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Petrenko (Петренко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 479 towns and villages of 20 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: 25 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 32 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 19 placesDonetsk oblast: 24 placesZhytomyr oblast: 28 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 21 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 74 placesKyiv oblast: 74 placesKirovohrad oblast: 20 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 1 placeMykolaiv oblast: 12 placesOdesa oblast: 9 placesPoltava oblast: 34 placesRivne oblast: 1 placeSumy oblast: 31 placesTernopil oblast: 3 placesKharkiv oblast: 40 placesKherson oblast: 6 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 2 placesCherkasy oblast: 38 placesChernihiv oblast: 59 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 1–6
  • 9–21
  • 24–32
  • 34–74

Selected oblast

Kyiv oblast

74 places with the surname Петренко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 7415%
Chernihiv oblast 5912%
Kharkiv oblast 408%
Cherkasy oblast 388%
Poltava oblast 347%
Luhansk oblast 327%
Sumy oblast 316%
Zhytomyr oblast 286%
Vinnytsia oblast 255%
Donetsk oblast 245%
All 20 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 214%
Kirovohrad oblast 204%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 194%
Mykolaiv oblast 123%
Odesa oblast 92%
Kherson oblast 61%
Ternopil oblast 31%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 21%
Lviv oblast 11%
Rivne 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

27 of 479 places · 24 shown

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

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 7424 of 74

and 50 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 599 of 59

and 50 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 406 of 40

and 34 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 386 of 38

and 32 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 345 of 34

and 29 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Luhansk oblast 325 of 32

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

Sumy oblast 315 of 31

and 26 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 284 of 28

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

Vinnytsia oblast 254 of 25

and 21 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 244 of 24

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 213 of 21

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

Kirovohrad oblast 203 of 20

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 193 of 19

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

Mykolaiv oblast 123 of 12

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

Odesa oblast 93 of 9

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

Kherson oblast 63 of 6

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

Ternopil oblast 3All 3 places
Khmelnytskyi oblast 2All 2 places
Lviv oblast 1All 1 place
Rivne oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

212 entries in 16 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Кузьма ПетренкоЧигиринський regimentp. 4
Жданъ Петренкоsotnia МарковаЧеркаський regimentp. 36
Андрѣй ПетренкоКанівський regimentp. 54
Данило Петренкоsotnia ВеруненковаКорсунський regimentp. 82
Иванъ ПетренкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 111

5 of 212 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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