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Stepanenko (Степаненко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 202 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: 2 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 8 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 8 placesDonetsk oblast: 12 placesZhytomyr oblast: 9 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 9 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 32 placesKyiv oblast: 32 placesKirovohrad oblast: 10 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 3 placesOdesa oblast: 5 placesPoltava oblast: 17 placesRivne oblast: 1 placeSumy oblast: 26 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 21 placesKherson oblast: 3 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 1 placeCherkasy oblast: 15 placesChernihiv oblast: 20 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 1–2
  • 3–8
  • 9–15
  • 17–32

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Kyiv oblast

32 places with the surname Степаненко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 3216%
Sumy oblast 2613%
Kharkiv oblast 2110%
Chernihiv oblast 2010%
Poltava oblast 178%
Cherkasy oblast 157%
Donetsk oblast 126%
Kirovohrad oblast 105%
Zhytomyr oblast 94%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 94%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 84%
Luhansk oblast 84%
Odesa oblast 52%
Mykolaiv oblast 31%
Kherson oblast 31%
Vinnytsia oblast 21%
Rivne oblast 11%
Khmelnytskyi 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

6 of 202 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 3224 of 32

and 8 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 2610 of 26

and 16 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 218 of 21

and 13 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 207 of 20

and 13 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 176 of 17

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

Cherkasy oblast 155 of 15

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

Donetsk oblast 124 of 12

and 8 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 103 of 10

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

Zhytomyr oblast 93 of 9

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 93 of 9

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 83 of 8

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

Luhansk oblast 83 of 8

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

Odesa oblast 53 of 5

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

Mykolaiv oblast 3All 3 places
Kherson oblast 3All 3 places
Vinnytsia oblast 2All 2 places
Rivne oblast 1All 1 place
Khmelnytskyi oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

140 entries in 15 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Степаненкоsotnia КриловскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 5
Хома Степаненкоsotnia ЛазареваЧеркаський regimentp. 40
Іосько СтепаненкоКанівський regimentp. 53
Пилипъ СтепаненкоКорсунський regimentp. 78
Васько СтепаненкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 110

5 of 140 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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