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Kononenko (Кононенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 191 towns and villages of 16 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 oblastLuhansk oblast: 24 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 10 placesDonetsk oblast: 17 placesZhytomyr oblast: 5 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 15 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 30 placesKyiv oblast: 30 placesKirovohrad oblast: 12 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 2 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 10 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 8 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 20 placesKherson oblast: 5 placesKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 12 placesChernihiv oblast: 17 placesChernivtsi oblast
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Kyiv oblast

30 places with the surname Кононенко

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Coverage: Kyiv oblast →

The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 3016%
Luhansk oblast 2413%
Kharkiv oblast 2010%
Donetsk oblast 179%
Chernihiv oblast 179%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 158%
Kirovohrad oblast 126%
Cherkasy oblast 126%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 105%
Poltava oblast 105%
All 16 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Sumy oblast 84%
Zhytomyr oblast 53%
Kherson oblast 53%
Vinnytsia oblast 32%
Mykolaiv oblast 21%
Odesa 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

5 of 191 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 3024 of 30

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

Luhansk oblast 2410 of 24

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

Kharkiv oblast 208 of 20

and 12 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 177 of 17

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

Chernihiv oblast 177 of 17

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 156 of 15

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

Kirovohrad oblast 125 of 12

and 7 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 125 of 12

and 7 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 →

Poltava oblast 104 of 10

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

Sumy oblast 83 of 8

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

Zhytomyr 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 →

Vinnytsia oblast 3All 3 places
Mykolaiv oblast 2All 2 places
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

21 entries in 10 regiments

  • Корсунський
  • Уманський
  • Чернігівський
  • Миргородський
  • Полтавський
  • Прилуцький
  • Чигиринський
  • Кальницький
  • Переяславський
  • Кропивнянський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Уласъ Кононенкоsotnia СмиловскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 13
Павло Кононенкоsotnia ГоркушинаКорсунський regimentp. 81
Яковъ Кононенкоsotnia БанковскаяУманський regimentp. 134
Уласъ Кононенкоsotnia ДашовскаяКальницький regimentp. 189
Таврило КононенкоКропивнянський regimentp. 239

5 of 21 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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