Family name Kanian (Kanian 
) , in all the world, is a rare last name. The cognomen Kanian is habitual in Bahrain, where it is quite a rare surname, Mali, where it is a rare surname, and Malaysia, where it is a very rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Indonesia, Mali, and the United States. Very seldom, Kanian is the forename as well as the last name.