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Makarenko (Макаренко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 263 towns and villages of 19 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: 4 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 8 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 8 placesDonetsk oblast: 17 placesZhytomyr oblast: 9 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 23 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 33 placesKyiv oblast: 33 placesKirovohrad oblast: 7 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 5 placesOdesa oblast: 6 placesPoltava oblast: 17 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 27 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 26 placesKherson oblast: 7 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 1 placeCherkasy oblast: 25 placesChernihiv oblast: 36 placesChernivtsi oblast: 3 places
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–4
  • 5–7
  • 8–23
  • 25–36

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Chernihiv oblast

36 places with the surname Макаренко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 3614%
Kyiv oblast 3313%
Sumy oblast 2710%
Kharkiv oblast 2610%
Cherkasy oblast 2510%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 239%
Donetsk oblast 176%
Poltava oblast 176%
Zhytomyr oblast 93%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 83%
All 19 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Luhansk oblast 83%
Kirovohrad oblast 73%
Kherson oblast 73%
Odesa oblast 62%
Mykolaiv oblast 52%
Vinnytsia oblast 42%
Chernivtsi oblast 31%
Ternopil oblast 11%
Khmelnytskyi 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

7 places with a ready parish description

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Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 3624 of 36

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

Other oblasts18Show
Kyiv oblast 3310 of 33

and 23 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 278 of 27

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

Kharkiv oblast 267 of 26

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

Cherkasy oblast 257 of 25

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 236 of 23

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

Donetsk oblast 175 of 17

and 12 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 →

Zhytomyr oblast 93 of 9

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 83 of 8

and 5 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Luhansk oblast 83 of 8

and 5 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 →

Kherson oblast 73 of 7

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

Odesa oblast 63 of 6

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

Mykolaiv oblast 53 of 5

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

Vinnytsia oblast 43 of 4

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

Chernivtsi oblast 3All 3 places
Ternopil oblast 1All 1 place
Khmelnytskyi oblast 1All 1 place
Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 164967 entries in 16 regimentsShow
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

67 entries in 16 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Стецько Макаренкоsotnia ВороновскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 6
Лукянъ Макаренкоsotnia ШубцеваЧеркаський regimentp. 30
Остапъ Макаренкоsotnia СтародубоваКанівський regimentp. 54
Павло МакаренкоКорсунський regimentp. 79
Костюкъ МакаренкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 119

5 of 67 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.

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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