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Ruban (Рубан): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 128 towns and villages of 17 oblasts in the state memory books of 1917–1960. This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.

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Vinnytsia oblastVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 12 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 6 placesDonetsk oblast: 11 placesZhytomyr oblast: 3 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 9 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 15 placesKyiv oblast: 15 placesKirovohrad oblast: 8 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 3 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 2 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 12 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 15 placesKherson oblast: 1 placeKhmelnytskyi oblast: 1 placeCherkasy oblast: 3 placesChernihiv oblast: 25 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1
  • 2–3
  • 6–11
  • 12–25

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Chernihiv oblast

25 places with the surname Рубан

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 2520%
Kyiv oblast 1512%
Kharkiv oblast 1512%
Luhansk oblast 129%
Sumy oblast 129%
Donetsk oblast 119%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 97%
Kirovohrad oblast 86%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 65%
Zhytomyr oblast 32%
All 17 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Mykolaiv oblast 32%
Cherkasy oblast 32%
Poltava oblast 22%
Odesa oblast 11%
Ternopil oblast 11%
Kherson oblast 11%
Khmelnytskyi 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

4 places with a ready parish description

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Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 2524 of 25

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

Other oblasts16Show
Kyiv oblast 159 of 15

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

Kharkiv oblast 159 of 15

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

Luhansk oblast 127 of 12

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

Sumy oblast 127 of 12

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

Donetsk oblast 116 of 11

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 95 of 9

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

Kirovohrad oblast 85 of 8

and 3 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 3All 3 places
Mykolaiv oblast 3All 3 places
Cherkasy oblast 3All 3 places
Poltava oblast 2All 2 places
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Ternopil oblast 1All 1 place
Kherson oblast 1All 1 place
Khmelnytskyi 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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