Zaliznyak or Zalizniak is a Ukrainian-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Andrey Zaliznyak (1935–2017), Russian linguist , Russian linguist , Ukrainian archeologist with specialization in the Mesolithic Maksym Zalizniak, 18th-century cossack from Zaporizhzhia Olena Zalizniak, Ukrainian-Canadian educator
See also
Zheleznyak, Russian version of the surname