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Velychko (Величко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Velichko · Welyczko. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 237 towns and villages of 24 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: 16 placesVolyn oblast: 7 placesLuhansk oblast: 21 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 7 placesDonetsk oblast: 12 placesZhytomyr oblast: 9 placesZakarpattia oblast: 3 placesZaporizhzhia oblast: 14 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblast: 2 placesKyiv oblast: 13 placesKyiv oblast: 13 placesKirovohrad oblast: 12 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblast: 4 placesMykolaiv oblast: 7 placesOdesa oblast: 3 placesPoltava oblast: 13 placesRivne oblast: 11 placesSumy oblast: 12 placesTernopil oblast: 2 placesKharkiv oblast: 20 placesKherson oblast: 3 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 19 placesCherkasy oblast: 11 placesChernihiv oblast: 10 placesChernivtsi oblast: 6 places
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 2–4
  • 6–10
  • 11–12
  • 13–21

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Luhansk oblast

21 places with the surname Величко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Luhansk oblast 219%
Kharkiv oblast 208%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 198%
Vinnytsia oblast 167%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 146%
Kyiv oblast 135%
Poltava oblast 135%
Donetsk oblast 125%
Kirovohrad oblast 125%
Sumy oblast 125%
All 24 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Rivne oblast 115%
Cherkasy oblast 115%
Chernihiv oblast 104%
Zhytomyr oblast 94%
Volyn oblast 73%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 73%
Mykolaiv oblast 73%
Chernivtsi oblast 63%
Lviv oblast 42%
Zakarpattia oblast 31%
Odesa oblast 31%
Kherson oblast 31%
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 21%
Ternopil oblast 21%

Each oblast name opens its coverage page: parishes, books and what has been digitized.

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

29 places with a ready parish description · 24 shown

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Places in the indexed books

Luhansk oblast 21All 21 places
Other oblasts23Show
Kharkiv oblast 206 of 20

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

Khmelnytskyi oblast 196 of 19

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

Vinnytsia oblast 165 of 16

and 11 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 →

Kyiv oblast 134 of 13

and 9 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 134 of 13

and 9 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 124 of 12

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

Kirovohrad oblast 124 of 12

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

Sumy oblast 124 of 12

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

Rivne oblast 113 of 11

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

Cherkasy oblast 113 of 11

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

Chernihiv oblast 103 of 10

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

Zhytomyr oblast 93 of 9

and 6 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Volyn oblast 73 of 7

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

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 73 of 7

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

Mykolaiv oblast 73 of 7

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

Chernivtsi oblast 63 of 6

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

Lviv oblast 43 of 4

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

Zakarpattia oblast 3All 3 places
Odesa oblast 3All 3 places
Kherson oblast 3All 3 places
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 2All 2 places
Ternopil oblast 2All 2 places
Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 164925 entries in 12 regimentsShow
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

25 entries in 12 regiments

  • Миргородський
  • Канівський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Брацлавський
  • Корсунський
  • Чигиринський
  • Уманський
  • Кальницький
  • Київський
  • Переяславський
  • Кропивнянський
  • Чернігівський

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Сахно ВеличкоЧигиринський regimentp. 3
Семенъ Величкоsotnia КулагинаКанівський regimentp. 59
Иванъ Величкоsotnia Маркова БажаненковаКорсунський regimentp. 87
Наумъ ВеличкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 108
Иванъ Величкоsotnia ДабанскаяУманський regimentp. 139

5 of 25 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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