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Rak (Рак): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 126 towns and villages of 20 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: 8 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblastDnipropetrovsk oblast: 5 placesDonetsk oblast: 6 placesZhytomyr oblast: 3 placesZakarpattia oblast: 2 placesZaporizhzhia oblast: 2 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 2 placesKyiv oblast: 5 placesKyiv oblast: 5 placesKirovohrad oblast: 6 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 21 placesMykolaiv oblast: 2 placesOdesa oblastPoltava oblast: 6 placesRivne oblast: 2 placesSumy oblast: 7 placesTernopil oblast: 8 placesKharkiv oblast: 4 placesKherson oblast: 1 placeKhmelnytskyi oblast: 9 placesCherkasy oblast: 13 placesChernihiv oblast: 14 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 1
  • 2–5
  • 6–7
  • 8–21

Selected oblast

Lviv oblast

21 places with the surname Рак

All 21 places →

Coverage: Lviv oblast →

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Lviv oblast 2117%
Chernihiv oblast 1411%
Cherkasy oblast 1310%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 97%
Vinnytsia oblast 86%
Ternopil oblast 86%
Sumy oblast 76%
Donetsk oblast 65%
Kirovohrad oblast 65%
Poltava oblast 65%
All 20 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 54%
Kyiv oblast 54%
Kharkiv oblast 43%
Zhytomyr oblast 32%
Zakarpattia oblast 22%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 22%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 22%
Mykolaiv oblast 22%
Rivne oblast 22%
Kherson 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

35 of 126 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Lviv oblast 21All 21 places
Chernihiv oblast 148 of 14

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

Cherkasy oblast 138 of 13

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 95 of 9

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

Vinnytsia oblast 85 of 8

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

Ternopil oblast 85 of 8

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

Sumy oblast 74 of 7

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

Donetsk oblast 63 of 6

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

Kirovohrad oblast 63 of 6

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

Poltava 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 →

Kyiv oblast 53 of 5

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

Kharkiv oblast 43 of 4

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

Zhytomyr oblast 3All 3 places
Zakarpattia oblast 2All 2 places
Zaporizhzhia oblast 2All 2 places
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 2All 2 places
Mykolaiv oblast 2All 2 places
Rivne oblast 2All 2 places
Kherson oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

3 entries in 3 regiments

  • Черкаський
  • Брацлавський
  • Прилуцький

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Романъ Ракъsotnia ДрагилеваЧеркаський regimentp. 32
Климко РакъБрацлавський regimentp. 171
Васько Ракъsotnia ГороденскаяПрилуцький regimentp. 314

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.

Do you know the village your family came from?

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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