Family name زیان (Zian 
, Ziyon 
, Zijan 
) , throughout the world, is a common cognomen. The family name زیان is habitual in Morocco, where it is quite a rare surname, Algeria, and Israel. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Northern Africa, particularly Morocco, Algeria, and Egypt. Likewise, زیان is the forename as well as the last name.