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Solovei (Соловей): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 177 towns and villages of 22 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: 20 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 2 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 3 placesDonetsk oblast: 4 placesZhytomyr oblast: 5 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 7 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 5 placesKyiv oblast: 14 placesKyiv oblast: 14 placesKirovohrad oblast: 4 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 2 placesMykolaiv oblast: 3 placesOdesa oblast: 3 placesPoltava oblast: 8 placesRivne oblast: 15 placesSumy oblast: 10 placesTernopil oblast: 8 placesKharkiv oblast: 13 placesKherson oblast: 2 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 12 placesCherkasy oblast: 11 placesChernihiv oblast: 25 placesChernivtsi oblast: 1 place
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 3–5
  • 7–11
  • 12–25

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Chernihiv oblast

25 places with the surname Соловей

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 2514%
Vinnytsia oblast 2011%
Rivne oblast 158%
Kyiv oblast 148%
Kharkiv oblast 137%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 127%
Cherkasy oblast 116%
Sumy oblast 106%
Poltava oblast 85%
Ternopil oblast 85%
All 22 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 74%
Zhytomyr oblast 53%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 53%
Donetsk oblast 42%
Kirovohrad oblast 42%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 32%
Mykolaiv oblast 32%
Odesa oblast 32%
Luhansk oblast 21%
Lviv oblast 21%
Kherson oblast 21%
Chernivtsi 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

30 of 177 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 2524 of 25

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

Vinnytsia oblast 209 of 20

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

Rivne oblast 156 of 15

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

Kyiv oblast 146 of 14

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

Kharkiv oblast 135 of 13

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 125 of 12

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

Cherkasy oblast 114 of 11

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

Sumy oblast 104 of 10

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

Poltava oblast 83 of 8

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

Ternopil oblast 83 of 8

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 73 of 7

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

Zhytomyr oblast 53 of 5

and 2 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 →

Donetsk oblast 43 of 4

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

Kirovohrad oblast 43 of 4

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

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

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

3 entries in 3 regiments

  • Кальницький
  • Кропивнянський
  • Прилуцький

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Стецько Соловейsotnia БабинскаяКальницький regimentp. 192
Иванъ Соловейsotnia ЖуравскаяКропивнянський regimentp. 254
Ничипоръ Соловейsotnia СрибранскаяПрилуцький regimentp. 309

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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