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Dudka (Дудка): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 191 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: 4 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblastDnipropetrovsk oblast: 12 placesDonetsk oblast: 5 placesZhytomyr oblast: 4 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 10 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 6 placesKyiv oblast: 24 placesKyiv oblast: 24 placesKirovohrad oblastCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 2 placesOdesa oblastPoltava oblast: 13 placesRivne oblast: 3 placesSumy oblast: 17 placesTernopil oblast: 12 placesKharkiv oblast: 15 placesKherson oblast: 5 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 22 placesCherkasy oblast: 2 placesChernihiv oblast: 31 placesChernivtsi oblast: 4 places
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 2–3
  • 4–6
  • 10–13
  • 15–31

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Chernihiv oblast

31 places with the surname Дудка

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 3116%
Kyiv oblast 2413%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 2212%
Sumy oblast 179%
Kharkiv oblast 158%
Poltava oblast 137%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 126%
Ternopil oblast 126%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 105%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 63%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Donetsk oblast 53%
Kherson oblast 53%
Vinnytsia oblast 42%
Zhytomyr oblast 42%
Chernivtsi oblast 42%
Rivne oblast 32%
Mykolaiv oblast 21%
Cherkasy oblast 21%

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

14 of 191 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 3124 of 31

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

Kyiv oblast 2410 of 24

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 229 of 22

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

Sumy oblast 177 of 17

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

Kharkiv oblast 156 of 15

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

Poltava oblast 135 of 13

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 125 of 12

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

Ternopil oblast 125 of 12

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 104 of 10

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

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 63 of 6

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

Donetsk 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 →

Vinnytsia oblast 43 of 4

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

Zhytomyr oblast 43 of 4

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

Chernivtsi oblast 43 of 4

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

Rivne oblast 3All 3 places
Mykolaiv oblast 2All 2 places
Cherkasy oblast 2All 2 places
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

17 entries in 8 regiments

  • Миргородський
  • Канівський
  • Полтавський
  • Чигиринський
  • Черкаський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Брацлавський
  • Кальницький

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Ильяшъ Дудкаsotnia ОмелницкаяЧигиринський regimentp. 23
Васько Дудкаsotnia ЛазареваЧеркаський regimentp. 40
Данило Дудкаsotnia СтародубоваКанівський regimentp. 56
Семенъ ДудкаБілоцерківський regimentp. 124
Василь Дудкаsotnia БаглановскаяБрацлавський regimentp. 175

5 of 17 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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