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Saienko (Саєнко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Recorded in 107 towns and villages of 15 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: 6 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 11 placesDonetsk oblast: 14 placesZhytomyr oblast: 1 placeZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 10 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 12 placesKyiv oblast: 12 placesKirovohrad oblast: 7 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 1 placeOdesa oblastPoltava oblast: 2 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 13 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 14 placesKherson oblast: 3 placesKhmelnytskyi oblastCherkasy oblast: 4 placesChernihiv oblast: 8 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1
  • 2–6
  • 7–11
  • 12–14

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Donetsk oblast

14 places with the surname Саєнко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Donetsk oblast 1413%
Kharkiv oblast 1413%
Sumy oblast 1312%
Kyiv oblast 1211%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 1110%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 109%
Chernihiv oblast 87%
Kirovohrad oblast 77%
Luhansk oblast 66%
Cherkasy oblast 44%
All 15 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Kherson oblast 33%
Poltava oblast 22%
Vinnytsia oblast 11%
Zhytomyr oblast 11%
Mykolaiv 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

1 place with a ready parish description

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Places in the indexed books

Donetsk oblast 14All 14 places
Other oblasts14Show
Kharkiv oblast 1410 of 14

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

Sumy oblast 139 of 13

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

Kyiv oblast 128 of 12

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 118 of 11

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 107 of 10

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

Chernihiv oblast 85 of 8

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

Kirovohrad oblast 75 of 7

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

Luhansk oblast 64 of 6

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

Cherkasy oblast 43 of 4

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

Kherson oblast 3All 3 places
Poltava oblast 2All 2 places
Vinnytsia oblast 1All 1 place
Zhytomyr oblast 1All 1 place
Mykolaiv oblast 1All 1 place
Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 16492 entries in 2 regimentsShow
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

2 entries in 2 regiments

  • Чигиринський
  • Брацлавський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Семенъ Саенкоsotnia БужинскаяЧигиринський regimentp. 7
Грицько Саенкоsotnia КраснянскаяБрацлавський regimentp. 162

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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