Last name Nihaya (Nihaya 
, ניהאיה ) , around the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The cognomen Nihaya is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a rare surname, Indonesia, where it is a rare surname, and Malaysia, where it is a very rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Indonesia, Israel, and Morocco. Likewise, Nihaya is the forename as well as the last name.