Globally, Loya (Loya 
, Лоя 
, لويا) is quite a rare unisex first name. The first name Loya is habitual in Tanzania, where it is a rare masculine name, Israel, where it is a rare principally girly, but very seldom male name, and Nigeria, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in India, Nigeria, and Tanzania. More prevalently, Loya is the last name as well as the forename.