Chernyak

Chernyak, Czerniak, Czarniak, Cherniak or Cherniack is a gender-neutral Slavic surname. It is derived from čьrnъ ("black").

Czerniak and Czarniak are the Polish variants, with Czerniak being about six times more common.

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
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