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Volkov (Волков): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Counted together with the feminine form Волкова.

Recorded in 170 towns and villages of 19 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: 7 placesVolyn oblast: 1 placeLuhansk oblast: 26 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 6 placesDonetsk oblast: 17 placesZhytomyr oblast: 4 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 11 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 4 placesKyiv oblast: 4 placesKirovohrad oblast: 9 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 9 placesOdesa oblast: 3 placesPoltava oblast: 3 placesRivne oblast: 1 placeSumy oblast: 20 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 28 placesKherson oblast: 4 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 8 placesCherkasy oblast: 2 placesChernihiv oblast: 7 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–2
  • 3–6
  • 7–9
  • 11–28

Selected oblast

Kharkiv oblast

28 places with the surname Волков

All 28 places →

Coverage: Kharkiv oblast →

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 2816%
Luhansk oblast 2615%
Sumy oblast 2012%
Donetsk oblast 1710%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 116%
Kirovohrad oblast 95%
Mykolaiv oblast 95%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 85%
Vinnytsia oblast 74%
Chernihiv oblast 74%
All 19 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 64%
Zhytomyr oblast 42%
Kyiv oblast 42%
Kherson oblast 42%
Odesa oblast 32%
Poltava oblast 32%
Cherkasy oblast 21%
Volyn oblast 11%
Rivne 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

14 of 170 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kharkiv oblast 2824 of 28

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

Luhansk oblast 2612 of 26

and 14 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 209 of 20

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

Donetsk oblast 178 of 17

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 115 of 11

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

Kirovohrad oblast 94 of 9

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

Mykolaiv oblast 94 of 9

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 83 of 8

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

Vinnytsia 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 →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 63 of 6

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

Zhytomyr oblast 43 of 4

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

Kyiv 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
Poltava oblast 3All 3 places
Cherkasy oblast 2All 2 places
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Rivne oblast 1All 1 place

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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