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Throughout the world, Suraya (ثريا , Suraya , Сурая ) is a common primarily girly, but very seldom boy's forename. The given name Suraya is habitual in Brunei, where it is quite a common girly name, Sudan, where it is quite a common predominantly feminine, but very infrequently boy's name, and Suriname, where it is quite a common female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, Sudan, and Egypt. Very seldom, Suraya is the last name as well as the forename.
Suraya is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Soraya Montenegro de la Vega Montalban , the soap opera character, María la del Barrio.