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Semenov (Семенов): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Semenow. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Counted together with the feminine form Семенова.

Recorded in 104 towns and villages of 19 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: 4 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 13 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 3 placesDonetsk oblast: 15 placesZhytomyr oblast: 1 placeZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 9 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 4 placesKyiv oblast: 4 placesKirovohrad oblast: 11 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 1 placeMykolaiv oblast: 9 placesOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblastRivne oblastSumy oblast: 3 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 9 placesKherson oblast: 5 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 6 placesCherkasy oblast: 3 placesChernihiv oblast: 4 placesChernivtsi oblast: 1 place
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1
  • 2–3
  • 4–6
  • 9–15

Selected oblast

Donetsk oblast

15 places with the surname Семенов

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Donetsk oblast 1514%
Luhansk oblast 1312%
Kirovohrad oblast 1111%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 99%
Mykolaiv oblast 99%
Kharkiv oblast 99%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 66%
Kherson oblast 55%
Vinnytsia oblast 44%
Kyiv oblast 44%
All 19 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 44%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 33%
Sumy oblast 33%
Cherkasy oblast 33%
Odesa oblast 22%
Zhytomyr oblast 11%
Lviv oblast 11%
Ternopil oblast 11%
Chernivtsi 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

8 of 104 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Donetsk oblast 15All 15 places
Luhansk oblast 1310 of 13

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

Kirovohrad oblast 118 of 11

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 96 of 9

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

Mykolaiv oblast 96 of 9

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

Kharkiv oblast 96 of 9

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 64 of 6

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

Kherson oblast 53 of 5

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

Vinnytsia oblast 43 of 4

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

Kyiv oblast 43 of 4

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

Chernihiv oblast 43 of 4

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 3All 3 places
Sumy oblast 3All 3 places
Cherkasy oblast 3All 3 places
Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Zhytomyr oblast 1All 1 place
Lviv oblast 1All 1 place
Ternopil oblast 1All 1 place
Chernivtsi oblast 1All 1 place

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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