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Bilyi (Білий): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Counted together with the feminine form Біла.

Recorded in 209 towns and villages of 22 oblasts in the state memory books of 1917–1960. This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.

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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Vinnytsia oblast: 9 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 1 placeDnipropetrovsk oblast: 26 placesDonetsk oblast: 14 placesZhytomyr oblast: 9 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 10 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 3 placesKyiv oblast: 4 placesKyiv oblast: 4 placesKirovohrad oblast: 10 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 12 placesMykolaiv oblast: 15 placesOdesa oblast: 4 placesPoltava oblast: 6 placesRivne oblast: 2 placesSumy oblast: 3 placesTernopil oblast: 7 placesKharkiv oblast: 9 placesKherson oblast: 16 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 26 placesCherkasy oblast: 9 placesChernihiv oblast: 12 placesChernivtsi oblast: 2 places
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–3
  • 4–7
  • 9–10
  • 12–26

Selected oblast

Dnipropetrovsk oblast

26 places with the surname Білий

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 2612%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 2612%
Kherson oblast 168%
Mykolaiv oblast 157%
Donetsk oblast 147%
Lviv oblast 126%
Chernihiv oblast 126%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 105%
Kirovohrad oblast 105%
Vinnytsia oblast 94%
All 22 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zhytomyr oblast 94%
Kharkiv oblast 94%
Cherkasy oblast 94%
Ternopil oblast 73%
Poltava oblast 63%
Kyiv oblast 42%
Odesa oblast 42%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 31%
Sumy oblast 31%
Rivne oblast 21%
Chernivtsi oblast 21%
Luhansk 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

27 of 209 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 2624 of 26

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 269 of 26

and 17 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kherson oblast 166 of 16

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

Mykolaiv oblast 155 of 15

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

Donetsk oblast 145 of 14

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

Lviv oblast 124 of 12

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

Chernihiv oblast 124 of 12

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 103 of 10

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

Kirovohrad oblast 103 of 10

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

Vinnytsia oblast 93 of 9

and 6 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 →

Kharkiv oblast 93 of 9

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

Cherkasy oblast 93 of 9

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

Ternopil oblast 73 of 7

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

Poltava oblast 63 of 6

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

Kyiv oblast 43 of 4

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

Odesa oblast 43 of 4

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

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 3All 3 places
Sumy oblast 3All 3 places
Rivne oblast 2All 2 places
Chernivtsi oblast 2All 2 places
Luhansk oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

28 entries in 11 regiments

  • Білоцерківський
  • Кропивнянський
  • Чигиринський
  • Прилуцький
  • Уманський
  • Брацлавський
  • Кальницький
  • Полтавський
  • Чернігівський
  • Черкаський
  • Переяславський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Иванъ БѣлыйЧигиринський regimentp. 1
Кузьма БѣлыйЧеркаський regimentp. 28
Курыло БѣлыйБілоцерківський regimentp. 115
Таврило Бѣлыйsotnia ВузовскаяУманський regimentp. 138
Симко Бѣлыйsotnia КраснянскаяБрацлавський regimentp. 162

5 of 28 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

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.

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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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