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Karpenko (Карпенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 392 towns and villages of 19 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: 28 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 16 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 24 placesDonetsk oblast: 20 placesZhytomyr oblast: 19 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 18 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 49 placesKyiv oblast: 49 placesKirovohrad oblast: 16 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 8 placesOdesa oblast: 4 placesPoltava oblast: 22 placesRivne oblast: 2 placesSumy oblast: 40 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 30 placesKherson oblast: 12 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 4 placesCherkasy oblast: 32 placesChernihiv oblast: 47 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–4
  • 8–18
  • 19–28
  • 30–49

Selected oblast

Kyiv oblast

49 places with the surname Карпенко

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Coverage: Kyiv oblast →

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 4912%
Chernihiv oblast 4712%
Sumy oblast 4010%
Cherkasy oblast 328%
Kharkiv oblast 308%
Vinnytsia oblast 287%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 246%
Poltava oblast 226%
Donetsk oblast 205%
Zhytomyr oblast 195%
All 19 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 185%
Kirovohrad oblast 164%
Luhansk oblast 164%
Kherson oblast 123%
Mykolaiv oblast 82%
Odesa oblast 41%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 41%
Rivne oblast 21%
Ternopil 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

31 of 392 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 4924 of 49

and 25 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 479 of 47

and 38 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 408 of 40

and 32 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 326 of 32

and 26 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 306 of 30

and 24 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Vinnytsia oblast 285 of 28

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 244 of 24

and 20 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 224 of 22

and 18 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 204 of 20

and 16 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 193 of 19

and 16 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 183 of 18

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

Kirovohrad oblast 163 of 16

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

Luhansk oblast 163 of 16

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

Kherson oblast 123 of 12

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

Mykolaiv oblast 83 of 8

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

Odesa oblast 43 of 4

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 43 of 4

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

Rivne oblast 2All 2 places
Ternopil oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

106 entries in 16 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Гордѣй КарпенкоЧигиринський regimentp. 2
Андрей Карпенкоsotnia МарковаЧеркаський regimentp. 36
Ваеько Карпенкоsotnia КулагинаКанівський regimentp. 61
Иванъ Карпенкоsotnia ГоркушинаКорсунський regimentp. 82
Романъ КарпенкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 108

5 of 106 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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