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Leshchenko (Лещенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 179 towns and villages of 18 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: 16 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 6 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 1 placeDonetsk oblast: 12 placesZhytomyr oblast: 12 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 9 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 18 placesKyiv oblast: 18 placesKirovohrad oblast: 6 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 2 placesOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblast: 10 placesRivne oblast: 4 placesSumy oblast: 10 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 24 placesKherson oblast: 3 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 6 placesCherkasy oblast: 19 placesChernihiv oblast: 19 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 4–9
  • 10–12
  • 16–24

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Kharkiv oblast

24 places with the surname Лещенко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 2413%
Cherkasy oblast 1911%
Chernihiv oblast 1911%
Kyiv oblast 1810%
Vinnytsia oblast 169%
Donetsk oblast 127%
Zhytomyr oblast 127%
Poltava oblast 106%
Sumy oblast 106%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 95%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kirovohrad oblast 63%
Luhansk oblast 63%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 63%
Rivne oblast 42%
Kherson oblast 32%
Mykolaiv oblast 21%
Odesa oblast 21%
Dnipropetrovsk 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

17 of 179 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kharkiv oblast 24All 24 places
Cherkasy oblast 198 of 19

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

Chernihiv oblast 198 of 19

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

Kyiv oblast 188 of 18

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

Vinnytsia oblast 167 of 16

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

Donetsk oblast 125 of 12

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

Zhytomyr oblast 125 of 12

and 7 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 104 of 10

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 94 of 9

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

Kirovohrad oblast 63 of 6

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

Luhansk 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 →

Rivne oblast 43 of 4

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

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

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

56 entries in 15 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Грицько Лесченкоsotnia ВороновскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 6
Яковъ Лещенкоsotnia ДрагилеваЧеркаський regimentp. 35
Таврило Лесченкоsotnia ВолынцоваКанівський regimentp. 58
Степанъ Лещенкоsotnia ГоркушинаКорсунський regimentp. 81
Васько ЛещенкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 108

5 of 56 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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