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Martynenko (Мартиненко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

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

Recorded in 261 towns and villages of 18 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: 3 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 18 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 13 placesDonetsk oblast: 18 placesZhytomyr oblast: 11 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 14 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 49 placesKyiv oblast: 49 placesKirovohrad oblast: 10 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 4 placesOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblast: 16 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 34 placesTernopil oblast: 2 placesKharkiv oblast: 17 placesKherson oblast: 4 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 2 placesCherkasy oblast: 21 placesChernihiv oblast: 23 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 2–3
  • 4–13
  • 14–17
  • 18–49

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Kyiv oblast

49 places with the surname Мартиненко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 4919%
Sumy oblast 3413%
Chernihiv oblast 239%
Cherkasy oblast 218%
Donetsk oblast 187%
Luhansk oblast 187%
Kharkiv oblast 177%
Poltava oblast 166%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 145%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 135%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zhytomyr oblast 114%
Kirovohrad oblast 104%
Mykolaiv oblast 42%
Kherson oblast 42%
Vinnytsia oblast 31%
Odesa oblast 21%
Ternopil oblast 21%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 21%

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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

10 places with a ready parish description

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Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 4924 of 49

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

Other oblasts17Show
Sumy oblast 3410 of 34

and 24 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 237 of 23

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

Cherkasy oblast 216 of 21

and 15 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 185 of 18

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

Luhansk oblast 185 of 18

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

Kharkiv oblast 175 of 17

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

Poltava oblast 164 of 16

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 144 of 14

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 133 of 13

and 10 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 →

Kirovohrad oblast 103 of 10

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

Mykolaiv oblast 43 of 4

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

Kherson oblast 43 of 4

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

Vinnytsia oblast 3All 3 places
Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Ternopil oblast 2All 2 places
Khmelnytskyi oblast 2All 2 places
Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649111 entries in 16 regimentsShow
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

111 entries in 16 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Васько Мартиненкоsotnia ВороновскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 6
Есько Мартиненкоsotnia ВовченковаЧеркаський regimentp. 42
Васько МартиненкоКанівський regimentp. 53
Прокопъ МартиненкоКорсунський regimentp. 79
Радько МартиненкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 109

5 of 111 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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