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Saienko (Саєнко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 107 towns and villages of 15 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: 6 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 11 placesDonetsk oblast: 14 placesZhytomyr oblast: 1 placeZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 10 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 12 placesKyiv oblast: 12 placesKirovohrad oblast: 7 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 1 placeOdesa oblastPoltava oblast: 2 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 13 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 14 placesKherson oblast: 3 placesKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 4 placesChernihiv oblast: 8 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 1
  • 2–6
  • 7–11
  • 12–14

Selected oblast

Donetsk oblast

14 places with the surname Саєнко

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Coverage: Donetsk oblast →

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Donetsk oblast 1413%
Kharkiv oblast 1413%
Sumy oblast 1312%
Kyiv oblast 1211%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 1110%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 109%
Chernihiv oblast 87%
Kirovohrad oblast 77%
Luhansk oblast 66%
Cherkasy oblast 44%
All 15 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kherson oblast 33%
Poltava oblast 22%
Vinnytsia oblast 11%
Zhytomyr oblast 11%
Mykolaiv 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

1 of 107 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Donetsk oblast 14All 14 places
Kharkiv oblast 1410 of 14

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

Sumy oblast 139 of 13

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

Kyiv oblast 128 of 12

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 118 of 11

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 107 of 10

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

Chernihiv oblast 85 of 8

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

Kirovohrad oblast 75 of 7

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

Luhansk oblast 64 of 6

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

Cherkasy oblast 43 of 4

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

Kherson oblast 3All 3 places
Poltava oblast 2All 2 places
Vinnytsia oblast 1All 1 place
Zhytomyr oblast 1All 1 place
Mykolaiv oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

2 entries in 2 regiments

  • Чигиринський
  • Брацлавський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Семенъ Саенкоsotnia БужинскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 7
Грицько Саенкоsotnia КраснянскаяБрацлавський regimentp. 162

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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Give us the surname and the village; we reply by email whether the parish books survive. It is free. Next is the search: a letter on where your family’s books are kept.

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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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