Where a surname was recorded in Ukraine
Type a surname in Ukrainian (Cyrillic) letters, or in Latin letters to find how it is spelled in Ukrainian: the search shows the towns and villages where the state memory books of the 20th century record it, on a map of the oblasts. They are records of 1917–1960. Nineteenth-century families were recorded in parish registers. Those are what we read, with a frame number beside every name.
144 524surnames
20 365towns and villages with at least one
The answer also shows the surname in the 1649 Register of the Zaporozhian Host, when the register holds it (the 1875 edition: regiment, sotnia and page).
Towns and villages
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Regiments
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.
The same surname in 1649 does not by itself mean this was your ancestor.
Surnames by oblast
- Places:
- none
- 264–578
- 656–703
- 732–1 055
- 1 064–1 575
Selected oblast
Lviv oblast
1 575 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Zhytomyr oblast
1 428 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Khmelnytskyi oblast
1 383 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Vinnytsia oblast
1 298 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Chernihiv oblast
1 228 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Sumy oblast
1 064 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Kyiv oblast
1 055 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Ternopil oblast
1 036 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Kharkiv oblast
1 000 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Poltava oblast
961 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Rivne oblast
863 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
732 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Donetsk oblast
703 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Dnipropetrovsk oblast
701 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Kirovohrad oblast
695 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Volyn oblast
682 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Cherkasy oblast
664 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Zaporizhzhia oblast
656 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Mykolaiv oblast
578 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Luhansk oblast
525 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Zakarpattia oblast
447 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Kherson oblast
431 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Odesa oblast
396 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Chernivtsi oblast
264 towns and villages with recorded surnames
Frequent surnames in the oblast
Or choose from the list
- Lviv 1 575
- Zhytomyr 1 428
- Khmelnytskyi 1 383
- Vinnytsia 1 298
- Chernihiv 1 228
- Sumy 1 064
- Kyiv 1 055
- Ternopil 1 036
- Kharkiv 1 000
- Poltava 961
- Rivne 863
- Ivano-Frankivsk 732
- Donetsk 703
- Dnipropetrovsk 701
- Kirovohrad 695
- Volyn 682
- Cherkasy 664
- Zaporizhzhia 656
- Mykolaiv 578
- Luhansk 525
- Zakarpattia 447
- Kherson 431
- Odesa 396
- Chernivtsi 264
Surnames A to Я
A page with its own map for every surname recorded in at least 100 places.
100 surnames recorded in the most places
The number beside a surname: towns and villages, not people. This ranks our index, not the surnames of Ukraine.
- 1Мельник1 445
- 2Бойко988
- 3Шевченко986
- 4Ковальчук913
- 5Олійник898
- 6Коваленко891
- 7Бондаренко833
- 8Ткаченко828
- 9Шевчук813
- 10Коваль797
- 11Поліщук739
- 12Кравченко724
- 13Бондар639
- 14Ткачук601
- 15Мороз594
- 16Кравчук522
- 17Руденко515
- 18Савченко514
- 19Лисенко511
- 20Марченко510
- 21Петренко479
- 22Мазур464
- 23Чорний464
- 24Савчук463
- 25Гаврилюк461
- 26Клименко452
- 27Іванов434
- 28Павленко433
- 29Пономаренко428
- 30Хоменко426
All 100 surnames
- 31Романюк421
- 32Левченко419
- 33Мельничук416
- 34Сидоренко412
- 35Коломієць409
- 36Мартинюк408
- 37Швець407
- 38Василенко405
- 39Павлюк405
- 40Волошин404
- 41Дяченко400
- 42Костюк396
- 43Кузьменко396
- 44Карпенко392
- 45Кулик391
- 46Гуменюк387
- 47Харченко385
- 48Кравець373
- 49Вовк372
- 50Козак365
- 51Костенко365
- 52Литвиненко361
- 53Левицький360
- 54Семенюк358
- 55Білоус345
- 56Юрченко345
- 57Кушнір342
- 58Панченко342
- 59Колесник339
- 60Гончаренко338
- 61Тищенко329
- 62Жук323
- 63Тарасенко323
- 64Ткач322
- 65Ковтун319
- 66Колісник313
- 67Попов310
- 68Приходько310
- 69Білик308
- 70Яворський304
- 71Кириченко302
- 72Литвин301
- 73Паламарчук301
- 74Сорока294
- 75Гончар290
- 76Гончарук290
- 77Добровольський290
- 78Яковенко290
- 79Пилипенко289
- 80Ковальський285
- 81Козловський285
- 82Назаренко285
- 83Марчук284
- 84Федоренко284
- 85Заєць280
- 86Іщенко280
- 87Бабенко277
- 88Терещенко271
- 89Камінський270
- 90Данилюк269
- 91Ковальов269
- 92Романенко269
- 93Голуб267
- 94Зінченко266
- 95Король266
- 96Нестеренко265
- 97Пасічник265
- 98Герасименко264
- 99Грищенко264
- 100Яценко264
Source: the 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.