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Zaika (Заїка): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 130 towns and villages of 18 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: 13 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 14 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 6 placesDonetsk oblast: 6 placesZhytomyr oblast: 9 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 3 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 8 placesKyiv oblast: 8 placesKirovohrad oblast: 10 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 2 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 5 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 11 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 15 placesKherson oblast: 2 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 7 placesCherkasy oblast: 12 placesChernihiv oblast: 5 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–2
  • 3–6
  • 7–10
  • 11–15

Selected oblast

Kharkiv oblast

15 places with the surname Заїка

All 15 places →

Coverage: Kharkiv oblast →

Or choose from the list

The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 1512%
Luhansk oblast 1411%
Vinnytsia oblast 1310%
Cherkasy oblast 129%
Sumy oblast 118%
Kirovohrad oblast 108%
Zhytomyr oblast 97%
Kyiv oblast 86%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 75%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 65%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Donetsk oblast 65%
Poltava oblast 54%
Chernihiv oblast 54%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 32%
Mykolaiv oblast 22%
Kherson oblast 22%
Odesa oblast 11%
Ternopil 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

18 of 130 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kharkiv oblast 15All 15 places
Luhansk oblast 148 of 14

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

Vinnytsia oblast 138 of 13

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

Cherkasy oblast 127 of 12

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

Sumy oblast 116 of 11

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

Kirovohrad oblast 106 of 10

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

Zhytomyr oblast 95 of 9

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

Kyiv oblast 84 of 8

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 74 of 7

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 63 of 6

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

Donetsk oblast 63 of 6

and 3 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 →

Chernihiv oblast 53 of 5

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 3All 3 places
Mykolaiv oblast 2All 2 places
Kherson oblast 2All 2 places
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Ternopil oblast 1All 1 place

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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Give us the surname and the village; we reply by email whether the parish books survive. It is free. Next is the search: a letter on where your family’s books are kept.

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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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