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Didenko (Діденко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 241 towns and villages of 19 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: 20 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 7 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 15 placesDonetsk oblast: 10 placesZhytomyr oblast: 6 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 17 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 1 placeKyiv oblast: 24 placesKyiv oblast: 24 placesKirovohrad oblast: 12 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 8 placesOdesa oblast: 5 placesPoltava oblast: 12 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 19 placesTernopil oblast: 2 placesKharkiv oblast: 26 placesKherson oblast: 5 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 2 placesCherkasy oblast: 30 placesChernihiv oblast: 20 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 1–2
  • 5–10
  • 12–19
  • 20–30

Selected oblast

Cherkasy oblast

30 places with the surname Діденко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Cherkasy oblast 3012%
Kharkiv oblast 2611%
Kyiv oblast 2410%
Vinnytsia oblast 208%
Chernihiv oblast 208%
Sumy oblast 198%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 177%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 156%
Kirovohrad oblast 125%
Poltava oblast 125%
All 19 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Donetsk oblast 104%
Mykolaiv oblast 83%
Luhansk oblast 73%
Zhytomyr oblast 62%
Odesa oblast 52%
Kherson oblast 52%
Ternopil oblast 21%
Khmelnytskyi 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

24 of 241 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Cherkasy oblast 3024 of 30

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

Kharkiv oblast 268 of 26

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

Kyiv oblast 247 of 24

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

Vinnytsia oblast 206 of 20

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

Chernihiv oblast 206 of 20

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

Sumy oblast 196 of 19

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 175 of 17

and 12 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 →

Kirovohrad oblast 123 of 12

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

Poltava oblast 123 of 12

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

Donetsk oblast 103 of 10

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

Mykolaiv oblast 83 of 8

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

Luhansk oblast 73 of 7

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

Zhytomyr oblast 63 of 6

and 3 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 →

Kherson oblast 53 of 5

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

Ternopil oblast 2All 2 places
Khmelnytskyi oblast 2All 2 places
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

12 entries in 6 regiments

  • Корсунський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Чигиринський
  • Черкаський
  • Уманський
  • Київський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Тишко Дѣденкоsotnia Веремиевская за ДнепраЧигиринський regimentp. 17
Иванъ Дѣденкоsotnia ИвахниченковаКорсунський regimentp. 85
Иванъ ДѣденкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 111
Тишко Дѣденкоsotnia ДершадскаяУманський regimentp. 140
Мишко Дѣденкоsotnia БилецкогоКиївський regimentp. 200

5 of 12 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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