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Herasymenko (Герасименко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Herasimenko · Gerasimenko. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 264 towns and villages of 21 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: 13 placesVolyn oblast: 1 placeLuhansk oblast: 16 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 10 placesDonetsk oblast: 13 placesZhytomyr oblast: 11 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 11 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 1 placeKyiv oblast: 43 placesKyiv oblast: 43 placesKirovohrad oblast: 7 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 1 placeMykolaiv oblast: 10 placesOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblast: 17 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 12 placesTernopil oblast: 2 placesKharkiv oblast: 20 placesKherson oblast: 9 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 7 placesCherkasy oblast: 17 placesChernihiv oblast: 41 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–2
  • 7–10
  • 11–13
  • 16–43

Selected oblast

Kyiv oblast

43 places with the surname Герасименко

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Coverage: Kyiv oblast →

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 4316%
Chernihiv oblast 4116%
Kharkiv oblast 208%
Poltava oblast 176%
Cherkasy oblast 176%
Luhansk oblast 166%
Vinnytsia oblast 135%
Donetsk oblast 135%
Sumy oblast 125%
Zhytomyr oblast 114%
All 21 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 114%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 104%
Mykolaiv oblast 104%
Kherson oblast 93%
Kirovohrad oblast 73%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 73%
Odesa oblast 21%
Ternopil oblast 21%
Volyn oblast 11%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 11%
Lviv 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

17 of 264 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 4324 of 43

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

Chernihiv oblast 4112 of 41

and 29 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 →

Poltava oblast 175 of 17

and 12 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 175 of 17

and 12 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Luhansk oblast 164 of 16

and 12 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Vinnytsia oblast 133 of 13

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

Donetsk oblast 133 of 13

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

Sumy oblast 123 of 12

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

Zhytomyr oblast 113 of 11

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 113 of 11

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 103 of 10

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

Mykolaiv oblast 103 of 10

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

Kherson oblast 93 of 9

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

Kirovohrad oblast 73 of 7

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 73 of 7

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

Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Ternopil oblast 2All 2 places
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 1All 1 place
Lviv oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

12 entries in 7 regiments

  • Миргородський
  • Прилуцький
  • Уманський
  • Чигиринський
  • Кропивнянський
  • Полтавський
  • Ніжинський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Игнатъ ГерасименкоЧигиринський regimentp. 1
Иванъ Герасименкоsotnia ИваньгородскаяУманський regimentp. 136
Мисько Герасименкоsotnia АрклийскаяКропивнянський regimentp. 241
Петро ГерасименкоМиргородський regimentp. 256
Андрѣй ГерасименкоПолтавський regimentp. 280

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.

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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