Family name Elchan (Элшан 
, Ельшан 
, Елшан ) , globally, is a very rare surname. The surname Elchan is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare surname, Georgia, and Belarus, where it is a very rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, and Russia. Much more frequently, Elchan is the forename as well as the last name.