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Bondarenko (Бондаренко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 833 towns and villages of 20 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: 23 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 49 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 46 placesDonetsk oblast: 55 placesZhytomyr oblast: 29 placesZakarpattia oblast: 1 placeZaporizhzhia oblast: 33 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 82 placesKyiv oblast: 82 placesKirovohrad oblast: 74 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 32 placesOdesa oblast: 21 placesPoltava oblast: 43 placesRivne oblast: 1 placeSumy oblast: 50 placesTernopil oblast: 2 placesKharkiv oblast: 109 placesKherson oblast: 23 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 10 placesCherkasy oblast: 87 placesChernihiv oblast: 63 placesChernivtsi oblast
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Kharkiv oblast

109 places with the surname Бондаренко

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Coverage: Kharkiv oblast →

The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 10913%
Cherkasy oblast 8710%
Kyiv oblast 8210%
Kirovohrad oblast 749%
Chernihiv oblast 638%
Donetsk oblast 557%
Sumy oblast 506%
Luhansk oblast 496%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 466%
Poltava oblast 435%
All 20 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 334%
Mykolaiv oblast 324%
Zhytomyr oblast 293%
Vinnytsia oblast 233%
Kherson oblast 233%
Odesa oblast 213%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 101%
Ternopil oblast 21%
Zakarpattia oblast 11%
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

37 of 833 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Kharkiv oblast 10924 of 109

and 85 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 878 of 87

and 79 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 827 of 82

and 75 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 747 of 74

and 67 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 636 of 63

and 57 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 555 of 55

and 50 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 504 of 50

and 46 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Luhansk oblast 494 of 49

and 45 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 464 of 46

and 42 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 434 of 43

and 39 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 333 of 33

and 30 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Mykolaiv oblast 323 of 32

and 29 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 293 of 29

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

Vinnytsia oblast 233 of 23

and 20 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kherson oblast 233 of 23

and 20 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Odesa oblast 213 of 21

and 18 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Khmelnytskyi oblast 103 of 10

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

Ternopil oblast 2All 2 places
Zakarpattia oblast 1All 1 place
Rivne oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

32 entries in 13 regiments

  • Чигиринський
  • Корсунський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Уманський
  • Брацлавський
  • Переяславський
  • Полтавський
  • Черкаський
  • Київський
  • Миргородський
  • Кальницький
  • Кропивнянський
  • Прилуцький

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Хведько Бондаренкоsotnia БоровицкаяЧигиринський regimentp. 8
Иванъ Бондаренкоsotnia ДрагилеваЧеркаський regimentp. 32
Тимко БондаренкоКорсунський regimentp. 80
Иванъ БондаренкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 112
Таврило Бондаренкоsotnia ИваньгородскаяУманський regimentp. 136

5 of 32 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.

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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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