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Kurylo (Курило): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 106 towns and villages of 21 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: 1 placeVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 6 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 6 placesDonetsk oblast: 3 placesZhytomyr oblast: 1 placeZakarpattia oblast: 1 placeZaporizhzhia oblast: 6 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 1 placeKyiv oblast: 7 placesKyiv oblast: 7 placesKirovohrad oblast: 1 placeCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 15 placesMykolaiv oblast: 1 placeOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 6 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 9 placesTernopil oblast: 9 placesKharkiv oblast: 20 placesKherson oblast: 2 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 1 placeCherkasy oblast: 4 placesChernihiv oblast: 5 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–3
  • 4–5
  • 6–20

Selected oblast

Kharkiv oblast

20 places with the surname Курило

All 20 places →

Coverage: Kharkiv oblast →

The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 2019%
Lviv oblast 1514%
Sumy oblast 98%
Ternopil oblast 98%
Kyiv oblast 77%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 66%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 66%
Luhansk oblast 66%
Poltava oblast 66%
Chernihiv oblast 55%
All 21 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Cherkasy oblast 44%
Donetsk oblast 33%
Kherson oblast 22%
Vinnytsia oblast 11%
Zhytomyr oblast 11%
Zakarpattia oblast 11%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 11%
Kirovohrad oblast 11%
Mykolaiv oblast 11%
Odesa oblast 11%
Khmelnytskyi 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

22 of 106 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kharkiv oblast 20All 20 places
Lviv oblast 1511 of 15

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

Sumy oblast 96 of 9

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

Ternopil oblast 96 of 9

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

Kyiv oblast 75 of 7

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 64 of 6

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 64 of 6

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

Luhansk oblast 64 of 6

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

Poltava oblast 64 of 6

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 →

Cherkasy oblast 43 of 4

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

Donetsk oblast 3All 3 places
Kherson oblast 2All 2 places
Vinnytsia oblast 1All 1 place
Zhytomyr oblast 1All 1 place
Zakarpattia oblast 1All 1 place
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 1All 1 place
Kirovohrad oblast 1All 1 place
Mykolaiv oblast 1All 1 place
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Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Khmelnytskyi oblast 1All 1 place

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.

How we read the books: Method →
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