Chernyak
Surname list
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Chernyak, Czerniak, Czarniak, Cherniak or Cherniack is a gender-neutral Slavic surname. It is derived from čьrnъ ("black").[1][2][3]
Czerniak and Czarniak are the Polish variants, with Czerniak being about six times more common.[4][5]
| Language | Masculine | Feminine |
|---|---|---|
| Belarusian | Чарняк (Čarniak, Charniak, Charnyak) | |
| Polish | Czerniak ([ˈt͡ʂɛrnjak]) Czarniak ([ˈt͡ʂarnjak]) | |
| Russian (Romanization) | Черняк (Chernyak, Cherniak, Černiak) | |
| Slovak | Černák | Černáková |
| Ukrainian (Romanization) | Черняк (Chernyak, Cherniak, Černiak) | |
| Other | Čerňák, Černjak, Tcherniak, Tschernjak | |
People
- Alexey Chernyak (born 1973), Russian politician
- Andrzej Czarniak (1931–1985), Polish alpine skier
- Boris Cherniak (born 1964), Russian-born comedy hypnotist, motivational speaker, entertainer, author, illusionist and hypnotherapist
- Christopher Cherniak (born 1945), American philosophy academic
- Evgeniy Chernyak (born 1969), Ukrainian businessman
- Leah Cherniak (born 1956), Canadian playwright and theatre director
- Lindsay Czarniak (born 1977), American sports anchor and reporter
- Nathalie Sarraute (born Natalya Chernyak, 1900–1999), French lawyer and writer
- Saul Cherniack (1917–2018), Canadian lawyer and politician
- Volodymyr Chernyak (1941–2021), Ukrainian politician
- Włodzimierz Czarniak (1934–1964), Polish alpine skier
- Yan Chernyak (1909–1995), World War II Soviet spy
