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Soroka (Сорока): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 294 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: 17 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 8 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 10 placesDonetsk oblast: 10 placesZhytomyr oblast: 19 placesZakarpattia oblast: 2 placesZaporizhzhia oblast: 9 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 11 placesKyiv oblast: 14 placesKyiv oblast: 14 placesKirovohrad oblast: 12 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 39 placesMykolaiv oblast: 6 placesOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblast: 7 placesRivne oblast: 8 placesSumy oblast: 18 placesTernopil oblast: 12 placesKharkiv oblast: 6 placesKherson oblast: 6 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 31 placesCherkasy oblast: 15 placesChernihiv oblast: 30 placesChernivtsi oblast: 2 places
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 2
  • 6–9
  • 10–15
  • 17–39

Selected oblast

Lviv oblast

39 places with the surname Сорока

All 39 places →

Coverage: Lviv oblast →

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Lviv oblast 3913%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 3111%
Chernihiv oblast 3010%
Zhytomyr oblast 196%
Sumy oblast 186%
Vinnytsia oblast 176%
Cherkasy oblast 155%
Kyiv oblast 145%
Kirovohrad oblast 124%
Ternopil oblast 124%
All 23 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 114%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 103%
Donetsk oblast 103%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 93%
Luhansk oblast 83%
Rivne oblast 83%
Poltava oblast 72%
Mykolaiv oblast 62%
Kharkiv oblast 62%
Kherson oblast 62%
Zakarpattia oblast 21%
Odesa oblast 21%
Chernivtsi oblast 21%

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

56 of 294 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Lviv oblast 3924 of 39

and 15 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Khmelnytskyi oblast 318 of 31

and 23 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 308 of 30

and 22 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 195 of 19

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

Sumy oblast 184 of 18

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

Vinnytsia oblast 174 of 17

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

Cherkasy oblast 154 of 15

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

Kyiv oblast 143 of 14

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

Kirovohrad oblast 123 of 12

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

Ternopil oblast 123 of 12

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

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 113 of 11

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 103 of 10

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

Donetsk oblast 103 of 10

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 93 of 9

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

Luhansk oblast 83 of 8

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

Rivne oblast 83 of 8

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

Poltava oblast 73 of 7

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

Mykolaiv oblast 63 of 6

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

Kharkiv oblast 63 of 6

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

Kherson oblast 63 of 6

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

Zakarpattia oblast 2All 2 places
Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Chernivtsi oblast 2All 2 places
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

4 entries in 4 regiments

  • Корсунський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Миргородський
  • Чернігівський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Грынець Сорокаsotnia ИмглѣевскаяКорсунський regimentp. 97
Гаврыло СорокаБілоцерківський regimentp. 120
Мусѣй Сорокаsotnia КраснопольскаяМиргородський regimentp. 263
Гапонъ СорокаЧернігівський regimentp. 331

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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