title: Chernyak
text: # 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) | Чарняк (Čarniak, Charniak, Charnyak) |
  | Polish | Czerniak Czarniak | Czerniak Czarniak |
  | Russian (Romanization) | Черняк (Chernyak, Cherniak, Černiak) | Черняк (Chernyak, Cherniak, Černiak) |
  | Slovak | Černák | Černáková |
  | Ukrainian (Romanization) | Черняк (Chernyak, Cherniak, Černiak) | Черняк (Chernyak, Cherniak, Černiak) |
  | Other | Čerňák, Černjak, Tcherniak, Tschernjak | Čerňák, Černjak, Tcherniak, Tschernjak |
  
  ## People
  
  * Alexey Chernyak (born 1973), Russian politician
  * Andrzej Czarniak (1931–1985), Polish alpine skier
  * Boris Cherniak (born 1964), Russian-born comedy hypnotist, motivational speaker, entertainer, author, illusionist and hypnotherapist
  * Christopher Cherniak, American philosophy academic
  * Evgeniy Chernyak (born 1969), Ukrainian businessman
  * Konrad Czerniak (born 1989), Polish swimmer
  * Leah Cherniak (born 1956), Canadian playwright and theatre director
  * Lindsay Czarniak (born 1977), American sports anchor and reporter
  * Moshe Czerniak (1910–1984), Polish-Israeli chess master
  * Nathalie Sarraute (born Natalya Chernyak, 1900–1999), French lawyer and writer
  * Saul Cherniack (1917–2018), Canadian lawyer and politician
  * Volodymyr Chernyak (1941–2021), Ukrainian politician
  * Włodzimierz Czarniak (1934–1964), Polish alpine skier
  * Yan Chernyak (1909–1995), World War II Soviet spy
  * Brothers Tim Czerniak and Elis Czerniak of Halves (band)
  