Ghadafi Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Maldives

Ghadafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghadafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia281:1,053,36546,873
Indonesia261:5,086,507239,866
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Brunei11:418,7313,893
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Ghadafi (165) may also be a first name.

Ghadafi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ghadafi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ghadafi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻘﺬﺍﻓﻲ) has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ghadafi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghadafi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,994,173rd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 65 percent of Ghadafi are found; 63 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 63 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ghadafi is also the 712,876th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 165 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 1,053,365. In Malaysia Ghadafi is most common in: Selangor, where 29 percent reside, Kelantan, where 18 percent reside and Sabah, where 18 percent reside. Beside Malaysia this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 30 percent reside and Nigeria, where 27 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghaddafi9354/
Ghadaffi9311/
Ghadafii933/
Ghadafie931/
Ghadaifi931/
Gadafi923,732/
Gaddafi8616,920/
Gadaffi86265/
Gadhafi8659/
Ghadafa8616/
Ghodafi8616/
Ghadafy862/
Ghadafe861/
Ggadafi861/
Gadafei861/
Gadaafi861/
Gaadafi861/
Gadafhi861/
Gaddaffi80218/
Gaddhafi8042/
Ghedaifi802/
Gaddafie801/
Ghadaffe801/
Gadaffhi801/
Gadhafie801/
Godafi7712/
Gadafy776/
Gadafe776/
Gadafa772/
Gedafie717/
Ghodafe712/
Gaddafy712/
Gadaffy712/
Gaddafe711/
Gadaffe711/
Gadafeu711/
Gadaphi711/
Godafie711/
Gadoufio6713/
Gadhaffi673/
Gasdafee671/

Ghadafi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ghadafi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻘﺬﺍﻓﻲalqdhafy-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ghadafi
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