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Kobzar (Кобзар): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 119 towns and villages of 17 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: 5 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 6 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 2 placesDonetsk oblast: 9 placesZhytomyr oblastZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 4 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 10 placesKyiv oblast: 10 placesKirovohrad oblast: 5 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 1 placeOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblast: 6 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 10 placesTernopil oblast: 4 placesKharkiv oblast: 24 placesKherson oblast: 4 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 2 placesCherkasy oblast: 13 placesChernihiv oblast: 12 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–2
  • 4
  • 5–9
  • 10–24

Selected oblast

Kharkiv oblast

24 places with the surname Кобзар

All 24 places →

Coverage: Kharkiv oblast →

Or choose from the list

The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 2420%
Cherkasy oblast 1311%
Chernihiv oblast 1210%
Kyiv oblast 108%
Sumy oblast 108%
Donetsk oblast 98%
Luhansk oblast 65%
Poltava oblast 65%
Vinnytsia oblast 54%
Kirovohrad oblast 54%
All 17 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 43%
Ternopil oblast 43%
Kherson oblast 43%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 22%
Odesa oblast 22%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 22%
Mykolaiv 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

5 of 119 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kharkiv oblast 24All 24 places
Cherkasy oblast 138 of 13

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

Chernihiv oblast 128 of 12

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

Kyiv oblast 106 of 10

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

Sumy oblast 106 of 10

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

Donetsk oblast 96 of 9

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

Luhansk oblast 64 of 6

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

Poltava oblast 64 of 6

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

Vinnytsia oblast 53 of 5

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

Kirovohrad oblast 53 of 5

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 43 of 4

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

Ternopil oblast 43 of 4

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

Kherson oblast 43 of 4

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 2All 2 places
Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Khmelnytskyi oblast 2All 2 places
Mykolaiv oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

3 entries in 2 regiments

  • Уманський
  • Брацлавський

The same surname in 1649 does not by itself mean this was your ancestor.

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Яцько Кобзаръsotnia БанковскаяУманський regimentp. 134
Федоръ Кобзаръsotnia ИваньгородскаяУманський regimentp. 136
Василь Кобзаръsotnia КраснянскаяБрацлавський regimentp. 161

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.

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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Give us the surname and the village; we reply by email whether the parish books survive. It is free. Next is the search: a letter on where your family’s books are kept.

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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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