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Onyshchuk (Онищук): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Onishchuk · Onyszczuk. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 137 towns and villages of 18 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 oblastDnipropetrovsk oblastDonetsk oblast: 1 placeZhytomyr oblast: 22 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 1 placeIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 5 placesKyiv oblast: 4 placesKyiv oblast: 4 placesKirovohrad oblast: 2 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 3 placesMykolaiv oblast: 1 placeOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblastRivne oblast: 20 placesSumy oblast: 1 placeTernopil oblast: 8 placesKharkiv oblastKherson oblast: 1 placeKhmelnytskyi oblast: 38 placesCherkasy oblast: 4 placesChernihiv oblast: 3 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–2
  • 3–5
  • 8–38

Selected oblast

Khmelnytskyi oblast

38 places with the surname Онищук

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 3828%
Zhytomyr oblast 2216%
Vinnytsia oblast 2115%
Rivne oblast 2015%
Ternopil oblast 86%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 54%
Kyiv oblast 43%
Cherkasy oblast 43%
Lviv oblast 32%
Chernihiv oblast 32%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kirovohrad oblast 21%
Volyn oblast 11%
Donetsk oblast 11%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 11%
Mykolaiv oblast 11%
Odesa oblast 11%
Sumy oblast 11%
Kherson 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

30 places with a ready parish description · 24 shown

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Places in the indexed books

Khmelnytskyi oblast 3824 of 38

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

Other oblasts17Show
Zhytomyr oblast 2212 of 22

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

Vinnytsia oblast 2112 of 21

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

Rivne oblast 2011 of 20

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

Ternopil oblast 84 of 8

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

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 53 of 5

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

Kyiv oblast 43 of 4

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

Cherkasy oblast 43 of 4

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

Lviv oblast 3All 3 places
Chernihiv oblast 3All 3 places
Kirovohrad oblast 2All 2 places
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Donetsk oblast 1All 1 place
Zaporizhzhia oblast 1All 1 place
Mykolaiv oblast 1All 1 place
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Sumy oblast 1All 1 place
Kherson oblast 1All 1 place

Similar surnames in the index

Similar in spelling. That does not make the families related.

What these books can and cannot tell you

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  • 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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