Wiśniewski

Wiśniewski (Polish pronunciation: [viɕˈɲɛfskʲi]; feminine: Wiśniewska, plural Wiśniewscy) is the third most common surname in Poland (111,174 people in 2009). It is a toponymic surname derived from any of the locations named Wiśniewa, Wiśniewo, Wiśniowa, Wiśniew. It is related to the following surnames in other languages:

LanguageMasculineFeminine
PolishWiśniewskiWiśniewska
Belarusian
(Romanization)
Вішнеўскі
(Višnieŭski, Vishnieuski, Vishnewski)
Вішнеўская
(Višnieŭskaja, Vishnieuskaya, Vishnewskaya)
CzechVišněvskýVišněvská
GermanWischniewski, Wischnewsky
LatvianVišņevskis
LithuanianVyšniauskasVyšniauskienė (married)
Vyšniauskaitė (unmarried)
RomanianVișnevschi, Vișnevski
Vișinescu, Vișnescu, taking the Latin-derived suffix –escu
Russian
(Romanization)
Вишневский
(Vishnevskiy, Vishnevsky, Vishnevski)
Вишневская
(Vishnevskaya, Vishnevskaia)
Ukrainian
(Romanization)
Вишневський
(Vyshnevskyi, Vyshnevskyy)
Вишневська
(Vyshnevska)
OtherVišnevski, Višnievský