In the entire world, Kaya (Kaya 
, カヤ 
, 卡亚 
, along with others...) is a common unisex forename. The forename Kaya is characteristic of Turkey, where it is quite a common primarily masculine, but very seldom feminine name, Reunion, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Malta, where it is quite a common female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in India, Turkey, and Indonesia. More prevalently, Kaya is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Kaya | India, France, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, Turkey |
| カヤ | Japan |
| 卡亚 | China |
| Кая | Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan |
| كايا | Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan |
| Кайа | Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
Kaya is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kaya , the fictional character from Princess Connect! Re:Dive; Kaya Miyoshi , the fictional character from Bakuman; Kaya , the fictional character from One Piece; Каја , character in Čedomir Ilić: a novel and Kaja , the protagonist in Erik Poppe's "U – July 22".
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mircan kaya Turkish musician, TR (b. 1963) |
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| ali riza kaya Turkish writer, TR (b. 1930) |
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güngör kaya German association football player, DE (b. 1990) |
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ali kaya Turkish long-distance runner of Kenyan descent, KE (b. 1994) |
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| turhan kaya Turkish theatre, movie and television actor (1951-2020), TR (b. 1951) |
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| kishore kumar kaya Indian businessperson (born 1958, child of Bal Govind Kaya), IN (b. 1958) |
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| boran kaya Turkish television presenter, TR (b. 1965) |
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| yıldırım kaya TR (b. 1958) |
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| doğan kaya researcher, TR |
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| tezcan kaya researcher |
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| salih t kaya researcher |
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| mine kaya researcher |
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| abidin kaya Ph.D. Fatih University 2014 |
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| erdener kaya Ph.D. Mersin University 2013 |
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| ozcan kaya researcher |
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