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Kotenko (Котенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 109 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: 9 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 1 placeDnipropetrovsk oblast: 7 placesDonetsk oblast: 6 placesZhytomyr oblast: 5 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 5 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 9 placesKyiv oblast: 9 placesKirovohrad oblast: 9 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 2 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 3 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 16 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 14 placesKherson oblast: 1 placeKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 15 placesChernihiv oblast: 6 placesChernivtsi oblast
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  • 6–7
  • 9–16

Selected oblast

Sumy oblast

16 places with the surname Котенко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Sumy oblast 1615%
Cherkasy oblast 1514%
Kharkiv oblast 1413%
Vinnytsia oblast 98%
Kyiv oblast 98%
Kirovohrad oblast 98%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 76%
Donetsk oblast 66%
Chernihiv oblast 66%
Zhytomyr oblast 55%
All 16 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 55%
Poltava oblast 33%
Mykolaiv oblast 22%
Luhansk oblast 11%
Odesa oblast 11%
Kherson 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 109 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Sumy oblast 16All 16 places
Cherkasy oblast 1511 of 15

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

Kharkiv oblast 1410 of 14

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

Vinnytsia oblast 96 of 9

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

Kyiv oblast 96 of 9

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

Kirovohrad oblast 96 of 9

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 75 of 7

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 64 of 6

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 64 of 6

and 2 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 →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 53 of 5

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

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

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

12 entries in 8 regiments

  • Київський
  • Чигиринський
  • Чернігівський
  • Канівський
  • Корсунський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Переяславський
  • Прилуцький

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Захарка Котенкоsotnia ЖаботинскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 11
Лавринъ Котенкоsotnia ЕвхимоваКанівський regimentp. 69
Андрѣй Котенкоsotnia ГавриленковаКорсунський regimentp. 104
Матвѣй КотенкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 117
Грицько Котенкоsotnia НагорногоКиївський regimentp. 201

5 of 12 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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