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Ivashchenko (Іващенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 218 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: 3 placesVolyn oblast: 1 placeLuhansk oblast: 12 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 13 placesDonetsk oblast: 21 placesZhytomyr oblast: 6 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 17 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 23 placesKyiv oblast: 23 placesKirovohrad oblast: 9 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 3 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 20 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 15 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 17 placesKherson oblast: 6 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 1 placeCherkasy oblast: 20 placesChernihiv oblast: 30 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1
  • 3–12
  • 13–17
  • 20–30

Selected oblast

Chernihiv oblast

30 places with the surname Іващенко

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Coverage: Chernihiv oblast →

The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 3014%
Kyiv oblast 2311%
Donetsk oblast 2110%
Poltava oblast 209%
Cherkasy oblast 209%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 178%
Kharkiv oblast 178%
Sumy oblast 157%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 136%
Luhansk oblast 126%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kirovohrad oblast 94%
Zhytomyr oblast 63%
Kherson oblast 63%
Vinnytsia oblast 31%
Mykolaiv oblast 31%
Volyn oblast 11%
Odesa oblast 11%
Khmelnytskyi 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

6 of 218 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 3024 of 30

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

Kyiv oblast 238 of 23

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

Donetsk oblast 217 of 21

and 14 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 207 of 20

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

Cherkasy oblast 207 of 20

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 176 of 17

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

Kharkiv oblast 176 of 17

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

Sumy oblast 155 of 15

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 134 of 13

and 9 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 →

Kirovohrad oblast 93 of 9

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

Zhytomyr 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 3All 3 places
Mykolaiv oblast 3All 3 places
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Khmelnytskyi oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

49 entries in 11 regiments

  • Чигиринський
  • Корсунський
  • Уманський
  • Канівський
  • Брацлавський
  • Переяславський
  • Черкаський
  • Кропивнянський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Київський
  • Ніжинський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Максимъ Ивашченкоsotnia ВороновскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 6
Луцько Иващенкоsotnia МикитинаЧеркаський regimentp. 44
Васько Ивасченкоsotnia ЕвхимоваКанівський regimentp. 67
Иванъ Иващенкоsotnia ГоркушинаКорсунський regimentp. 81
Семенъ ИващенкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 121

5 of 49 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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