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All around the world, Soya (Soja
, Soya
, Соя
) is quite a common epicene forename. The first name Soya is characteristic of Nigeria, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently girly name, Mali, where it is a rare masculine name, and South Korea, where it is a rare girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in India, Nigeria, and Indonesia. Likewise, Soya is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Soja | Poland, India, Nigeria, Indonesia, United States |
| Soya | Tanzania, India, Nigeria, Indonesia, United States |
| Соя | Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Ukraine |
| Сойа | Russia |