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Shpak (Шпак): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 220 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: 28 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 7 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 7 placesDonetsk oblast: 8 placesZhytomyr oblast: 8 placesZakarpattia oblast: 1 placeZaporizhzhia oblast: 8 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 4 placesKyiv oblast: 20 placesKyiv oblast: 20 placesKirovohrad oblast: 9 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 13 placesMykolaiv oblast: 4 placesOdesa oblast: 3 placesPoltava oblast: 5 placesRivne oblast: 11 placesSumy oblast: 9 placesTernopil oblast: 14 placesKharkiv oblast: 7 placesKherson oblast: 4 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 31 placesCherkasy oblast: 10 placesChernihiv oblast: 7 placesChernivtsi oblast: 2 places
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 4–7
  • 8–10
  • 11–31

Selected oblast

Khmelnytskyi oblast

31 places with the surname Шпак

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 3114%
Vinnytsia oblast 2813%
Kyiv oblast 209%
Ternopil oblast 146%
Lviv oblast 136%
Rivne oblast 115%
Cherkasy oblast 105%
Kirovohrad oblast 94%
Sumy oblast 94%
Donetsk oblast 84%
All 23 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zhytomyr oblast 84%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 84%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 73%
Luhansk oblast 73%
Kharkiv oblast 73%
Chernihiv oblast 73%
Poltava oblast 52%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 42%
Mykolaiv oblast 42%
Kherson oblast 42%
Odesa oblast 31%
Chernivtsi oblast 21%
Zakarpattia 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

49 of 220 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Khmelnytskyi oblast 3124 of 31

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

Vinnytsia oblast 2810 of 28

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

Kyiv oblast 207 of 20

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

Ternopil oblast 145 of 14

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

Lviv oblast 134 of 13

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

Rivne oblast 114 of 11

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 →

Kirovohrad oblast 93 of 9

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

Sumy oblast 93 of 9

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

Donetsk oblast 83 of 8

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

Zhytomyr oblast 83 of 8

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 83 of 8

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 73 of 7

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

Luhansk oblast 73 of 7

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

Kharkiv oblast 73 of 7

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

Chernihiv oblast 73 of 7

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

Poltava oblast 53 of 5

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

Ivano-Frankivsk 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 →

Kherson oblast 43 of 4

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

Odesa oblast 3All 3 places
Chernivtsi oblast 2All 2 places
Zakarpattia oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

8 entries in 6 regiments

  • Кальницький
  • Миргородський
  • Канівський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Переяславський
  • Полтавський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Мисько Шпакъsotnia ИржышчовскаяКанівський regimentp. 74
Иванъ ШпакъБілоцерківський regimentp. 121
Шпакъsotnia ЖивотовскаяКальницький regimentp. 183
Илко Шпакъsotnia БаришполскаяПереяславський regimentp. 231
Андрѣй Шпакъsotnia КонстантиновскаяМиргородський regimentp. 274

5 of 8 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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