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Makarenko (Макаренко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 263 towns and villages of 19 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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Chernihiv oblast

36 places with the surname Макаренко

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Coverage: Chernihiv oblast →

The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 3614%
Kyiv oblast 3313%
Sumy oblast 2710%
Kharkiv oblast 2610%
Cherkasy oblast 2510%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 239%
Donetsk oblast 176%
Poltava oblast 176%
Zhytomyr oblast 93%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 83%
All 19 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Luhansk oblast 83%
Kirovohrad oblast 73%
Kherson oblast 73%
Odesa oblast 62%
Mykolaiv oblast 52%
Vinnytsia oblast 42%
Chernivtsi oblast 31%
Ternopil oblast 11%
Khmelnytskyi 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

7 of 263 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 3624 of 36

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

Kyiv oblast 3310 of 33

and 23 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 278 of 27

and 19 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 267 of 26

and 19 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 257 of 25

and 18 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 236 of 23

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

Donetsk oblast 175 of 17

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

Poltava oblast 175 of 17

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

Zhytomyr oblast 93 of 9

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 83 of 8

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

Luhansk oblast 83 of 8

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

Kirovohrad oblast 73 of 7

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

Kherson oblast 73 of 7

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

Odesa 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 →

Vinnytsia oblast 43 of 4

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

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

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

67 entries in 16 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Стецько Макаренкоsotnia ВороновскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 6
Лукянъ Макаренкоsotnia ШубцеваЧеркаський regimentp. 30
Остапъ Макаренкоsotnia СтародубоваКанівський regimentp. 54
Павло МакаренкоКорсунський regimentp. 79
Костюкъ МакаренкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 119

5 of 67 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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