Sawaya is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Erik Sawaya (born 1984), Portrait and Ballet Photographer Christina Sawaya (born 1980), Lebanese beauty queen George Sawaya (1923–2003), American actor and stuntman George Sawaya Jr. (1930–2012), known as George Murdock, Lebanese-American actor Kunio Sawaya (born c. 1950), Japanese engineer Nathan Sawaya (born 1973), American Lego artist Nicole Sawaya (1952–2018), Lebanese-American media executive