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Zaika (Заїка): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 130 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: 13 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 14 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 6 placesDonetsk oblast: 6 placesZhytomyr oblast: 9 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 3 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 8 placesKyiv oblast: 8 placesKirovohrad oblast: 10 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 2 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 5 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 11 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 15 placesKherson oblast: 2 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 7 placesCherkasy oblast: 12 placesChernihiv oblast: 5 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–2
  • 3–6
  • 7–10
  • 11–15

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Kharkiv oblast

15 places with the surname Заїка

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 1512%
Luhansk oblast 1411%
Vinnytsia oblast 1310%
Cherkasy oblast 129%
Sumy oblast 118%
Kirovohrad oblast 108%
Zhytomyr oblast 97%
Kyiv oblast 86%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 75%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 65%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Donetsk oblast 65%
Poltava oblast 54%
Chernihiv oblast 54%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 32%
Mykolaiv oblast 22%
Kherson oblast 22%
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

18 places with a ready parish description

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

Places in the indexed books

Kharkiv oblast 15All 15 places
Other oblasts17Show
Luhansk oblast 148 of 14

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

Vinnytsia oblast 138 of 13

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

Cherkasy oblast 127 of 12

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

Sumy oblast 116 of 11

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

Kirovohrad oblast 106 of 10

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

Zhytomyr oblast 95 of 9

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

Kyiv oblast 84 of 8

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 74 of 7

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 63 of 6

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

Donetsk oblast 63 of 6

and 3 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 →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 3All 3 places
Mykolaiv oblast 2All 2 places
Kherson oblast 2All 2 places
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Ternopil 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.
  • 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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