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Ihnatenko (Ігнатенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Ignatenko. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 141 towns and villages of 15 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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Chernihiv oblast

28 places with the surname Ігнатенко

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Coverage: Chernihiv oblast →

The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 2820%
Kyiv oblast 2115%
Sumy oblast 1410%
Kharkiv oblast 139%
Luhansk oblast 107%
Zhytomyr oblast 86%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 86%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 75%
Donetsk oblast 75%
Cherkasy oblast 75%
All 15 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kherson oblast 64%
Kirovohrad oblast 43%
Poltava oblast 43%
Mykolaiv oblast 21%
Odesa 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

2 of 141 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 2824 of 28

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

Kyiv oblast 2111 of 21

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

Sumy oblast 147 of 14

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

Kharkiv oblast 137 of 13

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

Luhansk oblast 105 of 10

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

Zhytomyr oblast 84 of 8

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 84 of 8

and 4 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 →

Donetsk oblast 73 of 7

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

Cherkasy oblast 73 of 7

and 4 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 →

Kirovohrad oblast 43 of 4

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

Poltava oblast 43 of 4

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

Mykolaiv oblast 2All 2 places
Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

111 entries in 15 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Пасько ИгнатенкоЧигиринський regimentp. 2
Кузьма ИгнатенкоЧеркаський regimentp. 28
Лазаръ Игнатенкоsotnia СтародубоваКанівський regimentp. 55
Федоръ ИгнатенкоКорсунський regimentp. 80
Иванъ ИгнатенкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 107

5 of 111 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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