 3All 3 places
Mykolaiv oblast 2All 2 places
Rivne oblast 2All 2 places
Lviv oblast 1All 1 place
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 164950 entries in 15 regimentsShow
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

50 entries in 15 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Хведоръ Шульгаsotnia БужинскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 7
Васько Шулгаsotnia ПетрашковаЧеркаський regimentp. 31
Игнатъ Шулгаsotnia ВолынцоваКанівський regimentp. 57
Мисько ШулгаБілоцерківський regimentp. 109
Игнатъ Шулгаsotnia ДутянскаяУманський regimentp. 148

5 of 50 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.

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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