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Liashenko (Ляшенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 215 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: 6 placesVolyn oblast: 1 placeLuhansk oblast: 15 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 12 placesDonetsk oblast: 18 placesZhytomyr oblast: 6 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 13 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 13 placesKyiv oblast: 13 placesKirovohrad oblast: 8 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 5 placesOdesa oblast: 5 placesPoltava oblast: 20 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 12 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 27 placesKherson oblast: 10 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 3 placesCherkasy oblast: 11 placesChernihiv oblast: 30 placesChernivtsi oblast
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Chernihiv oblast

30 places with the surname Ляшенко

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Coverage: Chernihiv oblast →

The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 3014%
Kharkiv oblast 2713%
Poltava oblast 209%
Donetsk oblast 188%
Luhansk oblast 157%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 136%
Kyiv oblast 136%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 126%
Sumy oblast 126%
Cherkasy oblast 115%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kherson oblast 105%
Kirovohrad oblast 84%
Vinnytsia oblast 63%
Zhytomyr oblast 63%
Mykolaiv oblast 52%
Odesa oblast 52%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 31%
Volyn 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

8 of 215 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 3024 of 30

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

Kharkiv oblast 2710 of 27

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

Poltava oblast 207 of 20

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

Donetsk oblast 186 of 18

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

Luhansk oblast 155 of 15

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 134 of 13

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

Kyiv oblast 134 of 13

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 124 of 12

and 8 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 124 of 12

and 8 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 114 of 11

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

Kherson oblast 103 of 10

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

Kirovohrad oblast 83 of 8

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

Vinnytsia oblast 63 of 6

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

Zhytomyr oblast 63 of 6

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

Mykolaiv oblast 53 of 5

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

Odesa oblast 53 of 5

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 3All 3 places
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

9 entries in 6 regiments

  • Чигиринський
  • Черкаський
  • Київський
  • Канівський
  • Корсунський
  • Кропивнянський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Демко Ляшенкоsotnia ГолтвинскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 25
Иванъ Ляшенкоsotnia ШубцеваЧеркаський regimentp. 30
Микита Ляшенкоsotnia ТерехтимировскаяКанівський regimentp. 73
Андрушко Ляшенкоsotnia КорчовскаяКорсунський regimentp. 91
Крисько ЛяшенкоКиївський regimentp. 209

5 of 9 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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