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.

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)