Family name المحيا (Muhaya 
, المحيا 
) , in the entire world, is quite a rare last name. The family name المحيا is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Yemen, where it is quite a rare surname, Saudi Arabia, and Syria, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, المحيا is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Muhaya | Kenya, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Ethiopia |
| المحيا | Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen |
| صالح بن علي المحيا Chief of the General Staff of the Saudi Arabian Army, SA (b. 1939) |
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| محمد المحيا SA (b. 1977) |
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