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Rybalka (Рибалка): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 118 towns and villages of 13 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 oblastVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 14 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 5 placesDonetsk oblast: 8 placesZhytomyr oblastZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 10 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 5 placesKyiv oblast: 5 placesKirovohrad oblast: 4 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 2 placesOdesa oblastPoltava oblast: 6 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 19 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 28 placesKherson oblast: 1 placeKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 8 placesChernihiv oblast: 8 placesChernivtsi oblast
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  • 1–4
  • 5–6
  • 8
  • 10–28

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Kharkiv oblast

28 places with the surname Рибалка

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 2824%
Sumy oblast 1916%
Luhansk oblast 1412%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 108%
Donetsk oblast 87%
Cherkasy oblast 87%
Chernihiv oblast 87%
Poltava oblast 65%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 54%
Kyiv oblast 54%
All 13 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kirovohrad oblast 43%
Mykolaiv oblast 22%
Kherson 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

3 of 118 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kharkiv oblast 2824 of 28

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

Sumy oblast 1912 of 19

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

Luhansk oblast 149 of 14

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 106 of 10

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

Donetsk oblast 85 of 8

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

Cherkasy oblast 85 of 8

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

Chernihiv oblast 85 of 8

and 3 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 →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 53 of 5

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

Kyiv oblast 53 of 5

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

Kirovohrad oblast 43 of 4

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

Mykolaiv oblast 2All 2 places
Kherson oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

8 entries in 5 regiments

  • Уманський
  • Корсунський
  • Кропивнянський
  • Миргородський
  • Полтавський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Игнатъ Рыбалкаsotnia Максима ГородийскогоКорсунський regimentp. 98
Олексѣй Рибалкаsotnia ДабанскаяУманський regimentp. 139
Гарасько Рыбалкаsotnia АрклийскаяКропивнянський regimentp. 243
Рибалкаsotnia КраснопольскаяМиргородський regimentp. 264
Каленикъ Рибалкаsotnia БалаклыйскаяПолтавський regimentp. 293

5 of 8 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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