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Pavlenko (Павленко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 433 towns and villages of 21 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: 20 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 17 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 14 placesDonetsk oblast: 20 placesZhytomyr oblast: 43 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 23 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 51 placesKyiv oblast: 51 placesKirovohrad oblast: 17 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 1 placeMykolaiv oblast: 20 placesOdesa oblast: 3 placesPoltava oblast: 32 placesRivne oblast: 1 placeSumy oblast: 34 placesTernopil oblast: 4 placesKharkiv oblast: 42 placesKherson oblast: 8 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 6 placesCherkasy oblast: 22 placesChernihiv oblast: 54 placesChernivtsi oblast: 1 place
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–4
  • 6–17
  • 20–23
  • 32–54

Selected oblast

Chernihiv oblast

54 places with the surname Павленко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 5412%
Kyiv oblast 5112%
Zhytomyr oblast 4310%
Kharkiv oblast 4210%
Sumy oblast 348%
Poltava oblast 327%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 235%
Cherkasy oblast 225%
Vinnytsia oblast 205%
Donetsk oblast 205%
All 21 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Mykolaiv oblast 205%
Kirovohrad oblast 174%
Luhansk oblast 174%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 143%
Kherson oblast 82%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 61%
Ternopil oblast 41%
Odesa oblast 31%
Lviv oblast 11%
Rivne oblast 11%
Chernivtsi 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

26 of 433 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 5424 of 54

and 30 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 519 of 51

and 42 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 437 of 43

and 36 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 427 of 42

and 35 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 346 of 34

and 28 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 325 of 32

and 27 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 234 of 23

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

Cherkasy oblast 224 of 22

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

Vinnytsia oblast 203 of 20

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

Donetsk oblast 203 of 20

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

Mykolaiv oblast 203 of 20

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

Kirovohrad oblast 173 of 17

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

Luhansk oblast 173 of 17

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 143 of 14

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

Kherson 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 →

Ternopil oblast 43 of 4

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

Odesa oblast 3All 3 places
Lviv oblast 1All 1 place
Rivne oblast 1All 1 place
Chernivtsi oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

202 entries in 16 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Антонъ ПавленкоЧигиринський regimentp. 1
Филонъ Павленкоsotnia ПетрашковаЧеркаський regimentp. 31
Кондратъ Павленкоsotnia ВолынцоваКанівський regimentp. 57
Прокопъ Павленкоsotnia ГоркушинаКорсунський regimentp. 81
Федоръ ПавленкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 108

5 of 202 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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