Category
page 1Ukrainian-language surnames
Tymoshenko
Tymoshenko (), Timoshenko (), or Tsimashenka/Cimašenka () is a surname of Ukrainian origin. It derives from the Christian name Timothy, and its Ukrainian derivatives, Tymofiy or Tymish. The surname, Tymoshenko, was created by adding the Ukrainian patronymic suffix, -enko, meaning someone of Tymish, usually the son of Tymish.
Lysenko
Lysenko (; ; Lysienka) or Lisenko is a Ukrainian surname. It most often refers to:
Marchenko
Marchenko and Martchenko () is a Ukrainian surname of the following people:
Alexey Marchenko (born 1992), Russian ice hockey defenceman
Anatoly Marchenko (1938–1986), Russian author
Daria Marchenko, Ukrainian artist
Grigori Marchenko (born 1959), Kazakh financier
Illya Marchenko (born 1987), Ukrainian tennis player
Ivan Marchenko (disambiguation), several people
Ivan the Terrible (Treblinka guard) (1911–1943), Ukrainian Treblinka guard
Kirill Marchenko (born 2000), Russian ice hockey winger
Maksym Marchenko (born 1983), Ukrainian colonel and the current governor of Odesa Oblast
Micha
Petrenko
Petrenko () is a patronymic surname of Slavic origin derived from the first name Petro (the Ukrainian equivalent of Peter) and effectively means of Peter/''Peter's''. Notable people with the surname include:
Kovalenko
Kovalenko () is a Ukrainian surname. It is a patronymic surname derived from the occupational nickname koval (), "blacksmith". Notable people with the surname include:
Prigozhin
Prigozhin or Prigogine () is a masculine East Slavic surname originating from the adjective prigozhii, meaning useful, suitable, nice; its feminine counterpart is Prigozhina. The surname may refer to the following notable people:
Brodsky
Brodsky or Brodskyy (feminine: Brodskaya or Brodska; , ) is a toponymic surname derived from Brody, a town in Ukraine. The name is common among Ashkenazi Jews. It is also an Anglicized and Germanized form of the Czech surname Brodský. Notable people with the surname include:
Savchenko
Savchenko (Ukrainian and ) is a surname of Ukrainian origin. It may refer to the following people:
Kravchuk
Kravchuk is a surname that derived from the occupation of tailor (, kravets) with addition of a common Ukrainian suffix -chuk.
Zayats'
Zayats (, , meaning "hare") is a gender-neutral East Slavic surname. Less common alternative spellings include Zaiats, Zaiatz, Zajac and Zayac.
Kossak
Kossak is a surname historically widespread in the land of Galicia, now divided between Poland and Ukraine.
Notable people with this surname include members of a famous family of Polish artists, writers and poets:
Juliusz Kossak (1824–99), Polish painter from the partitions period, progenitor of the Kossak family
Tadeusz Kossak (1857–1935), Polish army officer and freedom fighter
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889–1968), novelist, daughter of Tadeusz Kossak
Wojciech Kossak (1857–1942), painter, son of Juliusz Kossak
Jerzy Kossak (1886–1955), painter, son of Wojciech Kossak
Gloria Kossak (1941–
Terechtchenko
Tereshchenko (; ) is a surname of Ukrainian origin. It originates from the name Teresh () through an addition of the Ukrainian paternal suffix -enko.
Kohut
Kohut is a surname of Slavic origin. It is connected with the Czech name Kohout, Polish name Kogut and Slovak name Kohút, all meaning 'rooster'. Notable people with the surname include:
Yurchenko
Yurchenko is a Ukrainian patronymic surname that comes from the name Yuriy (George). It may refer to:
Kravtsov
Kravtsov () is a Russian language surname of Western Slavic origin, coming from the Polish , 'tailor' (the native Russian word for 'tailor' is portnoy). The German-language transcription commonly used in the past is Krawtzoff.
Vorobyov
Vorobyov, Vorobiev, Vorobiov, Vorobyev (, ) and Vorobyova (Воробьёва; feminine) are various transliterations of an East Slavic surname. People with this surname include:
Aleksandr Vorobyov (born 1962), Soviet football player
Aleksandra Vorobyova (born 1989), Russian singer
Alexey Vorobyov (born 1988), Russian singer and actor
Andrei Vorobyov (born 1982), Russian footballer
Andrey Yuryevich Vorobyov (born 1970), governor of Moscow Oblast
Andrey Vorobiev (born 1985), Russian politician
Arkady Vorobyov (1924–2012), Russian middle-heavyweight
Boris Vorobyov (1949–2019), Soviet rower
Dmitr
Volochine
Voloshin, Woloshin, Wolloshin, Voloshyn or Woloshyn (Cyrillic: Волошин) is a Ukrainian and Russian masculine surname. Its feminine forms are Voloshina, Woloshina, Voloshyna or Woloshyna.
Chernenko
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Matviyenko
Matviyenko (), sometimes transliterated Matviienko, Matvijenko, or Matvienko, is a patronymic surname of Ukrainian origin. It is derived from the first name Matviy, equivalent to English Matthew.
Tkachenko
Tkachenko () is a common Ukrainian surname. Tkachenko is the central and eastern Ukrainian version of the western Ukrainian surname Tkachuk, meaning "weaver". Like other Ukrainian names ending in -ko or -chenko, their heritage is rooted in the Polyans tribe that lived near modern-day Kyiv.
Nesterenko
Nesterenko () is a Ukrainian surname meaning son or daughter of Nester/Nestor.
Tokarczuk
family name
Leshchenko
Leshchenko (, ) is a surname of Ukrainian origin.
Malik
male given name
Spivak
Spivak or Spivack is a surname of Ukrainian language origin, meaning singer. It is also common among Ukrainian Jews, in which case it refers to cantor. The name may refer to:
Marchuk
Marchuk is a Ukrainian patronymic surname from the personal name Marko, a variant of Marcus. Polish-language version: Marczuk. Notable people with the surname include:
Savitsky
Savitsky (; or Савіцький; ); other transliterations: Savicki, Savicky, Savitski, Savitskiy, Savitzky, Sawicki, Sawitzki, Sawizkii), feminine: Savitska or Savitskaya, is a Slavic surname. Notable bearers include:

Dudka
Dudka ( [ˈdutka])) is a Ukrainian, Russian and Polish surname derived from the Eastern Slavic word дудка for "fife", "pipe" that is also present in the Ukrainian, Polish and Russian diaspora.
Notable people with the name Dudka include:
Dariusz Dudka (born 1983), Polish football player
Mykyta Dudka (born 2000), Ukrainian football player
Stanley Dudka (1923–2008), Canadian fishery officer
Vyacheslav Dudka (born 1960), Russian politician.
Parkhomenko
Parkhomenko () or Parkhomenka () is a Ukrainian and Belarusian surname. It may refer to:
Adam Parkhomenko (born 1985), American political strategist
Alexander Parkhomenko (1886–1921), Ukrainian revolutionary
Aleksandr Parkhomenko (unknown birth year), Russian producer and DJ, half of Matisse & Sadko
Aliaksandr Parkhomenka (born 1981), Belarusian decathlete
Andriy Parkhomenko (born 1971), Ukrainian football coach
Feofan Parkhomenko (1893–1962), Soviet general
Ihor Parkhomenko (born 1972), Ukrainian archer
Kostyantyn Parkhomenko (born 1991), Ukrainian football player
Natalia Parhomenko
Levchenko
Levchenko (; , Leuchanka, Leŭčanka) is a surname of Ukrainian origin. It derives from the personal name Levko. The surname, Levchenko, was created by adding the Ukrainian patronimic suffix, -enko, meaning someone of Levko, usually the son of Levko.
Maksimenko
Maksymenko or Maksimenko is a Ukrainian-language surname derived form the first name Maksym (Maxim).
Lutsenko
Lutsenko () is a Ukrainian surname. It derives from the personal name Luts' (; diminutive form of Luka). The surname, Lutsenko, was created by adding the Ukrainian patronimic suffix, -enko, meaning someone of Luts, usually the son of Luts. Notable people with the surname include:
Ostapenko
Ostapenko () is a Ukrainian surname that is derived from the name Ostap.
Kiriyenko
Kiriyenko (; ; ) is a surname of Ukrainian origin. Alternative transliterations include Kirijenko/Kirienko, Kyriyenko/Kyrijenko/Kyrienko, and Kiryienka/Kiryjenka. Notable people with the surname include:
Kondratyuk
Kondratyuk or Kondratiuk ()is a surname derived from the given name Kondraty. Notable people with the msurname include:
Romanenko
Romanenko () is a Ukrainian patronymic surname derived from the first name Roman. Notable people with the surname include:
Mishchenko
Mishchenko () is a Ukrainian surname, and may refer to:
Bondar
Bondar (Cyrillic: Бондар, Бондарь) is a common surname of East Slavic origin meaning "cooper" (barrel maker). Notable people with the surname include:
Bondarchuk
Bondarchuk () is a Ukrainian surname meaning barrel maker. Most famous are the members of the Bondarchuk family who have been influential in Soviet cinema. The surname may refer to:
Fomenko
Fomenko is a (Cyrillic: Фоменко) is a Russian-language surname that corresponds to the Ukrainian surname Khomenko (Cyrillic: Хоменко) derived from the given name Khoma, or Thomas. The Russian form is derived from the corresponding name Foma ().
Pantschenko
Panchenko () is a common Ukrainian surname. It may refer to:
Alexander Panchenko (1953–2009), Russian chess grandmaster
Anastasia Panchenko (born 1990), Russian sprint canoer
Danylo Panchenko (born 1973), Ukrainian luger
Diana Panchenko (born 1988), Ukrainian journalist and TV presenter
Grigory Panchenko (1900–1966), Soviet general and Hero of the Soviet Union
Kirill Panchenko (born 1989), Russian footballer, son of Viktor
Lyubov Panchenko (1938–2022), Ukrainian artist
Nikolai Panchenko (1924–2005), Russian poet
Viktor Panchenko (born 1963), Russian footballer
Yuriy Panchenko (born 1
Simović
Simović (, ) is a Serbo-Croatian and Ukrainian surname, a patronymic derived from given name Simo. It is historically anglicized into Simovich. It may refer to:
Kovalchuk
Kovalchuk (Ukrainian and Russian: Ковальчук), Kavalchuk (), Kowalczuk, Later Kovalčuk (Polish), Covalciuc (Romanian), also transliterated as Kowalchuk (in the North American diaspora), is a common East Slavic surname (one of the most popular in Ukraine). The Kovalchuk name extends back to before 1500 AD in Kievan Rus.
Krasovsky
Krasovsky (; ) may refer to:
Krasovsky ellipsoid
Krasovskii–LaSalle principle
Krasovskiy (crater)
Motyka
Motyka () is a Polish and Ukrainian surname meaning "hoe". Notable people with the surname include:
Józef Motyka (1900–1984), Polish botanist and lichenologist
Grzegorz Motyka (born 1967), Polish historian
Grzegorz Motyka (born 1972), Polish footballer
Marek Motyka (born 1958), Polish footballer
Miłosz Motyka (born 1992), Polish politician
Stanisław Motyka (1906–1941), Polish skier
Tomasz Motyka (born 1972), Polish footballer
Tomasz Motyka (born 1981), Polish fencer
Zdzisław Motyka (1907–1969), Polish skier
Prikhodko
Prykhodko, Prihodko, etc. is a Ukrainian surname. Its Cyrillic spelling Приходько is transliterated from Russian as Prikhodko and from Ukrainian as Prykhodko. Its Belarusian-language spelling is Прыходзька, Prykhodzka. Notable people with the surname include:
Tkachuk
Tkachuk, Tkatchuk (Ukrainian: Ткачук) is a common Ukrainian surname in Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora. The name in Ukrainian stands for the name of occupation, weaver. The names that end in -chuk or -czuk are of the western Ukrainian origin. Polish-language variant: Tkaczuk. Notable people with the surname include:
Stadnyk
Stadnyk () is a gender-neutral Ukrainian surname that may refer to
Moskalenko
Moskalenko is a Ukrainian surname literally meaning "son of moskal". Notable people with the name include:
Kuliŝ
Kulish (, , ) is a surname of Ukrainian origin. In the Ukrainian language kulish () means "millet porridge". The Russian variant of this dish, kulesh () should be differentiated from kulesha () (maize-flour porridge).
Kostenko
Kostenko () is a Ukrainian surname. It is a surname of patronymic derivation, based on the name of Kost (Кость), Kostyantyn (Костянтин) or 'Constantine (name)' and literally meaning "child of Kost". It may refer to the following notable people:
Yermolayev
Yermolayev (, , masculine) and Yermolayeva (; feminine) is an East Slavic patronymic surname. Yermolayev is derived from the given name Yermolay (or Ermolai, Ermolay, Yermolai; ), which was from the Greek Hermolaos, meaning "the people of Hermes".
Dziuba
Dziuba or Dzyuba (; Belarusian and Ukrainian: Дзюба) is a surname of Polish, Belarusian and Ukrainian origins. It may refer to:
Lytovchenko
Lytovchenko or Litovchenko is a Ukrainian surname. It may refer to:
Yaremchuk
Yaremchuk, also spelled Iaremchuk, is a Ukrainian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Pavlenko
Pavlenko (Ukrainian, Russian: Павле́нко) is a patronymic surname of Ukrainian origin. The surname is a derivative of the given name Pavlo.
Karpenko
Karpenko (Ukrainian, Russian: Карпе́нко) or Karpienka () is a Ukrainian surname. The Karpenko surname formed as a patronymic surname from the personal name Karp with the diminutive Ukrainian suffix -enko, meaning "son of Karp". The name Karp itself comes from the Greek name Chariton (Χαρίτων), which means "grace" or "gift". Notable people with the surname include:
Alexey Karpenko (also Oleksiy Viktorovych Karpenko, born 1949), Ukrainian psychophysiologist and cell transplantologist
Andrey Karpenko (born 1966), Soviet and Russian footballer and football functionary
Hienadź Karpienka (1949–19
Lazarenko
Lazarenko () is a surname.
Vasilenko
Vasylenko () is a Ukrainian surname. The name is a derivative of a given name Vasyl (in English Basil).
Semerenko
Semerenko () is a Ukrainian surname. Notable people with the surname include: