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Romanenko (Романенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 269 towns and villages of 18 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: 13 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 13 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 10 placesDonetsk oblast: 17 placesZhytomyr oblast: 15 placesZakarpattia oblast: 1 placeZaporizhzhia oblast: 21 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 38 placesKyiv oblast: 38 placesKirovohrad oblast: 12 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 1 placeMykolaiv oblast: 4 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 13 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 24 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 16 placesKherson oblast: 8 placesKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 25 placesChernihiv oblast: 37 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–4
  • 8–12
  • 13–17
  • 21–38

Selected oblast

Kyiv oblast

38 places with the surname Романенко

All 38 places →

Coverage: Kyiv oblast →

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 3814%
Chernihiv oblast 3714%
Cherkasy oblast 259%
Sumy oblast 249%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 218%
Donetsk oblast 176%
Kharkiv oblast 166%
Zhytomyr oblast 156%
Vinnytsia oblast 135%
Luhansk oblast 135%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Poltava oblast 135%
Kirovohrad oblast 124%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 104%
Kherson oblast 83%
Mykolaiv oblast 41%
Zakarpattia oblast 11%
Lviv oblast 11%
Odesa 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

15 of 269 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 3824 of 38

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

Chernihiv oblast 3711 of 37

and 26 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 →

Sumy oblast 247 of 24

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 216 of 21

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

Donetsk oblast 175 of 17

and 12 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 164 of 16

and 12 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 154 of 15

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

Vinnytsia oblast 133 of 13

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

Luhansk oblast 133 of 13

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

Poltava oblast 133 of 13

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

Kirovohrad oblast 123 of 12

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 103 of 10

and 7 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 →

Mykolaiv oblast 43 of 4

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

Zakarpattia oblast 1All 1 place
Lviv oblast 1All 1 place
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

97 entries in 15 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Хведоръ Романенкоsotnia БоровицкаяЧигиринський regimentp. 8
Иархомъ Романенкоsotnia МарковаЧеркаський regimentp. 37
Дорошъ РоманенкоКанівський regimentp. 53
Тимошъ Романенкоsotnia ИвахниченковаКорсунський regimentp. 85
Семенъ РоманенкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 108

5 of 97 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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