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Chumak (Чумак): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 224 towns and villages of 22 oblasts in the state memory books of 1917–1960. This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.

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Vinnytsia oblast: 21 placesVolyn oblast: 1 placeLuhansk oblast: 16 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 22 placesDonetsk oblast: 9 placesZhytomyr oblast: 23 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 5 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 15 placesKyiv oblast: 15 placesKirovohrad oblast: 14 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 1 placeMykolaiv oblast: 7 placesOdesa oblast: 5 placesPoltava oblast: 8 placesRivne oblast: 7 placesSumy oblast: 7 placesTernopil oblast: 3 placesKharkiv oblast: 14 placesKherson oblast: 7 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 12 placesCherkasy oblast: 16 placesChernihiv oblast: 9 placesChernivtsi oblast: 2 places
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–3
  • 5–8
  • 9–14
  • 15–23

Selected oblast

Zhytomyr oblast

23 places with the surname Чумак

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Zhytomyr oblast 2310%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 2210%
Vinnytsia oblast 219%
Luhansk oblast 167%
Cherkasy oblast 167%
Kyiv oblast 157%
Kirovohrad oblast 146%
Kharkiv oblast 146%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 125%
Donetsk oblast 94%
All 22 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 94%
Poltava oblast 84%
Mykolaiv oblast 73%
Rivne oblast 73%
Sumy oblast 73%
Kherson oblast 73%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 52%
Odesa oblast 52%
Ternopil oblast 31%
Chernivtsi oblast 21%
Volyn oblast 11%
Lviv oblast 11%

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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

25 places with a ready parish description · 24 shown

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Places in the indexed books

Zhytomyr oblast 23All 23 places
Other oblasts21Show
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 227 of 22

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

Vinnytsia oblast 217 of 21

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

Luhansk oblast 165 of 16

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

Cherkasy oblast 165 of 16

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

Kyiv oblast 155 of 15

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

Kirovohrad oblast 145 of 14

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

Kharkiv oblast 145 of 14

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 124 of 12

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

Donetsk oblast 93 of 9

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

Chernihiv oblast 93 of 9

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

Poltava oblast 83 of 8

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

Mykolaiv oblast 73 of 7

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

Rivne oblast 73 of 7

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

Sumy oblast 73 of 7

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

Kherson oblast 73 of 7

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

Zaporizhzhia 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 →

Ternopil oblast 3All 3 places
Chernivtsi oblast 2All 2 places
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Lviv oblast 1All 1 place

What these books can and cannot tell you

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  • 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.

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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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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