Family name Aelian (Aelian 
, Элиан 
) , all around the world, is a very rare cognomen. The family name Aelian is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is a very rare surname, Venezuela, where it is an extremely rare surname, and Russia. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Russia, the United States, and Kyrgyzstan. More prevalently, Aelian is the forename as well as the last name.