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Shvets (Швець): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 407 towns and villages of 23 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: 84 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 11 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 24 placesDonetsk oblast: 9 placesZhytomyr oblast: 13 placesZakarpattia oblast: 1 placeZaporizhzhia oblast: 11 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 5 placesKyiv oblast: 32 placesKyiv oblast: 32 placesKirovohrad oblast: 25 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 20 placesMykolaiv oblast: 15 placesOdesa oblast: 14 placesPoltava oblast: 5 placesRivne oblast: 7 placesSumy oblast: 6 placesTernopil oblast: 17 placesKharkiv oblast: 4 placesKherson oblast: 7 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 63 placesCherkasy oblast: 24 placesChernihiv oblast: 6 placesChernivtsi oblast: 4 places
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 1–5
  • 6–9
  • 11–20
  • 24–84

Selected oblast

Vinnytsia oblast

84 places with the surname Швець

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Vinnytsia oblast 8421%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 6315%
Kyiv oblast 328%
Kirovohrad oblast 256%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 246%
Cherkasy oblast 246%
Lviv oblast 205%
Ternopil oblast 174%
Mykolaiv oblast 154%
Odesa oblast 143%
All 23 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zhytomyr oblast 133%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 113%
Luhansk oblast 113%
Donetsk oblast 92%
Rivne oblast 72%
Kherson oblast 72%
Sumy oblast 61%
Chernihiv oblast 61%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 51%
Poltava oblast 51%
Kharkiv oblast 41%
Chernivtsi oblast 41%
Zakarpattia 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

105 of 407 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Vinnytsia oblast 8424 of 84

and 60 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Khmelnytskyi oblast 6312 of 63

and 51 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 326 of 32

and 26 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 254 of 25

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 244 of 24

and 20 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 244 of 24

and 20 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Lviv oblast 203 of 20

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

Ternopil oblast 173 of 17

and 14 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Mykolaiv oblast 153 of 15

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

Odesa oblast 143 of 14

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

Zhytomyr oblast 133 of 13

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 113 of 11

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

Luhansk oblast 113 of 11

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

Donetsk oblast 93 of 9

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

Rivne oblast 73 of 7

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

Kherson oblast 73 of 7

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

Sumy oblast 63 of 6

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

Chernihiv oblast 63 of 6

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

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 53 of 5

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

Poltava oblast 53 of 5

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

Kharkiv oblast 43 of 4

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

Chernivtsi oblast 43 of 4

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

Zakarpattia oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

21 entries in 8 regiments

  • Уманський
  • Брацлавський
  • Миргородський
  • Полтавський
  • Чигиринський
  • Канівський
  • Корсунський
  • Кальницький

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Прокопъ ШвецьЧигиринський regimentp. 4
Костя Швецьsotnia СтародубоваКанівський regimentp. 55
Иванъ Швецьsotnia ГавриленковаКорсунський regimentp. 103
Иванъ Швецьsotnia БанковскаяУманський regimentp. 134
Степанъ ШвецьБрацлавський regimentp. 156

5 of 21 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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