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Kulish (Куліш): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 186 towns and villages of 23 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: 6 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 12 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 7 placesDonetsk oblast: 8 placesZhytomyr oblast: 20 placesZakarpattia oblast: 3 placesZaporizhzhia oblast: 6 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 1 placeKyiv oblast: 9 placesKyiv oblast: 9 placesKirovohrad oblast: 10 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 2 placesMykolaiv oblast: 5 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 10 placesRivne oblast: 3 placesSumy oblast: 14 placesTernopil oblast: 2 placesKharkiv oblast: 15 placesKherson oblast: 5 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 6 placesCherkasy oblast: 14 placesChernihiv oblast: 26 placesChernivtsi oblast: 1 place
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 3–5
  • 6–10
  • 12–26

Selected oblast

Chernihiv oblast

26 places with the surname Куліш

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 2614%
Zhytomyr oblast 2011%
Kharkiv oblast 158%
Sumy oblast 148%
Cherkasy oblast 148%
Luhansk oblast 126%
Kirovohrad oblast 105%
Poltava oblast 105%
Kyiv oblast 95%
Donetsk oblast 84%
All 23 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 74%
Vinnytsia oblast 63%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 63%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 63%
Mykolaiv oblast 53%
Kherson oblast 53%
Zakarpattia oblast 32%
Rivne oblast 32%
Lviv oblast 21%
Ternopil oblast 21%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 11%
Odesa oblast 11%
Chernivtsi 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

16 of 186 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 2624 of 26

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

Zhytomyr oblast 208 of 20

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

Kharkiv oblast 156 of 15

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

Sumy oblast 146 of 14

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

Cherkasy oblast 146 of 14

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

Luhansk oblast 125 of 12

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

Kirovohrad oblast 104 of 10

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

Poltava oblast 104 of 10

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

Kyiv oblast 93 of 9

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

Donetsk oblast 83 of 8

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 73 of 7

and 4 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 →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 63 of 6

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 63 of 6

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

Mykolaiv oblast 53 of 5

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

Kherson oblast 53 of 5

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

Zakarpattia oblast 3All 3 places
Rivne oblast 3All 3 places
Lviv oblast 2All 2 places
Ternopil oblast 2All 2 places
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 1All 1 place
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Chernivtsi oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

6 entries in 4 regiments

  • Прилуцький
  • Уманський
  • Переяславський
  • Чернігівський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Мисько Кулѣшъsotnia ДутянскаяУманський regimentp. 148
Иванъ Кулѣшъsotnia БаришполскаяПереяславський regimentp. 231
Исай Кулѣшъsotnia ПрилуцкаяПрилуцький regimentp. 308
Дмитро Кулѣшъsotnia ПрилуцкаяПрилуцький regimentp. 308
Федоръ Кулѣшъsotnia БатуринскаяЧернігівський regimentp. 334

5 of 6 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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