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Potapenko (Потапенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 100 towns and villages of 16 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: 1 placeVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 4 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 7 placesDonetsk oblast: 3 placesZhytomyr oblast: 2 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 6 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 20 placesKyiv oblast: 20 placesKirovohrad oblast: 5 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 6 placesOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblast: 2 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 5 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 8 placesKherson oblast: 4 placesKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 6 placesChernihiv oblast: 19 placesChernivtsi oblast
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Kyiv oblast

20 places with the surname Потапенко

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Coverage: Kyiv oblast →

The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 2020%
Chernihiv oblast 1919%
Kharkiv oblast 88%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 77%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 66%
Mykolaiv oblast 66%
Cherkasy oblast 66%
Kirovohrad oblast 55%
Sumy oblast 55%
Luhansk oblast 44%
All 16 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kherson oblast 44%
Donetsk oblast 33%
Zhytomyr oblast 22%
Odesa oblast 22%
Poltava oblast 22%
Vinnytsia 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

2 of 100 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 20All 20 places
Chernihiv oblast 1915 of 19

and 4 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 86 of 8

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 75 of 7

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 64 of 6

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Mykolaiv oblast 64 of 6

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 64 of 6

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 54 of 5

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

Sumy oblast 54 of 5

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

Luhansk 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 →

Donetsk oblast 3All 3 places
Zhytomyr oblast 2All 2 places
Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Poltava oblast 2All 2 places
Vinnytsia oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

22 entries in 8 regiments

  • Канівський
  • Кропивнянський
  • Київський
  • Переяславський
  • Чигиринський
  • Корсунський
  • Уманський
  • Прилуцький

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Семенъ Потапенкоsotnia БужинскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 7
Степанъ ПотапенкоКанівський regimentp. 54
Олешко Потапенкоsotnia ДемковаКорсунський regimentp. 102
Иванъ Потапенкоsotnia ИванскаяУманський regimentp. 147
Хвилонъ Потапенкоsotnia БилогородскаяКиївський regimentp. 203

5 of 22 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.

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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