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Kozak (Козак): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 365 towns and villages of 23 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: 45 placesVolyn oblast: 1 placeLuhansk oblast: 4 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 2 placesDonetsk oblast: 7 placesZhytomyr oblast: 23 placesZakarpattia oblast: 2 placesZaporizhzhia oblast: 3 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 27 placesKyiv oblast: 10 placesKyiv oblast: 10 placesKirovohrad oblast: 4 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 66 placesMykolaiv oblast: 4 placesOdesa oblast: 5 placesPoltava oblast: 2 placesRivne oblast: 16 placesSumy oblastTernopil oblast: 52 placesKharkiv oblast: 6 placesKherson oblast: 2 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 62 placesCherkasy oblast: 10 placesChernihiv oblast: 4 placesChernivtsi oblast: 8 places
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 3–5
  • 6–16
  • 23–66

Selected oblast

Lviv oblast

66 places with the surname Козак

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Coverage: Lviv oblast →

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Lviv oblast 6618%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 6217%
Ternopil oblast 5214%
Vinnytsia oblast 4512%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 277%
Zhytomyr oblast 236%
Rivne oblast 164%
Kyiv oblast 103%
Cherkasy oblast 103%
Chernivtsi oblast 82%
All 23 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Donetsk oblast 72%
Kharkiv oblast 62%
Odesa oblast 51%
Kirovohrad oblast 41%
Luhansk oblast 41%
Mykolaiv oblast 41%
Chernihiv oblast 41%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 31%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 21%
Zakarpattia oblast 21%
Poltava oblast 21%
Kherson oblast 21%
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

118 of 365 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Lviv oblast 6624 of 66

and 42 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Khmelnytskyi oblast 6213 of 62

and 49 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Ternopil oblast 5211 of 52

and 41 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Vinnytsia oblast 459 of 45

and 36 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 275 of 27

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

Zhytomyr oblast 235 of 23

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

Rivne oblast 163 of 16

and 13 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 103 of 10

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

Cherkasy oblast 103 of 10

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

Chernivtsi oblast 83 of 8

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

Donetsk oblast 73 of 7

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

Kharkiv oblast 63 of 6

and 3 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 →

Kirovohrad oblast 43 of 4

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

Luhansk oblast 43 of 4

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

Mykolaiv oblast 43 of 4

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

Chernihiv oblast 43 of 4

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 3All 3 places
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 2All 2 places
Zakarpattia oblast 2All 2 places
Poltava oblast 2All 2 places
Kherson oblast 2All 2 places
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

13 entries in 6 regiments

  • Київський
  • Брацлавський
  • Миргородський
  • Ніжинський
  • Канівський
  • Переяславський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Матвѣй Козакъsotnia ТерехтимировскаяКанівський regimentp. 72
Гринець Козакъsotnia ГорянкоцкаяБрацлавський regimentp. 165
Савка Козакъsotnia БилецкогоКиївський regimentp. 200
Павло Козакъsotnia БаришполскаяПереяславський regimentp. 230
Андрѣй Козакъsotnia КонстантиновскаяМиргородський regimentp. 274

5 of 13 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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