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Hornyak or Hornyák is a surname. Derived from Slovak/Czech Horňák and Ukrainian Горняк, it originally referred to a mountain dweller in Slavic languages. Its counterpart, Dolňák or Dolniak, means "valley dweller".
Notable people with the surname include:
- Ágnes Hornyák (born 1982), Hungarian handball player
- Allan Hornyak (born 1951), American basketball player
- Augustine Hornyak (1919–2003), Ukrainian Christian religious leader
- Dóra Hornyák (born 1992), Hungarian handball player
- Jennifer Hornyak (born 1940), Canadian artist
- Kathleen Hornyak (born 1955), American Psychologist
- William F. Hornyak (1922–2006), American-Hungarian nuclear physicist
- Zsolt Hornyák (born 1973), Slovak footballer
- Jack Hornyak (born 2005), Sunderland Football Club player