Oleynik, also Oleinik () is a Russian-language occupational surname: the word (archaic in Russian, variously spelled in other Slavic languages) means vegetable oil, and 'oleynik' is a person who manufactures or sells oil.Boris Unbegaun, Русские фамилии, p. 19 Notable people with the surname include: Aleksandr Oleinik (born 1982), Russian footballer Aleksei Oleinik (born 1977), Russian mixed martial artist and combat sambo fighter Alexander Oleinik (kickboxer), Ukrainian kickboxer Anatoly Oleynik, Russian professor of chemistry Larisa Oleynik (born 1981), American actress Olga Arsenievna Oleinik (1925–2001), Soviet mathematician Frank Oleynick (born 1955), American retired basketball player
See also
Olynyk Olenik Olejnik, Polish version Oliynyk, Ukrainian version Oleynikov
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