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Yakovenko (Яковенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 290 towns and villages of 20 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: 22 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 12 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 15 placesDonetsk oblast: 17 placesZhytomyr oblast: 16 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 17 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 2 placesKyiv oblast: 36 placesKyiv oblast: 36 placesKirovohrad oblast: 16 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 9 placesOdesa oblast: 9 placesPoltava oblast: 15 placesRivne oblast: 1 placeSumy oblast: 25 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 30 placesKherson oblast: 7 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 4 placesCherkasy oblast: 25 placesChernihiv oblast: 11 placesChernivtsi oblast: 1 place
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–7
  • 9–12
  • 15–17
  • 22–36

Selected oblast

Kyiv oblast

36 places with the surname Яковенко

All 36 places →

Coverage: Kyiv oblast →

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 3612%
Kharkiv oblast 3010%
Sumy oblast 259%
Cherkasy oblast 259%
Vinnytsia oblast 228%
Donetsk oblast 176%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 176%
Zhytomyr oblast 166%
Kirovohrad oblast 166%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 155%
All 20 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Poltava oblast 155%
Luhansk oblast 124%
Chernihiv oblast 114%
Mykolaiv oblast 93%
Odesa oblast 93%
Kherson oblast 72%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 41%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 21%
Rivne 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

23 of 290 places

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

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 3624 of 36

and 12 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 308 of 30

and 22 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 256 of 25

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

Cherkasy oblast 256 of 25

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

Vinnytsia oblast 226 of 22

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

Donetsk oblast 174 of 17

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 174 of 17

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

Zhytomyr oblast 164 of 16

and 12 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 164 of 16

and 12 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 154 of 15

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

Poltava oblast 154 of 15

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

Luhansk oblast 123 of 12

and 9 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 113 of 11

and 8 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 93 of 9

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

Kherson oblast 73 of 7

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 43 of 4

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

Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 2All 2 places
Rivne oblast 1All 1 place
Chernivtsi oblast 1All 1 place
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

82 entries in 14 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Федько ЯковенкоЧигиринський regimentp. 2
Кондратъ Яковенкоsotnia ШубцеваЧеркаський regimentp. 29
Терешко Яковенкоsotnia СтародубоваКанівський regimentp. 56
Левко ЯковенкоКорсунський regimentp. 79
Савка ЯковенкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 112

5 of 82 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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