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Semenenko (Семененко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 120 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: 9 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 4 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 5 placesDonetsk oblast: 2 placesZhytomyr oblast: 8 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 5 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 1 placeKyiv oblast: 16 placesKyiv oblast: 16 placesKirovohrad oblast: 5 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 3 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 4 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 10 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 18 placesKherson oblast: 3 placesKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 17 placesChernihiv oblast: 9 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 3–4
  • 5–8
  • 9–18

Selected oblast

Kharkiv oblast

18 places with the surname Семененко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 1815%
Cherkasy oblast 1714%
Kyiv oblast 1613%
Sumy oblast 108%
Vinnytsia oblast 98%
Chernihiv oblast 98%
Zhytomyr oblast 87%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 54%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 54%
Kirovohrad oblast 54%
All 17 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Luhansk oblast 43%
Poltava oblast 43%
Mykolaiv oblast 32%
Kherson oblast 32%
Donetsk oblast 22%
Ivano-Frankivsk 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

9 of 120 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kharkiv oblast 18All 18 places
Cherkasy oblast 1711 of 17

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

Kyiv oblast 1610 of 16

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

Sumy oblast 106 of 10

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

Vinnytsia oblast 96 of 9

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

Chernihiv oblast 96 of 9

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

Zhytomyr oblast 85 of 8

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 53 of 5

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

Zaporizhzhia 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 →

Poltava oblast 43 of 4

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

Mykolaiv oblast 3All 3 places
Kherson oblast 3All 3 places
Donetsk oblast 2All 2 places
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 1All 1 place
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

149 entries in 16 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Ясько СемененкоЧигиринський regimentp. 3
Мартинъ Семененкоsotnia ДрагилеваЧеркаський regimentp. 34
Михалъ Семененкоsotnia СтародубоваКанівський regimentp. 56
Левко СемененкоКорсунський regimentp. 78
Лукянъ СемененкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 107

5 of 149 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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