Wiśniewski
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Wiśniewski (feminine: Wiśniewska, plural Wiśniewscy) is the third most common surname in Poland (109,855 people). The name roughly translates to "from the town of the cherry tree." English-speakers should pronounce the name "Vish-nyefs-ski."
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[edit] Surname in voivodships
Wiśniewski surname in voivodships:
- Wiśniewski: 1st in Warmia-Masuria (7,994),
- Wiśniewski: 1st in Pomerania (7,446),
- Wiśniewski: 2nd in Mazovia (21,940),
- Wiśniewski: 2nd in Kuyavia-Pomerania (18,410),
- Wiśniewski: 3rd in West Pomerania (6,284),
[edit] People
[edit] Wisniewski
- Andreas Wisniewski, German actor
- Frank Edward Wisniewski, Desert Storm veteran, Bronze Star with "V" device recipient
- James Wisniewski, American ice hockey player
- Janusz Leon Wiśniewski, Polish writer and chemist
- John S. Wisniewski, Politician
- Justin Louis Wisniewski, Artist
- Thomas Wisniewski, Guitarist
- Steve Wisniewski, Member of the Oakland Raiders
- Michael F. Wisniewski,Politician, Commissioner, Will County, ILlink title
- David Wisniewski, Children's author
- Sabrina Wisniewski, German pop singer from Cologne and Arnsberg
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- Marta Wiśniewska, Polish dance singer, as known as Mandaryna
- Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg, Polish science fiction author
- Janek Wiśniewski, Polish freedom fighter
- Michał Wiśniewski, Polish pop vocalist, co-founder of the pop group Ich Troje
- Vitali Vishnevski, Ukrainian ice hockey defenseman
- Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski (1931–1994) – Polish astronomer, 2256 Wisniewski, an asteroid named in his honour
[edit] Fictional people
- Janek Wiśniewski, a fictional name given to a real person in the poem Ballad of Janek Wiśniewski
[edit] See also
- Vishnevsky - similar Russian surname
