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Ishchenko (Іщенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 280 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: 13 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 13 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 10 placesDonetsk oblast: 17 placesZhytomyr oblast: 13 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 20 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 45 placesKyiv oblast: 45 placesKirovohrad oblast: 21 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 5 placesOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblast: 15 placesRivne oblast: 2 placesSumy oblast: 20 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 31 placesKherson oblast: 5 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 4 placesCherkasy oblast: 38 placesChernihiv oblast: 6 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 2–4
  • 5–10
  • 13–17
  • 20–45

Selected oblast

Kyiv oblast

45 places with the surname Іщенко

All 45 places →

Coverage: Kyiv oblast →

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 4516%
Cherkasy oblast 3814%
Kharkiv oblast 3111%
Kirovohrad oblast 218%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 207%
Sumy oblast 207%
Donetsk oblast 176%
Poltava oblast 155%
Vinnytsia oblast 135%
Zhytomyr oblast 135%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Luhansk oblast 135%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 104%
Chernihiv oblast 62%
Mykolaiv oblast 52%
Kherson oblast 52%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 41%
Odesa oblast 21%
Rivne 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

19 of 280 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 4524 of 45

and 21 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 3810 of 38

and 28 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 318 of 31

and 23 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 216 of 21

and 15 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 205 of 20

and 15 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 205 of 20

and 15 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 174 of 17

and 13 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 154 of 15

and 11 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 →

Zhytomyr oblast 133 of 13

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

Luhansk oblast 133 of 13

and 10 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 →

Chernihiv oblast 63 of 6

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

Mykolaiv oblast 53 of 5

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

Kherson oblast 53 of 5

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

Khmelnytskyi 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
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

1 entry in 1 regiment

  • Миргородський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Антонъ Ищенкоsotnia РомонскаяМиргородський regimentp. 272

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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