Wiśniewski

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 the 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

• House of Wiśniowiecki, a Polish princely family of Ruthenian-Lithuanian origin

People

Wisniewski

• Andreas Wisniewski (born 1959), German actor and dancer
• Connie Wisniewski (1922–1995), American baseball pitcher
• David Wisniewski (1953–2002), British children's author
• Edgar Wisniewski (1930–2007), German architect
• James Wisniewski (born 1984), American ice hockey player
• John S. Wisniewski (born 1962), American politician
• Jonathan Wisniewski, French rugby player
• Keith Wisniewski (born 1981), American mixed martial arts fighter
• Leo Wisniewski (born 1959), American football player
• Margarethe Wisniewski known professionally as Margarete Schlegel (1899–1987), German theatre and film actress and soprano operetta singer
• Maryan Wisniewski (1937–2022), French footballer
• Paul Wisniewski (born 1949), British radio broadcaster and television reporter
• Stefan Wisniewski (born 1953), German member of the Red Army Faction
• Stefen Wisniewski, American football player
• Steve Wisniewski (born 1967), American football player
• Matt Wisniewski (born 1990), American artist
• Marcos S F Wisniewski (born 1993-2024), Brazilian comedian

Wiśniewski

• Adam Wiśniewski (born 1980), Polish handballer
• Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg (1937–1995), Polish science fiction author
• Andrzej Wiśniewski, Polish football manager
• Jacek Wiśniewski (born 1974), Polish footballer
• Jan Wiktor Wiśniewski (1922–2006), Polish footballer
• Janek Wiśniewski, fictional name for Zbigniew Godlewski (1952–1970), Polish demonstrator
• Janusz Leon Wiśniewski (born 1954), Polish writer and chemist
• Józef Wiśniewski (1940–1996), Polish ice hockey player
• Łukasz Wiśniewski (born 1989), Polish volleyball player
• Michał Wiśniewski (born 1972), Polish pop vocalist
• Mieczysław Wiśniewski (1892–1952), Polish footballer
• Piotr Wiśniewski (born 1982), Polish footballer
• Przemysław Wiśniewski, Polish footballer
• Radosław Wiśniewski, Polish footballer
• Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski (born 1984), Polish engineerand astronaut
• Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski (1931–1994), Polish astronomer
  • 2256 Wiśniewski, an asteroid named in his honour
• Zenon Wiśniewski (born 1959), Polish politician

Wiśniewska

• Aleksandra Wiśniewska (born 1994), Polish politician, political scientist, humanitarian, and activist
• Ania Wiśniewska (born 1977), Polish pop singer
• Ewa Wiśniewska (born 1942), Polish actress
• Jadwiga Wiśniewska (born 1963), Polish politician
• Joanna Wiśniewska (born 1972), Polish discus thrower
• Lucyna Wiśniewska (1955–2022), Polish politician
• Marta Wiśniewska (born 1978), Polish dancer and singer, also known as Mandaryna
• Maria Pasło-Wiśniewska (born 1959), Polish politician
• Olimpia Bartosik-Wiśniewska (born 1976), Polish chess master

Wischnewski

• Anke Wischnewski (born 1978), German luger
• Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski (1922–2005), German politician
• Siegfried Wischnewski (1922–1989), German actor

Wiśniowski

• Łukasz Wiśniowski (born 1991), Polish racing cyclist
• Michal Wisniowski (born 1980), Polish artist

Places

• Wólka Wiśniewska, a village in east-central Poland
• Wiśniew, Siedlce County, a village in Poland
• Wiśniew, Mińsk County, a village in Poland
• Wiśniewo (disambiguation), other places in Poland

See also

• All pages with titles containing Wisniewski
• All pages with titles containing Wisniewska
• Vishnevsky, similar Russian surname
• Vishnevetsky, similar Ukrainian surname
• Vyšniauskas, similar Lithuanian surname

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.