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

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References

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

See also

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