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Potapenko (Потапенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 100 towns and villages of 16 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: 1 placeVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 4 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 7 placesDonetsk oblast: 3 placesZhytomyr oblast: 2 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 6 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 20 placesKyiv oblast: 20 placesKirovohrad oblast: 5 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 6 placesOdesa oblast: 2 placesPoltava oblast: 2 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 5 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 8 placesKherson oblast: 4 placesKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 6 placesChernihiv oblast: 19 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
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  • 3–4
  • 5–6
  • 7–20

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 2020%
Chernihiv oblast 1919%
Kharkiv oblast 88%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 77%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 66%
Mykolaiv oblast 66%
Cherkasy oblast 66%
Kirovohrad oblast 55%
Sumy oblast 55%
Luhansk oblast 44%
All 16 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kherson oblast 44%
Donetsk oblast 33%
Zhytomyr oblast 22%
Odesa oblast 22%
Poltava oblast 22%
Vinnytsia 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

2 places with a ready parish description

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Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 20All 20 places
Other oblasts15Show
Chernihiv oblast 1915 of 19

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

Kharkiv oblast 86 of 8

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 75 of 7

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 64 of 6

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

Mykolaiv oblast 64 of 6

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

Cherkasy oblast 64 of 6

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

Kirovohrad oblast 54 of 5

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

Sumy oblast 54 of 5

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

Luhansk 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 →

Donetsk oblast 3All 3 places
Zhytomyr oblast 2All 2 places
Odesa oblast 2All 2 places
Poltava oblast 2All 2 places
Vinnytsia oblast 1All 1 place
Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 164922 entries in 8 regimentsShow
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

22 entries in 8 regiments

  • Канівський
  • Кропивнянський
  • Київський
  • Переяславський
  • Чигиринський
  • Корсунський
  • Уманський
  • Прилуцький

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Семенъ Потапенкоsotnia БужинскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 7
Степанъ ПотапенкоКанівський regimentp. 54
Олешко Потапенкоsotnia ДемковаКорсунський regimentp. 102
Иванъ Потапенкоsotnia ИванскаяУманський regimentp. 147
Хвилонъ Потапенкоsotnia БилогородскаяКиївський regimentp. 203

5 of 22 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

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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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