Sumy Genealogical Records

Sumy Birth & Baptism Records

Ukraine Birth & Baptism Index (1784-1879)

An index of over 14,000 records of births and baptisms, including parents' names and other details.

Miscellaneous Births & Baptisms Index (1534-1983)

A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.

Sumy Marriage & Divorce Records

Miscellaneous Marriage Index (1662-1945)

An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Sumy Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Newspapers Covering Sumy

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Duma Voter Lists (1906-1907)

An index to over 200,000 names found in lists of registered voters for parts of Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland and Latvia. The index lists name, voting qualification, residence, property value, age and more.

Jewish Names in US State Department Files (1910-1929)

An index of close to 10,000 Jews named in State Department files. The records cover Palestine, Romania, and Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Georgia, Yugoslavia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey, Tripoli, Barca, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.

Sumy Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Sumy Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Eastern European Holocaust Memorials (1939-1945)

A database containing more than 17,500 people whose names are recorded on Holocaust memorials in 28 communities in present-day Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine.

Sumy Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Sumy

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Sumy Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Sumy Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Sumy Reference Works

Dictionary of Jewish Surnames in Russian Empire (1500-1900)

A work which list the history and etymology of Jewish surnames found in the Ukraine, Belorussia, Bessarabia, Lithuania, and Russia.

Jewish Name Database (1400-Present)

A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.

Miriam Weiner Eastern European Archival Database (1800-1960)

An index to predominantly Jewish records held in the archives of Belarus, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland and Ukraine.

Most Common Surnames in Sumy

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Sumy Oblast
1Tkachenko1,6811:17230.18%2
2Shevchenko1,6001:18028.00%1
3Bondarenko1,3941:20729.73%4
4Kovalenko1,3551:21326.51%3
5Kravchenko9681:29825.83%6
6Rudenko9501:30436.72%17
7Petrenko9291:31131.65%11
8Boiko (Russian: Boyko)9091:31823.80%5
9Myroshnychenko (Russian: Miroshnichenko)8771:32929.15%10
10Honcharenko (Russian: Goncharenko)8491:34033.81%19
11Lytvynenko (Russian: Litvinenko)8061:35825.74%9
12Ponomarenko7611:37927.36%14
13Marchenko7271:39721.37%7
14Kharchenko7191:40127.65%15
15Karpenko7081:40824.54%12
16Pavlenko6911:41830.40%22
17Savchenko6821:42320.36%8
18Melnyk (Russian: Melnik)6571:43926.18%20
19Panchenko6201:46623.86%16
20Myshchenko (Russian: Mischenko)5831:49528.23%30
21Denysenko (Russian: Denisenko)5801:49835.22%51
22Klymenko (Russian: Klimenko)5481:52721.62%18
23Levchenko5471:52823.93%21
23Lysenko (Russian: Lisenko)5471:52819.59%13
25Ostapenko5331:54230.83%44
26Martynenko (Russian: Martinenko)5281:54724.91%28
27Kolesnyk (Russian: Kolesnik)5271:54827.33%35
28Prykhodko (Russian: Prikhodko)5231:55223.87%25
29Hrytsenko (Russian: Gritsenko)5191:55630.24%45
30Eremenko5001:57733.83%60
31Tymchenko (Russian: Timchenko)4961:58233.72%61
32Sydorenko (Russian: Sidorenko)4911:58823.81%31
33Shapoval4891:59029.42%49
34Zayka (Russian: Zaika)4671:61837.57%77
35Kolomyets (Russian: Kolomiets)4621:62527.93%50
36Kotenko4571:63239.67%92
37Kyrychenko (Russian: Kirichenko)4521:63921.94%32
38Hordyenko (Russian: Gordienko)4351:66423.94%39
39Parkhomenko4321:66830.92%63
40Kuzmenko4141:69719.17%27
41Serdyuk4111:70220.83%33
42Nazarenko4081:70721.29%36
43Tereshchenko (Russian: Tereschenko)3991:72321.28%38
44Nesterenko3951:73125.47%55
45Moskalenko3891:74217.37%23
45Nykolaenko (Russian: Nikolaenko)3891:74229.83%72
47Diachenko (Russian: Dyachenko)3831:75421.85%42
48Fesenko3811:75821.25%41
49Pylypenko (Russian: Pilipenko)3721:77623.38%54
50Tarasenko3631:79516.58%26
51Demchenko3611:80018.51%34
51Tyshchenko (Russian: Tischenko)3611:80021.46%47
53Hryshchenko (Russian: Grischenko)3591:80424.05%57
54Bondar3581:80619.77%40
55Kulyk (Russian: Kulik)3551:81321.16%48
56Stetsenko3541:81525.69%67
57Moroz3491:82716.81%29
58Fomenko3481:82942.34%150
59Kostenko3391:85128.27%87
59Zynchenko (Russian: Zinchenko)3391:85128.68%90
61Khomenko3381:85415.13%24
62Yvchenko (Russian: Ivchenko)3301:87544.78%169
63Yhnatenko (Russian: Ignatenko)3271:88334.17%121
64Romanenko3241:89121.72%58
64Yvanova (Russian: Ivanova)3241:89126.96%86
66Dudchenko3211:89939.98%157
67Sherstyuk3201:90245.45%182
68Kovaleva3171:91124.61%74
69Serhyenko (Russian: Sergienko)3151:91618.54%46
70Radchenko3141:91921.19%59
71Lazarenko3121:92554.17%232
72Koval3111:92826.20%89
72Vasylenko (Russian: Vasilenko)3111:92819.13%52
74Kononenko3101:93134.18%130
75Babych (Russian: Babich)3081:93717.71%43
76Suprun3071:94027.12%94
77Dotsenko3061:94334.69%134
77Vlasenko3061:94325.23%83
79Shcherbak (Russian: Scherbak)3041:95027.89%101
80Sereda3031:95328.83%105
81Ermolenko3021:95637.19%153
81Zhuk3021:95635.28%139
83Mykhailychenko (Russian: Mikhaylichenko)2951:97959.84%283
84Kalynychenko (Russian: Kalinichenko)2921:98928.57%111
85Klochko2911:99266.29%339
85Kornyenko (Russian: Kornienko)2911:99221.19%68
87Fedorenko2871:1,00623.86%85
87Soroka2871:1,00627.86%109
89Borysenko (Russian: Borisenko)2841:1,01620.10%62
90Novak2831:1,02039.47%174
91Tytarenko (Russian: Titarenko)2821:1,02429.41%120
92Hlushchenko (Russian: Gluschenko)2811:1,02730.25%125
92Zakharchenko2811:1,02720.23%65
94Symonenko (Russian: Simonenko)2801:1,03133.98%147
95Yaroshenko2781:1,03827.17%110
96Yatsenko2771:1,04221.62%75
97Liashenko (Russian: Lyashenko)2741:1,05324.93%100
97Vorona2741:1,05322.24%80
99Moyseenko (Russian: Moiseenko)2731:1,05730.57%132
99Nahornaia (Russian: Nagornaya)2731:1,05740.03%186
101Holub (Russian: Golub)2721:1,06120.96%73
102Avramenko2711:1,06524.44%99
103Makarenko2701:1,06914.36%37
104Emelianenko (Russian: Emelyanenko)2691:1,07362.70%347
104Yvanov (Russian: Ivanov)2691:1,07329.02%126
106Vashchenko (Russian: Vaschenko)2671:1,08122.82%91
107Maiboroda (Russian: Mayboroda)2661:1,08533.33%160
108Tokar2611:1,10633.90%164
109Maksymenko (Russian: Maksimenko)2571:1,12321.15%82
109Stepanenko2571:1,12320.73%78
111Movchan2511:1,15022.33%96
111Popova2511:1,15037.52%189
113Puhach (Russian: Pugach)2501:1,15531.77%162
114Okhrymenko (Russian: Okhrimenko)2481:1,16425.78%119
115Butenko2461:1,17351.14%294
115Fedorchenko2461:1,17336.55%188
115Ovcharenko2461:1,17318.57%70
118Davydenko (Russian: Davidenko)2451:1,17818.75%71
118Yakovenko (Russian: Iakovenko)2451:1,17817.65%66
120Kosenko2441:1,18323.39%107
120Nykolenko (Russian: Nikolenko)2441:1,18343.73%243
122Kovalev2431:1,18822.84%104
122Saenko2431:1,18821.74%97
124Lavryk (Russian: Lavrik)2421:1,19328.50%141
124Nahornyi (Russian: Nagorniy)2421:1,19339.80%213
124Shulha (Russian: Shulga)2421:1,19318.01%69
127Protsenko2411:1,19820.94%93
127Radko2411:1,19837.83%203
127Rybalka (Russian: Ribalka)2411:1,19828.79%143
130Lebed2361:1,22329.03%152
131Prokopenko2341:1,23418.93%79
132Yurchenko2311:1,25015.44%56
133Havrylenko (Russian: Gavrilenko)2281:1,26620.16%95
134Lynnyk (Russian: Linnik)2271:1,27228.81%161
135Kalchenko2261:1,27729.58%165
136Evtushenko2251:1,28320.18%98
137Tymoshenko (Russian: Timoshenko)2241:1,28916.10%64
138Samoilenko (Russian: Samoylenko)2201:1,31221.91%113
138Sema2201:1,31256.56%383
140Doroshenko2191:1,31822.39%116
141Honcharova (Russian: Goncharova)2181:1,32420.34%103
141Yliashenko (Russian: Ilyashenko)2181:1,32434.88%209
143Babenko2171:1,33025.32%138
144Dmytrenko (Russian: Dmitrenko)2161:1,33623.18%124
145Herman (Russian: German)2141:1,34959.44%421
145Kalashnyk (Russian: Kalashnik)2141:1,34936.52%228
145Kovtun2141:1,34913.32%53
148Oleinyk (Russian: Oleynik)2131:1,35535.32%217
149Lukianenko (Russian: Lukyanenko)2121:1,36219.59%102
149Trofymenko (Russian: Trofimenko)2121:1,36231.83%192
151Chernenko2111:1,36822.05%121
152Matvyenko (Russian: Matvienko)2101:1,37521.30%115
152Popov2101:1,37536.84%234
154Volkova2091:1,38131.33%191
155Kuznetsova2041:1,41536.04%236
156Kutsenko2031:1,42242.56%297
156Sytnyk (Russian: Sitnik)2031:1,42221.92%127
158Hovorun (Russian: Govorun)2021:1,42958.05%433
159Kazban2011:1,43674.72%611
159Kobzar2011:1,43631.26%202
159Ylchenko (Russian: Ilchenko)2011:1,43629.22%184
162Olkhovyk (Russian: Olkhovik)2001:1,44337.11%256
162Yvashchenko (Russian: Ivaschenko)2001:1,44316.72%88
164Severyn (Russian: Severin)1991:1,45138.20%268
164Zabara1991:1,45135.47%241
166Myronenko (Russian: Mironenko)1981:1,45818.84%105
167Taran1971:1,46521.30%128
168Nykytenko (Russian: Nikitenko)1961:1,47339.04%275
169Dydenko (Russian: Didenko)1951:1,48023.44%144
170Belous1931:1,49619.32%114
170Olyinyk (Russian: Oliynik)1931:1,49615.17%76
172Berezhnaia (Russian: Berezhnaya)1911:1,51130.51%207
173Syrenko (Russian: Sirenko)1901:1,51928.79%195
174Lutsenko1891:1,52723.30%154
174Yvanenko (Russian: Ivanenko)1891:1,52732.47%231
176Ruban1881:1,53523.01%151
176Shkurat1881:1,53541.69%322
178Volkov1871:1,54432.81%234
179Fedenko1861:1,55257.23%474
179Kozlova1861:1,55221.78%140
181Honcharov (Russian: Goncharov)1851:1,56021.31%136
182Chaika (Russian: Chayka)1841:1,56920.67%133
183Antonenko1831:1,57722.59%155
183Demianenko (Russian: Demyanenko)1831:1,57728.24%199
183Kruhliak (Russian: Kruglyak)1831:1,57744.53%364
183Loboda1831:1,57733.89%254
183Zaets1831:1,57718.85%118
188Cherednychenko (Russian: Cherednichenko)1821:1,58633.70%254
188Shynkarenko (Russian: Shinkarenko)1821:1,58633.83%258
190Dudka1811:1,59524.69%171
190Lytovchenko (Russian: Litovchenko)1811:1,59527.93%199
190Lytvyn (Russian: Litvin)1811:1,59525.49%179
190Natalukha1811:1,59598.91%990
190Naumenko1811:1,59514.79%81
190Pashchenko (Russian: Paschenko)1811:1,59527.38%194
196Onyshchenko (Russian: Onischenko)1801:1,60425.28%178
197Manko1791:1,61336.23%282
197Reznychenko (Russian: Reznichenko)1791:1,61333.84%261
197Skrypka (Russian: Skripka)1791:1,61325.25%180
200Bratushka1781:1,62296.74%983
200Zaitseva (Russian: Zaytseva)1781:1,62229.92%223