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Across the world, Poya (پويا , Poya , پویا ) is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but infrequently female first name. The first name Poya is characteristic of Afghanistan, where it is a rare male name, Iran, where it is a rare primarily male, but very seldom girly name, and Iraq, where it is a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Southern Asia, particularly Iran, Afghanistan, and India. Much less frequently, Poya is the last name as well as the forename.