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Koval (Коваль): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 797 towns and villages of 24 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: 141 placesVolyn oblast: 1 placeLuhansk oblast: 15 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 26 placesDonetsk oblast: 11 placesZhytomyr oblast: 27 placesZakarpattia oblast: 7 placesZaporizhzhia oblast: 18 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 10 placesKyiv oblast: 73 placesKyiv oblast: 73 placesKirovohrad oblast: 25 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 62 placesMykolaiv oblast: 8 placesOdesa oblast: 10 placesPoltava oblast: 14 placesRivne oblast: 22 placesSumy oblast: 19 placesTernopil oblast: 38 placesKharkiv oblast: 58 placesKherson oblast: 5 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 102 placesCherkasy oblast: 65 placesChernihiv oblast: 37 placesChernivtsi oblast: 3 places
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 1–8
  • 10–19
  • 22–38
  • 58–141

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Vinnytsia oblast

141 places with the surname Коваль

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Vinnytsia oblast 14118%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 10213%
Kyiv oblast 739%
Cherkasy oblast 658%
Lviv oblast 628%
Kharkiv oblast 587%
Ternopil oblast 385%
Chernihiv oblast 375%
Zhytomyr oblast 273%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 263%
All 24 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kirovohrad oblast 253%
Rivne oblast 223%
Sumy oblast 192%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 182%
Luhansk oblast 152%
Poltava oblast 142%
Donetsk oblast 111%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 101%
Odesa oblast 101%
Mykolaiv oblast 81%
Zakarpattia oblast 71%
Kherson oblast 51%
Chernivtsi oblast 31%
Volyn 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

203 of 797 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Vinnytsia oblast 14124 of 141

and 117 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Khmelnytskyi oblast 10210 of 102

and 92 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 737 of 73

and 66 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 656 of 65

and 59 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Lviv oblast 626 of 62

and 56 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 585 of 58

and 53 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Ternopil oblast 383 of 38

and 35 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 373 of 37

and 34 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 273 of 27

and 24 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 263 of 26

and 23 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 253 of 25

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

Rivne oblast 223 of 22

and 19 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 193 of 19

and 16 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 183 of 18

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

Luhansk oblast 153 of 15

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

Poltava oblast 143 of 14

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

Donetsk oblast 113 of 11

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

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 103 of 10

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

Odesa oblast 103 of 10

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

Mykolaiv oblast 83 of 8

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

Zakarpattia oblast 73 of 7

and 4 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 →

Chernivtsi oblast 3All 3 places
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

77 entries in 14 regiments

  • Полтавський
  • Чигиринський
  • Миргородський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Уманський
  • Канівський
  • Корсунський
  • Брацлавський
  • Київський
  • Переяславський
  • Черкаський
  • Кальницький
  • Ніжинський
  • Чернігівський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Тимко КовальЧигиринський regimentp. 1
Дацько КовальЧеркаський regimentp. 28
Ярошъ Ковальsotnia ВолынцоваКанівський regimentp. 58
Сахно Ковальsotnia ВеруненковаКорсунський regimentp. 82
Васько КовальБілоцерківський regimentp. 112

5 of 77 entries shown. 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.

Similar surnames in the index

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

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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