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Herasymenko (Герасименко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Herasimenko · Gerasimenko. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 264 towns and villages of 21 oblasts in the state memory books of 1917–1960. This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.

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Vinnytsia oblast: 13 placesVolyn oblast: 1 placeLuhansk oblast: 16 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 10 placesDonetsk oblast: 13 placesZhytomyr oblast: 11 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 11 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 1 placeKyiv oblast: 43 placesKyiv oblast: 43 placesKirovohrad oblast: 7 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 1 placeMykolaiv oblast: 10 placesOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblast: 17 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 12 placesTernopil oblast: 2 placesKharkiv oblast: 20 placesKherson oblast: 9 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 7 placesCherkasy oblast: 17 placesChernihiv oblast: 41 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–2
  • 7–10
  • 11–13
  • 16–43

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Kyiv oblast

43 places with the surname Герасименко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 4316%
Chernihiv oblast 4116%
Kharkiv oblast 208%
Poltava oblast 176%
Cherkasy oblast 176%
Luhansk oblast 166%
Vinnytsia oblast 135%
Donetsk oblast 135%
Sumy oblast 125%
Zhytomyr oblast 114%
All 21 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 114%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 104%
Mykolaiv oblast 104%
Kherson oblast 93%
Kirovohrad oblast 73%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 73%
Odesa oblast 21%
Ternopil oblast 21%
Volyn oblast 11%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 11%
Lviv oblast 11%

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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

17 places with a ready parish description

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Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 4324 of 43

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

Other oblasts20Show
Chernihiv oblast 4112 of 41

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

Kharkiv oblast 206 of 20

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

Poltava oblast 175 of 17

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

Cherkasy oblast 175 of 17

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

Luhansk oblast 164 of 16

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

Vinnytsia oblast 133 of 13

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

Donetsk oblast 133 of 13

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

Sumy oblast 123 of 12

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

Zhytomyr oblast 113 of 11

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 113 of 11

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 103 of 10

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

Mykolaiv oblast 103 of 10

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

Kherson oblast 93 of 9

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

Kirovohrad oblast 73 of 7

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 73 of 7

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

Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Ternopil oblast 2All 2 places
Volyn oblast 1All 1 place
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 1All 1 place
Lviv oblast 1All 1 place
Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 164912 entries in 7 regimentsShow
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

12 entries in 7 regiments

  • Миргородський
  • Прилуцький
  • Уманський
  • Чигиринський
  • Кропивнянський
  • Полтавський
  • Ніжинський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Игнатъ ГерасименкоЧигиринський regimentp. 1
Иванъ Герасименкоsotnia ИваньгородскаяУманський regimentp. 136
Мисько Герасименкоsotnia АрклийскаяКропивнянський regimentp. 241
Петро ГерасименкоМиргородський regimentp. 256
Андрѣй ГерасименкоПолтавський regimentp. 280

5 of 12 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.

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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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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