Araya (name)
Araya, originally Araia, is a Basque surname, from the town Araia in Aspárrena, province of Alava, Basque Country. People with the surname Araya or Araia include:
- Felipe Araya (born 1991), Chilean footballer
- Guillermo Araya (born 1985), Chilean handball player
- Graciela Araya (born 1962), Chilean-born Austrian mezzo-soprano opera singer
- Johnny Araya Monge (born 1957), Costa Rican politician
- Luciano Araya (born 1992), Argentine footballer
- Marcela Araya (born 1992), Chilean volleyball p?layer
- Pedro Araya Toro (born 1942), Chilean footballer
- Rayén Araya (born 1981), Chilean radio and television journalist
- Rolando Araya Monge (born 1947), Costa Rican socialist politician
- Tom Araya (born 1961), Chilean-born American musician, lead singer and bass player with Slayer
- Yerko Araya (born 1986), Chilean racewalker
Araya is a Tigray-Tigrinya given name/lineage name. People with this name include:
- Araya Selassie Yohannes (1867–1888), Ethiopian army commander and nobleman
- Gugsa Araya Selassie (1885–1932), son of Araya Selassie Yohannes
- Araya Desta (born 1945), Eritrean diplomat
- Zeudi Araya (born 1951), Eritrean actress
- Araya Mengesha (born 1989), Canadian actor
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