Family name Элаян (Elion 
, Элаян 
) , globally, is a common cognomen. The last name Элаян is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a common surname, the Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare surname, and Albania. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, and the United States. Much less frequently, Элаян is the forename as well as the last name.