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Ostapenko (Остапенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 247 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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Vinnytsia oblast: 14 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 11 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 12 placesDonetsk oblast: 16 placesZhytomyr oblast: 12 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 15 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 27 placesKyiv oblast: 27 placesKirovohrad oblast: 8 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 13 placesOdesa oblast: 4 placesPoltava oblast: 17 placesRivne oblast: 4 placesSumy oblast: 25 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 16 placesKherson oblast: 2 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 6 placesCherkasy oblast: 15 placesChernihiv oblast: 29 placesChernivtsi oblast
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  • 13–15
  • 16–29

Selected oblast

Chernihiv oblast

29 places with the surname Остапенко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 2912%
Kyiv oblast 2711%
Sumy oblast 2510%
Poltava oblast 177%
Donetsk oblast 166%
Kharkiv oblast 166%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 156%
Cherkasy oblast 156%
Vinnytsia oblast 146%
Mykolaiv oblast 135%
All 19 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 125%
Zhytomyr oblast 125%
Luhansk oblast 114%
Kirovohrad oblast 83%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 62%
Odesa oblast 42%
Rivne oblast 42%
Kherson oblast 21%
Ternopil 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 247 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 2924 of 29

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

Kyiv oblast 278 of 27

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

Sumy oblast 258 of 25

and 17 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 →

Donetsk oblast 165 of 16

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

Kharkiv oblast 165 of 16

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 154 of 15

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

Cherkasy oblast 154 of 15

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

Vinnytsia oblast 144 of 14

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

Mykolaiv oblast 134 of 13

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 123 of 12

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

Zhytomyr oblast 123 of 12

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

Luhansk oblast 113 of 11

and 8 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 →

Khmelnytskyi oblast 63 of 6

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

Odesa oblast 43 of 4

and 1 place 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 2All 2 places
Ternopil oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

76 entries in 16 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Сидоръ ОстапенкоЧигиринський regimentp. 4
Семенъ ОстапенкоЧеркаський regimentp. 28
Богданъ Остапенкоsotnia СтародубоваКанівський regimentp. 54
Иванъ Остапенкоsotnia ВеруненковаКорсунський regimentp. 82
Игнатъ ОстапенкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 117

5 of 76 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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