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Koval (Коваль): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 797 towns and villages of 24 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: 141 placesVolyn oblast: 1 placeLuhansk oblast: 15 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 26 placesDonetsk oblast: 11 placesZhytomyr oblast: 27 placesZakarpattia oblast: 7 placesZaporizhzhia oblast: 18 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 10 placesKyiv oblast: 73 placesKyiv oblast: 73 placesKirovohrad oblast: 25 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 62 placesMykolaiv oblast: 8 placesOdesa oblast: 10 placesPoltava oblast: 14 placesRivne oblast: 22 placesSumy oblast: 19 placesTernopil oblast: 38 placesKharkiv oblast: 58 placesKherson oblast: 5 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 102 placesCherkasy oblast: 65 placesChernihiv oblast: 37 placesChernivtsi oblast: 3 places
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–8
  • 10–19
  • 22–38
  • 58–141

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Vinnytsia oblast

141 places with the surname Коваль

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Vinnytsia oblast 14118%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 10213%
Kyiv oblast 739%
Cherkasy oblast 658%
Lviv oblast 628%
Kharkiv oblast 587%
Ternopil oblast 385%
Chernihiv oblast 375%
Zhytomyr oblast 273%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 263%
All 24 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kirovohrad oblast 253%
Rivne oblast 223%
Sumy oblast 192%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 182%
Luhansk oblast 152%
Poltava oblast 142%
Donetsk oblast 111%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 101%
Odesa oblast 101%
Mykolaiv oblast 81%
Zakarpattia oblast 71%
Kherson oblast 51%
Chernivtsi oblast 31%
Volyn 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

203 places with a ready parish description · 24 shown

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Places in the indexed books

Vinnytsia oblast 14124 of 141

and 117 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Other oblasts23Show
Khmelnytskyi oblast 10210 of 102

and 92 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 737 of 73

and 66 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 656 of 65

and 59 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Lviv oblast 626 of 62

and 56 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 585 of 58

and 53 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Ternopil oblast 383 of 38

and 35 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 373 of 37

and 34 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 273 of 27

and 24 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 263 of 26

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

Kirovohrad oblast 253 of 25

and 22 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Rivne oblast 223 of 22

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

Sumy oblast 193 of 19

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 183 of 18

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

Luhansk oblast 153 of 15

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

Poltava oblast 143 of 14

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

Donetsk oblast 113 of 11

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

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 103 of 10

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

Odesa oblast 103 of 10

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

Mykolaiv oblast 83 of 8

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

Zakarpattia oblast 73 of 7

and 4 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 →

Chernivtsi oblast 3All 3 places
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 164977 entries in 14 regimentsShow
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

77 entries in 14 regiments

  • Полтавський
  • Чигиринський
  • Миргородський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Уманський
  • Канівський
  • Корсунський
  • Брацлавський
  • Київський
  • Переяславський
  • Черкаський
  • Кальницький
  • Ніжинський
  • Чернігівський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Тимко КовальЧигиринський regimentp. 1
Дацько КовальЧеркаський regimentp. 28
Ярошъ Ковальsotnia ВолынцоваКанівський regimentp. 58
Сахно Ковальsotnia ВеруненковаКорсунський regimentp. 82
Васько КовальБілоцерківський regimentp. 112

5 of 77 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.

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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