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Kovalchuk (Ковальчук): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 913 towns and villages of 24 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: 126 placesVolyn oblast: 11 placesLuhansk oblast: 5 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 6 placesDonetsk oblast: 14 placesZhytomyr oblast: 147 placesZakarpattia oblast: 1 placeZaporizhzhia oblast: 3 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 23 placesKyiv oblast: 54 placesKyiv oblast: 54 placesKirovohrad oblast: 16 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 50 placesMykolaiv oblast: 10 placesOdesa oblast: 7 placesPoltava oblast: 3 placesRivne oblast: 117 placesSumy oblast: 15 placesTernopil oblast: 70 placesKharkiv oblast: 13 placesKherson oblast: 5 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 175 placesCherkasy oblast: 25 placesChernihiv oblast: 14 placesChernivtsi oblast: 3 places
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–5
  • 6–13
  • 14–50
  • 54–175

Selected oblast

Khmelnytskyi oblast

175 places with the surname Ковальчук

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 17519%
Zhytomyr oblast 14716%
Vinnytsia oblast 12614%
Rivne oblast 11713%
Ternopil oblast 708%
Kyiv oblast 546%
Lviv oblast 505%
Cherkasy oblast 253%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 233%
Kirovohrad oblast 162%
All 24 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Sumy oblast 152%
Donetsk oblast 142%
Chernihiv oblast 142%
Kharkiv oblast 131%
Volyn oblast 111%
Mykolaiv oblast 101%
Odesa oblast 71%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 61%
Luhansk oblast 51%
Kherson oblast 51%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 31%
Poltava oblast 31%
Chernivtsi oblast 31%
Zakarpattia 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

201 places with a ready parish description · 24 shown

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Places in the indexed books

Khmelnytskyi oblast 17524 of 175

and 151 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Other oblasts23Show
Zhytomyr oblast 14712 of 147

and 135 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Vinnytsia oblast 12611 of 126

and 115 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Rivne oblast 11710 of 117

and 107 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Ternopil oblast 706 of 70

and 64 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 544 of 54

and 50 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Lviv oblast 504 of 50

and 46 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 253 of 25

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

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 233 of 23

and 20 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 163 of 16

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

Sumy oblast 153 of 15

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

Donetsk oblast 143 of 14

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

Chernihiv oblast 143 of 14

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

Kharkiv oblast 133 of 13

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

Volyn oblast 113 of 11

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

Mykolaiv oblast 103 of 10

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

Odesa oblast 73 of 7

and 4 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 →

Luhansk oblast 53 of 5

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

Kherson oblast 53 of 5

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 3All 3 places
Poltava oblast 3All 3 places
Chernivtsi oblast 3All 3 places
Zakarpattia oblast 1All 1 place

Similar surnames in the index

Similar in spelling. That does not make the families related.

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.
  • 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.

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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