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Chumak (Чумак): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 224 towns and villages of 22 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: 21 placesVolyn oblast: 1 placeLuhansk oblast: 16 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 22 placesDonetsk oblast: 9 placesZhytomyr oblast: 23 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 5 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 15 placesKyiv oblast: 15 placesKirovohrad oblast: 14 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 1 placeMykolaiv oblast: 7 placesOdesa oblast: 5 placesPoltava oblast: 8 placesRivne oblast: 7 placesSumy oblast: 7 placesTernopil oblast: 3 placesKharkiv oblast: 14 placesKherson oblast: 7 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 12 placesCherkasy oblast: 16 placesChernihiv oblast: 9 placesChernivtsi oblast: 2 places
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 9–14
  • 15–23

Selected oblast

Zhytomyr oblast

23 places with the surname Чумак

All 23 places →

Coverage: Zhytomyr oblast →

The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Zhytomyr oblast 2310%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 2210%
Vinnytsia oblast 219%
Luhansk oblast 167%
Cherkasy oblast 167%
Kyiv oblast 157%
Kirovohrad oblast 146%
Kharkiv oblast 146%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 125%
Donetsk oblast 94%
All 22 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 94%
Poltava oblast 84%
Mykolaiv oblast 73%
Rivne oblast 73%
Sumy oblast 73%
Kherson oblast 73%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 52%
Odesa oblast 52%
Ternopil oblast 31%
Chernivtsi oblast 21%
Volyn oblast 11%
Lviv 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

25 of 224 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Zhytomyr oblast 23All 23 places
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 227 of 22

and 15 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Vinnytsia oblast 217 of 21

and 14 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Luhansk oblast 165 of 16

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

Cherkasy oblast 165 of 16

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

Kyiv oblast 155 of 15

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

Kirovohrad oblast 145 of 14

and 9 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 145 of 14

and 9 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Khmelnytskyi oblast 124 of 12

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

Donetsk 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 →

Poltava oblast 83 of 8

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

Mykolaiv oblast 73 of 7

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

Rivne oblast 73 of 7

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

Sumy oblast 73 of 7

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

Kherson oblast 73 of 7

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 53 of 5

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

Odesa oblast 53 of 5

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

Ternopil oblast 3All 3 places
Chernivtsi oblast 2All 2 places
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Lviv 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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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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