Family name Saya (Saya 
, Сая 
, Saia 
) , in the world, is a common cognomen. The last name Saya is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common surname, Japan, and Estonia, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Japan, and India. Likewise, Saya is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Saya | Indonesia, India, Iraq, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar |
| Сая | Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Russia |
| Saia | Italy, Indonesia, India, Iraq, United States |
| サヤ | Japan |
| saya gyi u nu Burmese Muslim writer, MM (b. 1762) |
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| francesco saya Italian criminologist (1804-1874), IT (b. 1804) |
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saya aye Burmese artist (1872-1930), MM (b. 1872) |
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| saya chone (b. 1866) |
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| saya myit Burmese artist (1888-1966), MM (b. 1888) |
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| saya saung Burmese painter (1898-1952), MM (b. 1898) |
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gaetano saya Italian politician, IT (b. 1956) |
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saya kaigama politician in Cameroon |
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saya ahmad Austrian politician, AT (b. 1984) |
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| ömer saya botanist (b. 1949) |
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| saya pwa MM (b. 1953) |
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| marco saya IT (b. 1953) |
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| saya sayantsetseg pianist (b. 1966) |
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| john nada saya athletics competitor (1978-2011), TZ (b. 1978) |
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| saya woolfalk American artist, US (b. 1979) |
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