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Kysil (Кисіль): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 175 towns and villages of 20 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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Selected oblast

Kyiv oblast

21 places with the surname Кисіль

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 2112%
Chernihiv oblast 1710%
Kharkiv oblast 159%
Cherkasy oblast 148%
Ternopil oblast 127%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 127%
Sumy oblast 116%
Vinnytsia oblast 106%
Lviv oblast 95%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 85%
All 20 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kirovohrad oblast 74%
Zhytomyr oblast 63%
Luhansk oblast 63%
Poltava oblast 63%
Rivne oblast 63%
Donetsk oblast 53%
Kherson oblast 42%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 32%
Mykolaiv oblast 21%
Odesa 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 175 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 21All 21 places
Chernihiv oblast 177 of 17

and 10 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 →

Cherkasy oblast 146 of 14

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

Ternopil oblast 125 of 12

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 125 of 12

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

Sumy oblast 115 of 11

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

Vinnytsia oblast 104 of 10

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

Lviv oblast 94 of 9

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 83 of 8

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

Kirovohrad oblast 73 of 7

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

Zhytomyr oblast 63 of 6

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

Luhansk oblast 63 of 6

and 3 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 →

Rivne oblast 63 of 6

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

Donetsk oblast 53 of 5

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

Kherson oblast 43 of 4

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 3All 3 places
Mykolaiv oblast 2All 2 places
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

14 entries in 10 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Тарасъ Кисѣльsotnia ДрагилеваЧеркаський regimentp. 36
Иванъ КисѣльБілоцерківський regimentp. 110
Василь Кисѣльsotnia ТимоковскаяБрацлавський regimentp. 166
Таврило Кисѣльsotnia ВѣницкаяКальницький regimentp. 193
Кондратъ Кисѣльsotnia Ивана БабычаПереяславський regimentp. 223

5 of 14 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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