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Wiśniewski (Polish pronunciation: [viɕˈɲɛfskʲi]; feminine: Wiśniewska, plural Wiśniewscy) is the third most common surname in Poland (111,174 people in 2009). [1] It is a toponymic surname derived from any of locations named Wiśniewa, Wiśniewo, Wiśniowa, Wiśniew. It is related to the following surnames in other languages:

Language Masculine Feminine
Polish Wiśniewski Wiśniewska
Belarusian
( Romanization)
Вішнеўскі
(Višnieŭski, Vishnieuski, Vishnewski)
Вішнеўская
(Višnieŭskaja, Vishnieuskaya, Vishnewskaya)
Czech Višněvský Višněvská
German Wischniewski, Wischnewsky
Latvian Višņevskis
Lithuanian Vyšniauskas Vyšniauskienė (married)
Vyšniauskaitė (unmarried)
Romanian Vișnevschi, 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)
Other Višnevski, Višnievský

History

People

Wisniewski

Wiśniewski

Wiśniewska

Wischnewski

Wiśniowski

Places

See also

References

  1. ^ Ministry of Interior (Poland). Statystyka najpopularniejszych nazwisk występujących w Polsce in 2009 Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (The most popular surnames in Poland in 2009). Retrieved 2013-02-28.