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Shulha (Шульга): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Shulga · Szulha. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 202 towns and villages of 19 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: 8 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 5 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 13 placesDonetsk oblast: 12 placesZhytomyr oblast: 9 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 14 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 33 placesKyiv oblast: 33 placesKirovohrad oblast: 15 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 1 placeMykolaiv oblast: 2 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 9 placesRivne oblast: 2 placesSumy oblast: 19 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 20 placesKherson oblast: 3 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 7 placesCherkasy oblast: 13 placesChernihiv oblast: 16 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–2
  • 3–8
  • 9–14
  • 15–33

Selected oblast

Kyiv oblast

33 places with the surname Шульга

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Coverage: Kyiv oblast →

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 3316%
Kharkiv oblast 2010%
Sumy oblast 199%
Chernihiv oblast 168%
Kirovohrad oblast 157%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 147%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 136%
Cherkasy oblast 136%
Donetsk oblast 126%
Zhytomyr oblast 94%
All 19 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Poltava oblast 94%
Vinnytsia oblast 84%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 73%
Luhansk oblast 52%
Kherson oblast 31%
Mykolaiv oblast 21%
Rivne oblast 21%
Lviv oblast 11%
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

9 of 202 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 3324 of 33

and 9 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 207 of 20

and 13 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 197 of 19

and 12 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 166 of 16

and 10 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 155 of 15

and 10 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 145 of 14

and 9 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 135 of 13

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

Cherkasy oblast 135 of 13

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

Donetsk oblast 124 of 12

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

Zhytomyr oblast 93 of 9

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

Poltava oblast 93 of 9

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

Vinnytsia oblast 83 of 8

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 73 of 7

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

Luhansk oblast 53 of 5

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

Kherson oblast 3All 3 places
Mykolaiv oblast 2All 2 places
Rivne oblast 2All 2 places
Lviv oblast 1All 1 place
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

50 entries in 15 regiments

  • Прилуцький
  • Канівський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Миргородський
  • Полтавський
  • Черкаський
  • Кальницький
  • Київський
  • Переяславський
  • Ніжинський
  • Чигиринський
  • Кропивнянський
  • Чернігівський
  • Уманський
  • Брацлавський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Хведоръ Шульгаsotnia БужинскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 7
Васько Шулгаsotnia ПетрашковаЧеркаський regimentp. 31
Игнатъ Шулгаsotnia ВолынцоваКанівський regimentp. 57
Мисько ШулгаБілоцерківський regimentp. 109
Игнатъ Шулгаsotnia ДутянскаяУманський regimentp. 148

5 of 50 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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