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Kharchenko (Харченко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 385 towns and villages of 20 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: 8 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 17 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 14 placesDonetsk oblast: 23 placesZhytomyr oblast: 16 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 21 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 46 placesKyiv oblast: 46 placesKirovohrad oblast: 12 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 7 placesOdesa oblast: 6 placesPoltava oblast: 18 placesRivne oblast: 8 placesSumy oblast: 30 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 43 placesKherson oblast: 12 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 6 placesCherkasy oblast: 45 placesChernihiv oblast: 50 placesChernivtsi oblast: 2 places
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 1–7
  • 8–14
  • 16–23
  • 30–50

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Chernihiv oblast

50 places with the surname Харченко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 5013%
Kyiv oblast 4612%
Cherkasy oblast 4512%
Kharkiv oblast 4311%
Sumy oblast 308%
Donetsk oblast 236%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 215%
Poltava oblast 185%
Luhansk oblast 174%
Zhytomyr oblast 164%
All 20 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 144%
Kirovohrad oblast 123%
Kherson oblast 123%
Vinnytsia oblast 82%
Rivne oblast 82%
Mykolaiv oblast 72%
Odesa oblast 62%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 62%
Chernivtsi 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

16 of 385 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 5024 of 50

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

Kyiv oblast 469 of 46

and 37 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 459 of 45

and 36 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 438 of 43

and 35 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 306 of 30

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

Donetsk oblast 234 of 23

and 19 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 214 of 21

and 17 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 183 of 18

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

Luhansk oblast 173 of 17

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

Zhytomyr oblast 163 of 16

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 143 of 14

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

Kirovohrad oblast 123 of 12

and 9 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 →

Vinnytsia oblast 83 of 8

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

Rivne oblast 83 of 8

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

Mykolaiv oblast 73 of 7

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

Odesa 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 →

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

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

54 entries in 16 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Семенъ Харченкоsotnia КриловскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 5
Малашъ ХарченкоЧеркаський regimentp. 28
Яцько Харченкоsotnia СтародубоваКанівський regimentp. 57
Демянъ Харченкоsotnia ВеруненковаКорсунський regimentp. 82
Яцько ХарченкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 108

5 of 54 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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