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.

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