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Fesenko (Фесенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 170 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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Vinnytsia oblastVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 14 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 7 placesDonetsk oblast: 19 placesZhytomyr oblast: 2 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 12 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 14 placesKyiv oblast: 14 placesKirovohrad oblast: 4 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 4 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 16 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 21 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 20 placesKherson oblast: 4 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 4 placesCherkasy oblast: 10 placesChernihiv oblast: 18 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 12–16
  • 18–21

Selected oblast

Sumy oblast

21 places with the surname Фесенко

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Coverage: Sumy oblast →

The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Sumy oblast 2112%
Kharkiv oblast 2012%
Donetsk oblast 1911%
Chernihiv oblast 1811%
Poltava oblast 169%
Kyiv oblast 148%
Luhansk oblast 148%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 127%
Cherkasy oblast 106%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 74%
All 16 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kirovohrad oblast 42%
Mykolaiv oblast 42%
Kherson oblast 42%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 42%
Zhytomyr oblast 21%
Odesa 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

3 of 170 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Sumy oblast 21All 21 places
Kharkiv oblast 209 of 20

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

Donetsk oblast 198 of 19

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

Chernihiv oblast 188 of 18

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

Poltava oblast 167 of 16

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

Kyiv oblast 146 of 14

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

Luhansk oblast 146 of 14

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 125 of 12

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

Cherkasy oblast 104 of 10

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 73 of 7

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

Kirovohrad oblast 43 of 4

and 1 place 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 43 of 4

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 43 of 4

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

Zhytomyr oblast 2All 2 places
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

23 entries in 12 regiments

  • Кропивнянський
  • Черкаський
  • Корсунський
  • Чигиринський
  • Канівський
  • Переяславський
  • Миргородський
  • Уманський
  • Київський
  • Полтавський
  • Прилуцький
  • Ніжинський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Петро Фесенкоsotnia МаксимовскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 20
Данило Фесенкоsotnia СавинаЧеркаський regimentp. 45
Павло Фесенкоsotnia СтародубоваКанівський regimentp. 54
Процикъ Фесенкоsotnia ВеруненковаКорсунський regimentp. 82
Андрусь Фесенкоsotnia ДутянскаяУманський regimentp. 149

5 of 23 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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