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Babenko (Бабенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 277 towns and villages of 18 oblasts in the state memory books of 1917–1960. This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.

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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Vinnytsia oblast: 9 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 15 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 22 placesDonetsk oblast: 18 placesZhytomyr oblast: 2 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 15 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 36 placesKyiv oblast: 36 placesKirovohrad oblast: 18 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 7 placesOdesa oblast: 4 placesPoltava oblast: 23 placesRivne oblast: 1 placeSumy oblast: 16 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 31 placesKherson oblast: 14 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 3 placesCherkasy oblast: 30 placesChernihiv oblast: 13 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 1–4
  • 7–14
  • 15–18
  • 22–36

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Kyiv oblast

36 places with the surname Бабенко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 3613%
Kharkiv oblast 3111%
Cherkasy oblast 3011%
Poltava oblast 238%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 228%
Donetsk oblast 186%
Kirovohrad oblast 186%
Sumy oblast 166%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 155%
Luhansk oblast 155%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kherson oblast 145%
Chernihiv oblast 135%
Vinnytsia oblast 93%
Mykolaiv oblast 73%
Odesa oblast 41%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 31%
Zhytomyr oblast 21%
Rivne 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

9 of 277 places

Parish, books and what has been digitized: open a place.

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 3624 of 36

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

Kharkiv oblast 318 of 31

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

Cherkasy oblast 308 of 30

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

Poltava oblast 236 of 23

and 17 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 226 of 22

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

Donetsk oblast 185 of 18

and 13 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 185 of 18

and 13 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 164 of 16

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 154 of 15

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

Luhansk oblast 154 of 15

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

Kherson oblast 144 of 14

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

Chernihiv oblast 133 of 13

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

Vinnytsia oblast 93 of 9

and 6 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 →

Odesa oblast 43 of 4

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 3All 3 places
Zhytomyr oblast 2All 2 places
Rivne oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

14 entries in 6 regiments

  • Уманський
  • Кальницький
  • Чигиринський
  • Брацлавський
  • Полтавський
  • Корсунський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Марко Бабенкоsotnia МаксимовскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 20
Петро Бабенкоsotnia КорчовскаяКорсунський regimentp. 93
Иванъ Бабенкоsotnia ИваньгородскаяУманський regimentp. 136
Романъ Бабенкоsotnia ЯніполскаяБрацлавський regimentp. 169
Андрушко БабенкоКальницький regimentp. 181

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

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.

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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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