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Samoilenko (Самойленко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 149 towns and villages of 17 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: 2 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 4 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 14 placesDonetsk oblast: 5 placesZhytomyr oblast: 6 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 15 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 11 placesKyiv oblast: 11 placesKirovohrad oblast: 5 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 9 placesOdesa oblast: 3 placesPoltava oblast: 14 placesRivne oblast: 1 placeSumy oblast: 15 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 6 placesKherson oblast: 8 placesKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 9 placesChernihiv oblast: 22 placesChernivtsi oblast
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Chernihiv oblast

22 places with the surname Самойленко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 2215%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 1510%
Sumy oblast 1510%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 149%
Poltava oblast 149%
Kyiv oblast 117%
Mykolaiv oblast 96%
Cherkasy oblast 96%
Kherson oblast 85%
Zhytomyr oblast 64%
All 17 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 64%
Donetsk oblast 53%
Kirovohrad oblast 53%
Luhansk oblast 43%
Odesa oblast 32%
Vinnytsia oblast 21%
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

7 of 149 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 22All 22 places
Zaporizhzhia oblast 158 of 15

and 7 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 158 of 15

and 7 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 147 of 14

and 7 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 147 of 14

and 7 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 115 of 11

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

Mykolaiv oblast 94 of 9

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

Cherkasy oblast 94 of 9

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

Kherson oblast 84 of 8

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

Zhytomyr oblast 63 of 6

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

Kharkiv oblast 63 of 6

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

Donetsk oblast 53 of 5

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

Kirovohrad oblast 53 of 5

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

Luhansk oblast 43 of 4

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

Odesa oblast 3All 3 places
Vinnytsia oblast 2All 2 places
Rivne oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

9 entries in 6 regiments

  • Полтавський
  • Чернігівський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Уманський
  • Миргородський
  • Ніжинський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Лесько СамойленкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 129
Тимошъ Самойленкоsotnia БанковскаяУманський regimentp. 134
Кондратъ Самойленкоsotnia Гаврила ГладченкаМиргородський regimentp. 258
Иванъ СамойленкоПолтавський regimentp. 282
Игнатъ Самойленкоsotnia Носовская И КобызкаяНіжинський regimentp. 329

5 of 9 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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