Cognomen قذافی (Gadafi 
, Kadafi 
, Khadaffi ) , all over the world, is quite a common surname. The surname قذافی is characteristic of Ghana, where it is quite a rare surname, Cameroon, and Indonesia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Indonesia, Nigeria, and Ghana. Likewise, قذافی is the forename as well as the last name.