Wiśniewski

Wiśniewski (Polish pronunciation: [viɕˈɲɛfskʲi]; feminine: Wiśniewska) is the third most common surname in Poland (111,174 people in 2009).^[1] In January 2026, the Polish register PESEL listed 54,177 women and 53,079 men with the surname.^[2] It is a toponymic surname derived from any of the locations named Wiśniewa, Wiśniewo, Wiśniowa, Wiśniew.^[3] Variant: Wiśniowski

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	Višņevska
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

Andreas Wisniewski (born 1959), German actor and dancer
Cole Wisniewski (born 2002), American football player
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

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

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