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Lytvyn (Литвин): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Lytvin · Lytwyn. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Counted together with the feminine form Литвина.

Recorded in 301 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: 4 placesVolyn oblast: 1 placeLuhansk oblast: 3 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 22 placesDonetsk oblast: 6 placesZhytomyr oblast: 8 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 10 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 11 placesKyiv oblast: 53 placesKyiv oblast: 53 placesKirovohrad oblast: 14 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 28 placesMykolaiv oblastOdesa oblast: 3 placesPoltava oblast: 21 placesRivne oblast: 6 placesSumy oblast: 9 placesTernopil oblast: 11 placesKharkiv oblast: 22 placesKherson oblast: 5 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 5 placesCherkasy oblast: 28 placesChernihiv oblast: 31 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–4
  • 5–9
  • 10–21
  • 22–53

Selected oblast

Kyiv oblast

53 places with the surname Литвин

All 53 places →

Coverage: Kyiv oblast →

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 5318%
Chernihiv oblast 3110%
Lviv oblast 289%
Cherkasy oblast 289%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 227%
Kharkiv oblast 227%
Poltava oblast 217%
Kirovohrad oblast 145%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 114%
Ternopil oblast 114%
All 21 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 103%
Sumy oblast 93%
Zhytomyr oblast 83%
Donetsk oblast 62%
Rivne oblast 62%
Kherson oblast 52%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 52%
Vinnytsia oblast 41%
Luhansk oblast 31%
Odesa oblast 31%
Volyn 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

35 of 301 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 5324 of 53

and 29 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 318 of 31

and 23 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Lviv oblast 287 of 28

and 21 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 287 of 28

and 21 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 225 of 22

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

Kharkiv oblast 225 of 22

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

Poltava oblast 215 of 21

and 16 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 143 of 14

and 11 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 113 of 11

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

Ternopil oblast 113 of 11

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 →

Sumy oblast 93 of 9

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

Zhytomyr oblast 83 of 8

and 5 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 →

Rivne oblast 63 of 6

and 3 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 →

Khmelnytskyi oblast 53 of 5

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

Vinnytsia oblast 43 of 4

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

Luhansk oblast 3All 3 places
Odesa oblast 3All 3 places
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

25 entries in 12 regiments

  • Черкаський
  • Полтавський
  • Чигиринський
  • Корсунський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Уманський
  • Кальницький
  • Чернігівський
  • Канівський
  • Брацлавський
  • Миргородський
  • Ніжинський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Остапъ Литвинъsotnia СмиловскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 13
Федоръ Литвинъsotnia ДрагилеваЧеркаський regimentp. 34
Максимъ Литвинъsotnia СтародубоваКанівський regimentp. 55
Гришко Литвинъsotnia ГоркушинаКорсунський regimentp. 81
Федоръ ЛитвынъБілоцерківський regimentp. 110

5 of 25 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.

Similar surnames in the index

Similar in spelling. That does not make the families related.

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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