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Taran (Таран): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 249 towns and villages of 16 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: 11 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 5 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 40 placesDonetsk oblast: 10 placesZhytomyr oblastZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 22 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 15 placesKyiv oblast: 15 placesKirovohrad oblast: 16 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 9 placesOdesa oblast: 5 placesPoltava oblast: 17 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 14 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 29 placesKherson oblast: 10 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 1 placeCherkasy oblast: 27 placesChernihiv oblast: 18 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–9
  • 10–14
  • 15–18
  • 22–40

Selected oblast

Dnipropetrovsk oblast

40 places with the surname Таран

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 4016%
Kharkiv oblast 2912%
Cherkasy oblast 2711%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 229%
Chernihiv oblast 187%
Poltava oblast 177%
Kirovohrad oblast 166%
Kyiv oblast 156%
Sumy oblast 146%
Vinnytsia oblast 114%
All 16 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Donetsk oblast 104%
Kherson oblast 104%
Mykolaiv oblast 94%
Luhansk oblast 52%
Odesa oblast 52%
Khmelnytskyi 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

12 of 249 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 4024 of 40

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

Kharkiv oblast 299 of 29

and 20 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 278 of 27

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 227 of 22

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

Chernihiv oblast 185 of 18

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

Poltava oblast 175 of 17

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

Kirovohrad oblast 165 of 16

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

Kyiv oblast 154 of 15

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

Sumy oblast 144 of 14

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

Vinnytsia oblast 113 of 11

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

Donetsk oblast 103 of 10

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

Kherson oblast 103 of 10

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

Mykolaiv oblast 93 of 9

and 6 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 →

Odesa oblast 53 of 5

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

6 entries in 6 regiments

  • Чигиринський
  • Черкаський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Київський
  • Переяславський
  • Полтавський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Супронъ Таранъsotnia МаксимовскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 19
Васько Таранъsotnia БогушковаЧеркаський regimentp. 48
Демянъ ТаранъБілоцерківський regimentp. 109
Тишко Таранъsotnia НагорногоКиївський regimentp. 201
Максимъ Таранъsotnia БерезанскаяПереяславський regimentp. 227

5 of 6 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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