Cognomen أويا (Oya 
, أويا 
) , around the globe, is a common surname. The cognomen أويا is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common surname, Ivory Coast, where it is quite a rare surname, and Libya, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, and Turkey. More frequently, أويا is the forename as well as the last name.