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Yakymenko (Якименко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Yakimenko · Jakymenko. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 163 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: 9 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblastDnipropetrovsk oblast: 7 placesDonetsk oblast: 12 placesZhytomyr oblast: 11 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 8 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 24 placesKyiv oblast: 24 placesKirovohrad oblast: 6 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 7 placesOdesa oblast: 5 placesPoltava oblast: 13 placesRivne oblast: 1 placeSumy oblast: 14 placesTernopil oblast: 1 placeKharkiv oblast: 23 placesKherson oblast: 3 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 2 placesCherkasy oblast: 12 placesChernihiv oblast: 5 placesChernivtsi oblast
  • Places per oblast:
  • none
  • 1–3
  • 5–7
  • 8–11
  • 12–24

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Kyiv oblast

24 places with the surname Якименко

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The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 2415%
Kharkiv oblast 2314%
Sumy oblast 149%
Poltava oblast 138%
Donetsk oblast 127%
Cherkasy oblast 127%
Zhytomyr oblast 117%
Vinnytsia oblast 96%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 85%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 74%
All 18 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Mykolaiv oblast 74%
Kirovohrad oblast 64%
Odesa oblast 53%
Chernihiv oblast 53%
Kherson oblast 32%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 21%
Rivne oblast 11%
Ternopil 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 24All 24 places
Other oblasts17Show
Kharkiv oblast 2311 of 23

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

Sumy oblast 146 of 14

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

Poltava oblast 136 of 13

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

Donetsk oblast 125 of 12

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

Cherkasy oblast 125 of 12

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

Zhytomyr oblast 115 of 11

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

Vinnytsia oblast 94 of 9

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

Zaporizhzhia oblast 83 of 8

and 5 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 →

Kirovohrad oblast 63 of 6

and 3 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 →

Chernihiv oblast 53 of 5

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

Kherson oblast 3All 3 places
Khmelnytskyi oblast 2All 2 places
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Rivne oblast 1All 1 place
Ternopil oblast 1All 1 place
Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 164968 entries in 14 regimentsShow
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

68 entries in 14 regiments

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

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

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Протасъ ЯкименкоЧигиринський regimentp. 1
Мойсѣй Якименкоsotnia ДрагилеваЧеркаський regimentp. 35
Гарасимъ Якименкоsotnia СтародубоваКанівський regimentp. 56
Іосько ЯкименкоКорсунський regimentp. 79
Лукашъ ЯкименкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 111

5 of 68 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.

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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