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Martynenko (Мартиненко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 261 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: 3 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 18 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 13 placesDonetsk oblast: 18 placesZhytomyr oblast: 11 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 14 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 49 placesKyiv oblast: 49 placesKirovohrad oblast: 10 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 4 placesOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblast: 16 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 34 placesTernopil oblast: 2 placesKharkiv oblast: 17 placesKherson oblast: 4 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 2 placesCherkasy oblast: 21 placesChernihiv oblast: 23 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 2–3
  • 4–13
  • 14–17
  • 18–49

Selected oblast

Kyiv oblast

49 places with the surname Мартиненко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 4919%
Sumy oblast 3413%
Chernihiv oblast 239%
Cherkasy oblast 218%
Donetsk oblast 187%
Luhansk oblast 187%
Kharkiv oblast 177%
Poltava oblast 166%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 145%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 135%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zhytomyr oblast 114%
Kirovohrad oblast 104%
Mykolaiv oblast 42%
Kherson oblast 42%
Vinnytsia oblast 31%
Odesa oblast 21%
Ternopil oblast 21%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 21%

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 261 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 4924 of 49

and 25 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 3410 of 34

and 24 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 237 of 23

and 16 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 216 of 21

and 15 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 185 of 18

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

Luhansk oblast 185 of 18

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

Kharkiv oblast 175 of 17

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

Poltava oblast 164 of 16

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 144 of 14

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 133 of 13

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

Zhytomyr oblast 113 of 11

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

Kirovohrad oblast 103 of 10

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

Mykolaiv oblast 43 of 4

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

Kherson oblast 43 of 4

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

Vinnytsia oblast 3All 3 places
Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Ternopil oblast 2All 2 places
Khmelnytskyi oblast 2All 2 places
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

111 entries in 16 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Васько Мартиненкоsotnia ВороновскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 6
Есько Мартиненкоsotnia ВовченковаЧеркаський regimentp. 42
Васько МартиненкоКанівський regimentp. 53
Прокопъ МартиненкоКорсунський regimentp. 79
Радько МартиненкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 109

5 of 111 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.

Similar surnames in the index

Similar in spelling. That does not make the families related.

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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