Surname Yanyk (Яник 
, Янык , Yanyk 
) , throughout the world, is a rare last name. The cognomen Yanyk is habitual in Eastern Europe, particularly Ukraine, where it is quite a rare surname, Belarus, where it is a rare surname, and Russia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Ukraine, Russia, and Canada. Very seldom, Yanyk is the forename as well as the last name.