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Ilchenko (Ільченко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 193 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: 15 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 8 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 10 placesDonetsk oblast: 10 placesZhytomyr oblast: 13 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 4 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 23 placesKyiv oblast: 23 placesKirovohrad oblast: 12 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 6 placesOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblast: 5 placesRivne oblast: 2 placesSumy oblast: 12 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 34 placesKherson oblast: 2 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 6 placesCherkasy oblast: 16 placesChernihiv oblast: 13 placesChernivtsi oblast
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Kharkiv oblast

34 places with the surname Ільченко

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Coverage: Kharkiv oblast →

The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 3418%
Kyiv oblast 2312%
Cherkasy oblast 168%
Vinnytsia oblast 158%
Zhytomyr oblast 137%
Chernihiv oblast 137%
Kirovohrad oblast 126%
Sumy oblast 126%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 105%
Donetsk oblast 105%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Luhansk oblast 84%
Mykolaiv oblast 63%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 63%
Poltava oblast 53%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 42%
Odesa oblast 21%
Rivne oblast 21%
Kherson 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

18 of 193 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kharkiv oblast 3424 of 34

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

Kyiv oblast 239 of 23

and 14 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 →

Vinnytsia oblast 156 of 15

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

Zhytomyr oblast 135 of 13

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

Chernihiv oblast 135 of 13

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

Kirovohrad oblast 124 of 12

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

Sumy oblast 124 of 12

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 104 of 10

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

Donetsk oblast 104 of 10

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

Luhansk oblast 83 of 8

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

Mykolaiv oblast 63 of 6

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 63 of 6

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

Poltava oblast 53 of 5

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 43 of 4

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

Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Rivne oblast 2All 2 places
Kherson oblast 2All 2 places
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

34 entries in 15 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Григоръ Илченкоsotnia ЖаботинскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 12
Кирѣй Илченкоsotnia ДрагилеваЧеркаський regimentp. 32
Степанъ Илченкоsotnia СтародубоваКанівський regimentp. 56
Дмитро Илченкоsotnia КорчовскаяКорсунський regimentp. 92
Тымко ИлченкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 113

5 of 34 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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