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Orlov (Орлов): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Counted together with the feminine form Орлова.

Recorded in 105 towns and villages of 17 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: 5 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 14 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 4 placesDonetsk oblast: 14 placesZhytomyr oblast: 1 placeZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 5 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 3 placesKyiv oblast: 3 placesKirovohrad oblast: 9 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 5 placesOdesa oblast: 4 placesPoltava oblastRivne oblastSumy oblast: 12 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 14 placesKherson oblast: 2 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 6 placesCherkasy oblast: 2 placesChernihiv oblast: 4 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 1–2
  • 3–4
  • 5–6
  • 9–14

Selected oblast

Donetsk oblast

14 places with the surname Орлов

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Donetsk oblast 1413%
Luhansk oblast 1413%
Kharkiv oblast 1413%
Sumy oblast 1211%
Kirovohrad oblast 99%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 66%
Vinnytsia oblast 55%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 55%
Mykolaiv oblast 55%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 44%
All 17 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Odesa oblast 44%
Chernihiv oblast 44%
Kyiv oblast 33%
Kherson oblast 22%
Cherkasy oblast 22%
Zhytomyr oblast 11%
Ternopil 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

10 of 105 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Donetsk oblast 14All 14 places
Luhansk oblast 1410 of 14

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

Kharkiv oblast 1410 of 14

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

Sumy oblast 129 of 12

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

Kirovohrad oblast 96 of 9

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 64 of 6

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

Vinnytsia oblast 53 of 5

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 53 of 5

and 2 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 →

Dnipropetrovsk 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 →

Chernihiv oblast 43 of 4

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

Kyiv oblast 3All 3 places
Kherson oblast 2All 2 places
Cherkasy oblast 2All 2 places
Zhytomyr oblast 1All 1 place
Ternopil oblast 1All 1 place

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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