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Polishchuk (Поліщук): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 739 towns and villages of 19 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: 157 placesVolyn oblast: 4 placesLuhansk oblast: 5 placesDnipropetrovsk oblastDonetsk oblast: 5 placesZhytomyr oblast: 109 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 9 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 69 placesKyiv oblast: 69 placesKirovohrad oblast: 34 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 14 placesOdesa oblast: 14 placesPoltava oblastRivne oblast: 52 placesSumy oblast: 2 placesTernopil oblast: 21 placesKharkiv oblast: 1 placeKherson oblast: 3 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 141 placesCherkasy oblast: 88 placesChernihiv oblast: 9 placesChernivtsi oblast: 2 places
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–3
  • 4–9
  • 14–52
  • 69–157

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Vinnytsia oblast

157 places with the surname Поліщук

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Vinnytsia oblast 15721%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 14119%
Zhytomyr oblast 10915%
Cherkasy oblast 8812%
Kyiv oblast 699%
Rivne oblast 527%
Kirovohrad oblast 345%
Ternopil oblast 213%
Mykolaiv oblast 142%
Odesa oblast 142%
All 19 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 91%
Chernihiv oblast 91%
Donetsk oblast 51%
Luhansk oblast 51%
Volyn oblast 41%
Kherson oblast 31%
Sumy oblast 21%
Chernivtsi oblast 21%
Kharkiv 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

160 places with a ready parish description · 24 shown

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Places in the indexed books

Vinnytsia oblast 15724 of 157

and 133 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Other oblasts18Show
Khmelnytskyi oblast 14115 of 141

and 126 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 10911 of 109

and 98 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 889 of 88

and 79 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 697 of 69

and 62 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Rivne oblast 525 of 52

and 47 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 343 of 34

and 31 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Ternopil oblast 213 of 21

and 18 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Mykolaiv oblast 143 of 14

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

Odesa oblast 143 of 14

and 11 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 →

Chernihiv oblast 93 of 9

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

Donetsk oblast 53 of 5

and 2 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 →

Volyn oblast 43 of 4

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

Kherson oblast 3All 3 places
Sumy oblast 2All 2 places
Chernivtsi oblast 2All 2 places
Kharkiv 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.
  • 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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