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Onyshchenko (Онищенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Onishchenko · Onyszczenko. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 250 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: 5 placesVolyn oblast: 1 placeLuhansk oblast: 14 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 10 placesDonetsk oblast: 12 placesZhytomyr oblast: 14 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 23 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 28 placesKyiv oblast: 28 placesKirovohrad oblast: 7 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 5 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 19 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 23 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 20 placesKherson oblast: 9 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 2 placesCherkasy oblast: 23 placesChernihiv oblast: 34 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–2
  • 5–12
  • 14–20
  • 23–34

Selected oblast

Chernihiv oblast

34 places with the surname Онищенко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 3414%
Kyiv oblast 2811%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 239%
Sumy oblast 239%
Cherkasy oblast 239%
Kharkiv oblast 208%
Poltava oblast 198%
Zhytomyr oblast 146%
Luhansk oblast 146%
Donetsk oblast 125%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 104%
Kherson oblast 94%
Kirovohrad oblast 73%
Vinnytsia oblast 52%
Mykolaiv oblast 52%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 21%
Volyn oblast 11%
Odesa 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 250 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 3424 of 34

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

Kyiv oblast 288 of 28

and 20 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 237 of 23

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

Sumy oblast 237 of 23

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

Cherkasy oblast 237 of 23

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

Kharkiv oblast 206 of 20

and 14 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 196 of 19

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

Zhytomyr oblast 144 of 14

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

Luhansk oblast 144 of 14

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

Donetsk oblast 123 of 12

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 103 of 10

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

Kherson oblast 93 of 9

and 6 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 →

Vinnytsia oblast 53 of 5

and 2 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 →

Khmelnytskyi oblast 2All 2 places
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

80 entries in 15 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Семенъ Онисченкоsotnia ВороновскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 6
Ясько Онищенкоsotnia ШубцеваЧеркаський regimentp. 30
Мисько Онисченкоsotnia ВолынцоваКанівський regimentp. 57
Гринець Онищенкоsotnia ГоркушинаКорсунський regimentp. 81
Грыцько ОнищенкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 107

5 of 80 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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