Family name Shimaya (Shimaya 
, Симая 
) , globally, is a very rare cognomen. The surname Shimaya is characteristic of Israel, where it is a very rare surname, Thailand, where it is an extremely rare surname, and Brazil. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Brazil, the United States, and Thailand. More prevalently, Shimaya is the forename as well as the last name.