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Throughout the world, Rukaya (Rukaya , Рукая ) is a common girly given name. The given name Rukaya is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, where it is quite a rare predominantly female, but very infrequently boy's name, Nigeria, where it is quite a rare female name, and Tanzania. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Nigeria, India, and Ghana. Likewise, Rukaya is the last name as well as the forename.