Family name Agya (Agya 
, Adea 
) , all over the world, is quite a common surname. The cognomen Agya is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, where it is quite a rare surname, Somalia, and Ethiopia, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in India, Nigeria, and Indonesia. More frequently, Agya is the forename as well as the last name.