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Nesterenko (Нестеренко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 265 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: 2 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 12 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 17 placesDonetsk oblast: 23 placesZhytomyr oblast: 6 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 18 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 1 placeKyiv oblast: 29 placesKyiv oblast: 29 placesKirovohrad oblast: 6 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 8 placesOdesa oblast: 1 placePoltava oblast: 21 placesRivne oblast: 1 placeSumy oblast: 30 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 33 placesKherson oblast: 3 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 4 placesCherkasy oblast: 13 placesChernihiv oblast: 35 placesChernivtsi oblast: 1 place
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1
  • 2–6
  • 8–18
  • 21–35

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Chernihiv oblast

35 places with the surname Нестеренко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Chernihiv oblast 3513%
Kharkiv oblast 3312%
Sumy oblast 3011%
Kyiv oblast 2911%
Donetsk oblast 239%
Poltava oblast 218%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 187%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 176%
Cherkasy oblast 135%
Luhansk oblast 125%
All 21 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Mykolaiv oblast 83%
Zhytomyr oblast 62%
Kirovohrad oblast 62%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 42%
Kherson oblast 31%
Vinnytsia oblast 21%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 11%
Odesa oblast 11%
Rivne oblast 11%
Ternopil oblast 11%
Chernivtsi 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

8 places with a ready parish description

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Places in the indexed books

Chernihiv oblast 3524 of 35

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

Other oblasts20Show
Kharkiv oblast 339 of 33

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

Sumy oblast 309 of 30

and 21 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kyiv oblast 298 of 29

and 21 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 236 of 23

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

Poltava oblast 216 of 21

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 185 of 18

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 175 of 17

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

Cherkasy oblast 133 of 13

and 10 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 →

Mykolaiv oblast 83 of 8

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

Zhytomyr oblast 63 of 6

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

Kirovohrad oblast 63 of 6

and 3 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 →

Kherson oblast 3All 3 places
Vinnytsia oblast 2All 2 places
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 1All 1 place
Odesa oblast 1All 1 place
Rivne oblast 1All 1 place
Ternopil oblast 1All 1 place
Chernivtsi oblast 1All 1 place
Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 164962 entries in 14 regimentsShow
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

62 entries in 14 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Грицько НестеренкоЧигиринський regimentp. 2
Грыцько Нестеренкоsotnia ДрагилеваЧеркаський regimentp. 35
Максимъ НестеренкоКанівський regimentp. 53
Игнатъ Нестеренкоsotnia ВеруненковаКорсунський regimentp. 82
Прохоръ НестеренкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 109

5 of 62 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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