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Shmidt (Шмідт): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 139 towns and villages of 20 oblasts in the state memory books of 1917–1960. This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.

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Vinnytsia oblast: 6 placesVolyn oblast: 1 placeLuhansk oblast: 12 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 4 placesDonetsk oblast: 28 placesZhytomyr oblast: 11 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 34 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblastKyiv oblastKirovohrad oblast: 1 placeCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 3 placesMykolaiv oblast: 11 placesOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblast: 1 placeRivne oblast: 3 placesSumy oblast: 5 placesTernopil oblast: 2 placesKharkiv oblast: 2 placesKherson oblast: 3 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 8 placesCherkasy oblast: 1 placeChernihiv oblastChernivtsi oblast: 1 place
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3–8
  • 11–34

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Zaporizhzhia oblast

34 places with the surname Шмідт

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 3424%
Donetsk oblast 2820%
Luhansk oblast 129%
Zhytomyr oblast 118%
Mykolaiv oblast 118%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 86%
Vinnytsia oblast 64%
Sumy oblast 54%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 43%
Lviv oblast 32%
All 20 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Rivne oblast 32%
Kherson oblast 32%
Odesa oblast 21%
Ternopil oblast 21%
Kharkiv oblast 21%
Volyn oblast 11%
Kirovohrad oblast 11%
Poltava oblast 11%
Cherkasy oblast 11%
Chernivtsi oblast 11%

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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

16 places with a ready parish description

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Places in the indexed books

Zaporizhzhia oblast 3424 of 34

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

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Donetsk oblast 2816 of 28

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

Luhansk oblast 126 of 12

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

Zhytomyr oblast 116 of 11

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

Mykolaiv oblast 116 of 11

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 84 of 8

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

Vinnytsia oblast 63 of 6

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

Sumy 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 →

Lviv oblast 3All 3 places
Rivne oblast 3All 3 places
Kherson oblast 3All 3 places
Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Ternopil oblast 2All 2 places
Kharkiv oblast 2All 2 places
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Kirovohrad oblast 1All 1 place
Poltava oblast 1All 1 place
Cherkasy oblast 1All 1 place
Chernivtsi oblast 1All 1 place

What these books can and cannot tell you

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  • Show the towns and villages where the surname was recorded in 1917–1960.
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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.

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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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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