Chernyak

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]

LanguageMasculineFeminine
BelarusianЧарняк
(Čarniak, Charniak, Charnyak)
PolishCzerniak ([ˈt͡ʂɛrnjak])
Czarniak ([ˈt͡ʂarnjak])
Russian
(Romanization)
Черняк
(Chernyak, Cherniak, Černiak)
SlovakČernákČernáková
Ukrainian
(Romanization)
Черняк
(Chernyak, Cherniak, Černiak)
OtherČerňák, Černjak, Tcherniak, Tschernjak

People

References

  1. "Cherniak". ancestry.com.
  2. "Czerniak". ancestry.com.
  3. "Czarniak". ancestry.com.
  4. "Czerniak". moikrewni.pl.
  5. "Czarniak". moikrewni.pl.
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