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Movchan (Мовчан): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 177 towns and villages of 21 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: 14 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 5 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 5 placesDonetsk oblast: 5 placesZhytomyr oblast: 7 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 10 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 2 placesKyiv oblast: 15 placesKyiv oblast: 15 placesKirovohrad oblast: 8 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 2 placesMykolaiv oblast: 6 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 16 placesRivne oblast: 2 placesSumy oblast: 10 placesTernopil oblast: 2 placesKharkiv oblast: 19 placesKherson oblast: 3 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 13 placesCherkasy oblast: 15 placesChernihiv oblast: 17 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 7–13
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Kharkiv oblast

19 places with the surname Мовчан

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 1911%
Chernihiv oblast 1710%
Poltava oblast 169%
Kyiv oblast 158%
Cherkasy oblast 158%
Vinnytsia oblast 148%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 137%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 106%
Sumy oblast 106%
Kirovohrad oblast 85%
All 21 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zhytomyr oblast 74%
Mykolaiv oblast 63%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 53%
Donetsk oblast 53%
Luhansk oblast 53%
Kherson oblast 32%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 21%
Lviv oblast 21%
Rivne oblast 21%
Ternopil oblast 21%
Odesa 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

22 of 177 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kharkiv oblast 19All 19 places
Chernihiv oblast 177 of 17

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

Poltava oblast 167 of 16

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

Kyiv oblast 156 of 15

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

Cherkasy oblast 156 of 15

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

Vinnytsia oblast 146 of 14

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 135 of 13

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 104 of 10

and 6 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 104 of 10

and 6 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 83 of 8

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

Zhytomyr oblast 73 of 7

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

Mykolaiv oblast 63 of 6

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 53 of 5

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

Donetsk oblast 53 of 5

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

Luhansk oblast 53 of 5

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

Kherson oblast 3All 3 places
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 2All 2 places
Lviv oblast 2All 2 places
Rivne oblast 2All 2 places
Ternopil oblast 2All 2 places
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

12 entries in 8 regiments

  • Уманський
  • Переяславський
  • Канівський
  • Корсунський
  • Брацлавський
  • Кальницький
  • Київський
  • Ніжинський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Андрей Мовчанъsotnia СтародубоваКанівський regimentp. 55
Онисько Мовчанъsotnia КостенковаКорсунський regimentp. 94
Степанъ МовчанъУманський regimentp. 132
Григоръ МовчанъБрацлавський regimentp. 171
Андрусь Мовчанъsotnia БорщоговскаяКальницький regimentp. 183

5 of 12 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.

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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