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Kosenko (Косенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 152 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: 8 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 13 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 9 placesDonetsk oblast: 10 placesZhytomyr oblast: 1 placeZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 6 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 13 placesKyiv oblast: 13 placesKirovohrad oblast: 10 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 2 placesOdesa oblast: 3 placesPoltava oblast: 11 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 18 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 20 placesKherson oblast: 3 placesKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 12 placesChernihiv oblast: 13 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 1–3
  • 6–9
  • 10–12
  • 13–20

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Kharkiv oblast

20 places with the surname Косенко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 2013%
Sumy oblast 1812%
Kyiv oblast 139%
Luhansk oblast 139%
Chernihiv oblast 139%
Cherkasy oblast 128%
Poltava oblast 117%
Donetsk oblast 107%
Kirovohrad oblast 107%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 96%
All 16 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Vinnytsia oblast 85%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 64%
Odesa oblast 32%
Kherson oblast 32%
Mykolaiv oblast 21%
Zhytomyr 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

10 of 152 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kharkiv oblast 20All 20 places
Sumy oblast 189 of 18

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

Kyiv oblast 136 of 13

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

Luhansk oblast 136 of 13

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

Chernihiv oblast 136 of 13

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

Cherkasy oblast 126 of 12

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

Poltava oblast 115 of 11

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

Donetsk oblast 105 of 10

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

Kirovohrad oblast 105 of 10

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 94 of 9

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

Vinnytsia oblast 84 of 8

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 63 of 6

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

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

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

7 entries in 5 regiments

  • Брацлавський
  • Чигиринський
  • Переяславський
  • Полтавський
  • Ніжинський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Данко Косенкоsotnia ОмелницкаяЧигиринський regimentp. 24
Грицько КосенкоБрацлавський regimentp. 156
Ничипоръ Косенкоsotnia Оверка СидоровичаПереяславський regimentp. 222
Микита Косенкоsotnia ЗѣнковскаяПолтавський regimentp. 284
Мисько Косенкоsotnia НѣжинскаяНіжинський regimentp. 322

5 of 7 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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