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Skyba (Скиба): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 115 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: 6 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 6 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 4 placesDonetsk oblast: 11 placesZhytomyr oblast: 12 placesZakarpattia oblast: 4 placesZaporizhzhia oblast: 5 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 3 placesKyiv oblast: 10 placesKyiv oblast: 10 placesKirovohrad oblastCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 4 placesMykolaiv oblast: 1 placeOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblast: 6 placesRivne oblast: 1 placeSumy oblast: 8 placesTernopil oblast: 3 placesKharkiv oblast: 8 placesKherson oblast: 1 placeKhmelnytskyi oblast: 5 placesCherkasy oblast: 4 placesChernihiv oblast: 11 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 1–2
  • 3–4
  • 5–6
  • 8–12

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Zhytomyr oblast

12 places with the surname Скиба

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Zhytomyr oblast 1210%
Donetsk oblast 1110%
Chernihiv oblast 1110%
Kyiv oblast 109%
Sumy oblast 87%
Kharkiv oblast 87%
Vinnytsia oblast 65%
Luhansk oblast 65%
Poltava oblast 65%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 54%
All 21 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 54%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 43%
Zakarpattia oblast 43%
Lviv oblast 43%
Cherkasy oblast 43%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 33%
Ternopil oblast 33%
Odesa oblast 22%
Mykolaiv oblast 11%
Rivne oblast 11%
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

17 of 115 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Zhytomyr oblast 12All 12 places
Donetsk oblast 117 of 11

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

Chernihiv oblast 117 of 11

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

Kyiv oblast 106 of 10

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

Sumy oblast 85 of 8

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

Kharkiv oblast 85 of 8

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

Vinnytsia oblast 64 of 6

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

Luhansk oblast 64 of 6

and 2 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 →

Zaporizhzhia 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 →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 43 of 4

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

Zakarpattia oblast 43 of 4

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

Lviv oblast 43 of 4

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

Cherkasy oblast 43 of 4

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

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 3All 3 places
Ternopil oblast 3All 3 places
Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Mykolaiv oblast 1All 1 place
Rivne oblast 1All 1 place
Kherson oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

6 entries in 5 regiments

  • Кальницький
  • Білоцерківський
  • Київський
  • Полтавський
  • Чернігівський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Иванъ Скибаsotnia ЛиповецкаяКальницький regimentp. 187
Иванъ Скибаsotnia БалабановскаяКальницький regimentp. 187
Андрей Скибаsotnia ОвруцкаяКиївський regimentp. 214
Иванъ Скибаsotnia ВерикаяПолтавський regimentp. 296
Иванъ Скибаsotnia КонотопскаяЧернігівський regimentp. 335

5 of 6 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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