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Symonenko (Симоненко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 111 towns and villages of 16 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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Chernihiv oblast

20 places with the surname Симоненко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 2018%
Kharkiv oblast 1514%
Kyiv oblast 1211%
Donetsk oblast 109%
Sumy oblast 109%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 98%
Poltava oblast 98%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 76%
Cherkasy oblast 44%
Luhansk oblast 33%
All 16 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Mykolaiv oblast 33%
Vinnytsia oblast 22%
Zhytomyr oblast 22%
Kirovohrad oblast 22%
Kherson oblast 22%
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

4 of 111 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 20All 20 places
Kharkiv oblast 1510 of 15

and 5 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 →

Donetsk oblast 107 of 10

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

Sumy oblast 107 of 10

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 →

Poltava oblast 96 of 9

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 75 of 7

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 →

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

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

19 entries in 9 regiments

  • Полтавський
  • Переяславський
  • Корсунський
  • Київський
  • Миргородський
  • Ніжинський
  • Чигиринський
  • Канівський
  • Брацлавський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Иванъ Симоненкоsotnia МихайловскаяКанівський regimentp. 77
Степанъ Симоненкоsotnia КорчовскаяКорсунський regimentp. 91
Петрашъ Симоненкоsotnia ЯніполскаяБрацлавський regimentp. 169
Таврило Симоненкоsotnia БроварскаяКиївський regimentp. 209
Олексѣй Симоненкоsotnia Ивана БабычаПереяславський regimentp. 223

5 of 19 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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