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Demchenko (Демченко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Demczenko. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 249 towns and villages of 17 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: 16 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 9 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 15 placesDonetsk oblast: 11 placesZhytomyr oblast: 20 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 13 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 27 placesKyiv oblast: 27 placesKirovohrad oblast: 19 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 4 placesOdesa oblast: 5 placesPoltava oblast: 15 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 30 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 20 placesKherson oblast: 2 placesKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 23 placesChernihiv oblast: 19 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 1–5
  • 9–13
  • 15–19
  • 20–30

Selected oblast

Sumy oblast

30 places with the surname Демченко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Sumy oblast 3012%
Kyiv oblast 2711%
Cherkasy oblast 239%
Zhytomyr oblast 208%
Kharkiv oblast 208%
Kirovohrad oblast 198%
Chernihiv oblast 198%
Vinnytsia oblast 166%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 156%
Poltava oblast 156%
All 17 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 135%
Donetsk oblast 114%
Luhansk oblast 94%
Odesa oblast 52%
Mykolaiv oblast 42%
Kherson oblast 21%
Ternopil 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

21 of 249 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Sumy oblast 3024 of 30

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

Kyiv oblast 278 of 27

and 19 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 237 of 23

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

Zhytomyr oblast 206 of 20

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

Kharkiv oblast 206 of 20

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

Kirovohrad oblast 196 of 19

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

Chernihiv oblast 196 of 19

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

Vinnytsia oblast 165 of 16

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 154 of 15

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

Poltava oblast 154 of 15

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 134 of 13

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

Donetsk oblast 113 of 11

and 8 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Luhansk oblast 93 of 9

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

Odesa oblast 53 of 5

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

Mykolaiv oblast 43 of 4

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

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

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

66 entries in 16 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Василь Демченкоsotnia ЖаботинскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 11
Силка ДемченкоЧеркаський regimentp. 27
Кирикъ ДемченкоКанівський regimentp. 53
Андрушъ Демченкоsotnia КорчовскаяКорсунський regimentp. 91
Марко ДемченкоБілоцерківський 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.

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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