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Ponomarenko (Пономаренко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 428 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: 25 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 22 placesDonetsk oblast: 27 placesZhytomyr oblast: 4 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 17 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 56 placesKyiv oblast: 56 placesKirovohrad oblast: 20 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 11 placesOdesa oblast: 5 placesPoltava oblast: 17 placesRivne oblast: 1 placeSumy oblast: 45 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 56 placesKherson oblast: 19 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 3 placesCherkasy oblast: 46 placesChernihiv oblast: 51 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–4
  • 5–19
  • 20–27
  • 45–56

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Kyiv oblast

56 places with the surname Пономаренко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 5613%
Kharkiv oblast 5613%
Chernihiv oblast 5112%
Cherkasy oblast 4611%
Sumy oblast 4511%
Donetsk oblast 276%
Luhansk oblast 256%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 225%
Kirovohrad oblast 205%
Kherson oblast 194%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 174%
Poltava oblast 174%
Mykolaiv oblast 113%
Odesa oblast 51%
Zhytomyr oblast 41%
Vinnytsia oblast 31%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 31%
Rivne 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

10 places with a ready parish description

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Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 5624 of 56

and 32 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Other oblasts17Show
Kharkiv oblast 5610 of 56

and 46 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 519 of 51

and 42 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 468 of 46

and 38 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 458 of 45

and 37 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 275 of 27

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

Luhansk oblast 254 of 25

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 224 of 22

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

Kirovohrad oblast 203 of 20

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

Kherson oblast 193 of 19

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 173 of 17

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

Poltava oblast 173 of 17

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

Mykolaiv oblast 113 of 11

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

Odesa oblast 53 of 5

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

Zhytomyr oblast 43 of 4

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

Vinnytsia oblast 3All 3 places
Khmelnytskyi oblast 3All 3 places
Rivne oblast 1All 1 place

Similar surnames in the index

Similar in spelling. That does not make the families related.

What these books can and cannot tell you

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  • 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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