Cognomen Emelyan (Емельян 
, Емелян 
, Emelyan 
) , throughout the world, is a very rare surname. The cognomen Emelyan is characteristic of Belarus, where it is a rare surname, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan, where it is a very rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Belarus, Russia, and Armenia. More prevalently, Emelyan is the forename as well as the last name.