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Shults (Шульц): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Szulc. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 131 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: 9 placesVolyn oblast: 1 placeLuhansk oblast: 12 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 1 placeDonetsk oblast: 12 placesZhytomyr oblast: 31 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 17 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 1 placeKyiv oblast: 6 placesKyiv oblast: 6 placesKirovohrad oblast: 1 placeCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 1 placeMykolaiv oblast: 7 placesOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblastRivne oblast: 3 placesSumy oblast: 1 placeTernopil oblast: 3 placesKharkiv oblast: 1 placeKherson oblast: 1 placeKhmelnytskyi oblast: 19 placesCherkasy oblast: 2 placesChernihiv oblastChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–2
  • 3–9
  • 12–31

Selected oblast

Zhytomyr oblast

31 places with the surname Шульц

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Zhytomyr oblast 3124%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 1915%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 1713%
Donetsk oblast 129%
Luhansk oblast 129%
Vinnytsia oblast 97%
Mykolaiv oblast 75%
Kyiv oblast 65%
Rivne oblast 32%
Ternopil oblast 32%
All 20 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Odesa oblast 22%
Cherkasy oblast 22%
Volyn oblast 11%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 11%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 11%
Kirovohrad oblast 11%
Lviv oblast 11%
Sumy oblast 11%
Kharkiv 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

15 places with a ready parish description

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Places in the indexed books

Zhytomyr oblast 3124 of 31

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

Other oblasts19Show
Khmelnytskyi oblast 1911 of 19

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 1710 of 17

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

Donetsk oblast 127 of 12

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

Luhansk oblast 127 of 12

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

Vinnytsia oblast 95 of 9

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

Mykolaiv oblast 74 of 7

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

Kyiv oblast 63 of 6

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

Rivne oblast 3All 3 places
Ternopil oblast 3All 3 places
Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Cherkasy oblast 2All 2 places
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 1All 1 place
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Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 1All 1 place
Kirovohrad oblast 1All 1 place
Lviv oblast 1All 1 place
Sumy oblast 1All 1 place
Kharkiv oblast 1All 1 place
Kherson 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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