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Kolesnyk (Колесник): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 339 towns and villages of 21 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: 52 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 19 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 15 placesDonetsk oblast: 8 placesZhytomyr oblast: 34 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 15 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 3 placesKyiv oblast: 27 placesKyiv oblast: 27 placesKirovohrad oblast: 15 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 2 placesMykolaiv oblast: 10 placesOdesa oblast: 5 placesPoltava oblast: 5 placesRivne oblast: 11 placesSumy oblast: 14 placesTernopil oblast: 10 placesKharkiv oblast: 29 placesKherson oblast: 5 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 32 placesCherkasy oblast: 8 placesChernihiv oblast: 20 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 2–5
  • 8–11
  • 14–19
  • 20–52

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Vinnytsia oblast

52 places with the surname Колесник

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Vinnytsia oblast 5215%
Zhytomyr oblast 3410%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 329%
Kharkiv oblast 299%
Kyiv oblast 278%
Chernihiv oblast 206%
Luhansk oblast 196%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 154%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 154%
Kirovohrad oblast 154%
All 21 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Sumy oblast 144%
Rivne oblast 113%
Mykolaiv oblast 103%
Ternopil oblast 103%
Donetsk oblast 82%
Cherkasy oblast 82%
Odesa oblast 51%
Poltava oblast 51%
Kherson oblast 51%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 31%
Lviv oblast 21%

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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

60 places with a ready parish description · 24 shown

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Places in the indexed books

Vinnytsia oblast 5224 of 52

and 28 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Other oblasts20Show
Zhytomyr oblast 348 of 34

and 26 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Khmelnytskyi oblast 327 of 32

and 25 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 296 of 29

and 23 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 276 of 27

and 21 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 204 of 20

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

Luhansk oblast 194 of 19

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 153 of 15

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 153 of 15

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

Kirovohrad oblast 153 of 15

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

Sumy oblast 143 of 14

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

Rivne oblast 113 of 11

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

Mykolaiv oblast 103 of 10

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

Ternopil oblast 103 of 10

and 7 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 →

Cherkasy oblast 83 of 8

and 5 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 →

Poltava oblast 53 of 5

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

Kherson oblast 53 of 5

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

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 3All 3 places
Lviv oblast 2All 2 places
Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 164914 entries in 7 regimentsShow
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

14 entries in 7 regiments

  • Брацлавський
  • Канівський
  • Кальницький
  • Полтавський
  • Чигиринський
  • Уманський
  • Прилуцький

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Антонъ Колесникъsotnia БужинскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 7
Микита Колесникъsotnia КлимоваКанівський regimentp. 67
Герасимъ Колесникъsotnia РомановскаяУманський regimentp. 150
Дацько Колесникъsotnia БраиловскаяБрацлавський regimentp. 164
Апдрѣй Колесникъsotnia БабинскаяКальницький regimentp. 192

5 of 14 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

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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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