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Butenko (Бутенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 136 towns and villages of 16 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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  • Places per oblast:
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  • 9–12
  • 13–16

Selected oblast

Kyiv oblast

16 places with the surname Бутенко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 1612%
Poltava oblast 1511%
Donetsk oblast 1310%
Kharkiv oblast 1310%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 129%
Kherson oblast 97%
Cherkasy oblast 97%
Chernihiv oblast 97%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 86%
Sumy oblast 86%
All 16 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Mykolaiv oblast 75%
Kirovohrad oblast 64%
Luhansk oblast 64%
Odesa oblast 21%
Rivne oblast 21%
Ivano-Frankivsk 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

2 of 136 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 16All 16 places
Poltava oblast 158 of 15

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

Donetsk oblast 137 of 13

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

Kharkiv oblast 137 of 13

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 127 of 12

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

Kherson oblast 95 of 9

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

Cherkasy oblast 95 of 9

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

Chernihiv oblast 95 of 9

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 84 of 8

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

Sumy oblast 84 of 8

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

Mykolaiv oblast 74 of 7

and 3 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 63 of 6

and 3 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Luhansk oblast 63 of 6

and 3 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Rivne oblast 2All 2 places
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

66 entries in 14 regiments

  • Корсунський
  • Черкаський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Полтавський
  • Канівський
  • Кропивнянський
  • Миргородський
  • Чигиринський
  • Кальницький
  • Уманський
  • Брацлавський
  • Прилуцький
  • Ніжинський
  • Чернігівський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Степанъ Бутенкоsotnia ЖаботинскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 11
Иванъ БутенкоЧеркаський regimentp. 28
Иванъ БутенкоКанівський regimentp. 53
Степанъ Бутенкоsotnia ВеруненковаКорсунський regimentp. 82
Андрѣй БутенкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 108

5 of 66 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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