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Holovko (Головко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Golovko · Holowko. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 208 towns and villages of 22 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: 2 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 12 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 16 placesDonetsk oblast: 14 placesZhytomyr oblast: 2 placesZakarpattia oblast: 1 placeZaporizhzhia oblast: 6 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 2 placesKyiv oblast: 16 placesKyiv oblast: 16 placesKirovohrad oblast: 10 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 13 placesMykolaiv oblast: 7 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 19 placesRivne oblast: 2 placesSumy oblast: 6 placesTernopil oblast: 10 placesKharkiv oblast: 19 placesKherson oblast: 6 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 11 placesCherkasy oblast: 16 placesChernihiv oblast: 17 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 2–7
  • 10–14
  • 16–19

Selected oblast

Poltava oblast

19 places with the surname Головко

All 19 places →

Coverage: Poltava oblast →

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Poltava oblast 199%
Kharkiv oblast 199%
Chernihiv oblast 178%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 168%
Kyiv oblast 168%
Cherkasy oblast 168%
Donetsk oblast 147%
Lviv oblast 136%
Luhansk oblast 126%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 115%
All 22 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kirovohrad oblast 105%
Ternopil oblast 105%
Mykolaiv oblast 73%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 63%
Sumy oblast 63%
Kherson oblast 63%
Vinnytsia oblast 21%
Zhytomyr oblast 21%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 21%
Rivne oblast 21%
Zakarpattia oblast 11%
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

23 of 208 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Poltava oblast 19All 19 places
Kharkiv oblast 197 of 19

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

Chernihiv oblast 176 of 17

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 166 of 16

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

Kyiv oblast 166 of 16

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

Cherkasy oblast 166 of 16

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

Donetsk oblast 145 of 14

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

Lviv oblast 135 of 13

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

Luhansk oblast 124 of 12

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 114 of 11

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

Kirovohrad oblast 103 of 10

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

Ternopil oblast 103 of 10

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

Mykolaiv oblast 73 of 7

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 63 of 6

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

Sumy oblast 63 of 6

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

Kherson oblast 63 of 6

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

Vinnytsia oblast 2All 2 places
Zhytomyr oblast 2All 2 places
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 2All 2 places
Rivne oblast 2All 2 places
Zakarpattia oblast 1All 1 place
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

5 entries in 3 regiments

  • Уманський
  • Брацлавський
  • Миргородський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Иванъ Головкоsotnia ДершадскаяУманський regimentp. 141
Мануйло Головкоsotnia ДутянскаяУманський regimentp. 148
Федоръ Головкоsotnia ЛадыжинскаяУманський regimentp. 155
Игнатъ Головкоsotnia ЧачалницкаяБрацлавський regimentp. 177
Мисько Головкоsotnia КраснопольскаяМиргородський regimentp. 264

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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