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Prokopenko (Прокопенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 255 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: 12 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 5 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 13 placesDonetsk oblast: 21 placesZhytomyr oblast: 18 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 14 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 28 placesKyiv oblast: 28 placesKirovohrad oblast: 15 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 8 placesOdesa oblast: 3 placesPoltava oblast: 21 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 18 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 21 placesKherson oblast: 4 placesKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 25 placesChernihiv oblast: 29 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 3–8
  • 12–15
  • 18
  • 21–29

Selected oblast

Chernihiv oblast

29 places with the surname Прокопенко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 2911%
Kyiv oblast 2811%
Cherkasy oblast 2510%
Donetsk oblast 218%
Poltava oblast 218%
Kharkiv oblast 218%
Zhytomyr oblast 187%
Sumy oblast 187%
Kirovohrad oblast 156%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 145%
All 16 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 135%
Vinnytsia oblast 125%
Mykolaiv oblast 83%
Luhansk oblast 52%
Kherson oblast 42%
Odesa oblast 31%

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

9 of 255 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 288 of 28

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

Cherkasy oblast 257 of 25

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

Donetsk oblast 216 of 21

and 15 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 216 of 21

and 15 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 216 of 21

and 15 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 185 of 18

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

Sumy oblast 185 of 18

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

Kirovohrad oblast 154 of 15

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 144 of 14

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 134 of 13

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

Vinnytsia oblast 123 of 12

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

Mykolaiv oblast 83 of 8

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

Luhansk oblast 53 of 5

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

Kherson oblast 43 of 4

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

Odesa oblast 3All 3 places
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

63 entries in 15 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Васько Прокопенкоsotnia ЖовнинскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 18
Карпъ Прокопенкоsotnia ПетрашковаЧеркаський regimentp. 31
Матвѣй ПрокопенкоКанівський regimentp. 53
Степанъ Прокопенкоsotnia ГоркушинаКорсунський regimentp. 81
Андрѣй ПрокопенкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 115

5 of 63 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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