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Vakulenko (Вакуленко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 117 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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Vinnytsia oblast: 3 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 6 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 4 placesDonetsk oblast: 9 placesZhytomyr oblast: 7 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 8 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 17 placesKyiv oblast: 17 placesKirovohrad oblast: 8 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 2 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 6 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 6 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 22 placesKherson oblast: 3 placesKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 5 placesChernihiv oblast: 10 placesChernivtsi oblast
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Kharkiv oblast

22 places with the surname Вакуленко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kharkiv oblast 2219%
Kyiv oblast 1715%
Chernihiv oblast 109%
Donetsk oblast 98%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 87%
Kirovohrad oblast 87%
Zhytomyr oblast 76%
Luhansk oblast 65%
Poltava oblast 65%
Sumy oblast 65%
All 16 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Cherkasy oblast 54%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 43%
Vinnytsia oblast 33%
Kherson oblast 33%
Mykolaiv 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 117 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kharkiv oblast 22All 22 places
Kyiv oblast 1711 of 17

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

Chernihiv oblast 106 of 10

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

Donetsk oblast 96 of 9

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 85 of 8

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

Kirovohrad oblast 85 of 8

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

Zhytomyr oblast 74 of 7

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

Luhansk oblast 64 of 6

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

Poltava oblast 64 of 6

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

Sumy oblast 64 of 6

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

Cherkasy oblast 53 of 5

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 43 of 4

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

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

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

27 entries in 9 regiments

  • Прилуцький
  • Чигиринський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Корсунський
  • Чернігівський
  • Черкаський
  • Брацлавський
  • Уманський
  • Кропивнянський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Олекса ВакуленкоЧигиринський regimentp. 3
Сидоръ Вакуленкоsotnia МошенскаЧеркаський regimentp. 46
Олексѣй ВакуленкоКорсунський regimentp. 78
Олизаръ ВакуленкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 113
Стецько Вакуленкоsotnia ИваньгородскаяУманський regimentp. 135

5 of 27 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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