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Vasylenko (Василенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Vasilenko · Wasylenko. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 405 towns and villages of 22 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: 11 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 17 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 22 placesDonetsk oblast: 23 placesZhytomyr oblast: 30 placesZakarpattia oblast: 1 placeZaporizhzhia oblast: 21 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 1 placeKyiv oblast: 59 placesKyiv oblast: 59 placesKirovohrad oblast: 19 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 4 placesMykolaiv oblast: 9 placesOdesa oblast: 7 placesPoltava oblast: 35 placesRivne oblast: 1 placeSumy oblast: 24 placesTernopil oblast: 4 placesKharkiv oblast: 22 placesKherson oblast: 10 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 3 placesCherkasy oblast: 36 placesChernihiv oblast: 46 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 4–17
  • 19–23
  • 24–59

Selected oblast

Kyiv oblast

59 places with the surname Василенко

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Coverage: Kyiv oblast →

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 5915%
Chernihiv oblast 4611%
Cherkasy oblast 369%
Poltava oblast 359%
Zhytomyr oblast 307%
Sumy oblast 246%
Donetsk oblast 236%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 225%
Kharkiv oblast 225%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 215%
All 22 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kirovohrad oblast 195%
Luhansk oblast 174%
Vinnytsia oblast 113%
Kherson oblast 102%
Mykolaiv oblast 92%
Odesa oblast 72%
Lviv oblast 41%
Ternopil oblast 41%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 31%
Zakarpattia oblast 11%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 11%
Rivne 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

19 of 405 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 5924 of 59

and 35 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 469 of 46

and 37 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 367 of 36

and 29 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 356 of 35

and 29 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 305 of 30

and 25 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 244 of 24

and 20 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 234 of 23

and 19 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 224 of 22

and 18 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 224 of 22

and 18 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 214 of 21

and 17 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 193 of 19

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

Luhansk oblast 173 of 17

and 14 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Vinnytsia oblast 113 of 11

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

Kherson oblast 103 of 10

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

Mykolaiv oblast 93 of 9

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

Odesa oblast 73 of 7

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

Lviv oblast 43 of 4

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

Ternopil oblast 43 of 4

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 3All 3 places
Zakarpattia oblast 1All 1 place
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 1All 1 place
Rivne oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

150 entries in 15 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Михайло ВасиленкоЧигиринський regimentp. 1
Левко Василенкоsotnia ПетрашковаЧеркаський regimentp. 31
Гарасимъ ВасиленкоКанівський regimentp. 54
Опанасъ ВасиленкоКорсунський regimentp. 78
Евхимъ ВасиленкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 107

5 of 150 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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