Wiśniewski

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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)
Moldovan Vişnevschi
Russian
(Romanization)
Вишневский
(Vishnevskiy, Vishnevsky, Vishnevski)
Вишневская
(Vishnevskaya, Vishnevskaia)
Ukrainian
(Romanization)
Вишневський
(Vyshnevskyi, Vyshnevskyy)
Вишневська
(Vyshnevska)
Other Višnevski, Višnievský

In Romania, it appears as Vișinescu (or Vișnescu), taking the Latin-derived suffix –escu.

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  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.
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