Destiny Surname

147,119th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,011 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Destiny Surname User-submission:

The surname Destiny comes from the word destiny, which means 'events that will necessarily happen to a person in the future'.

Destiny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,9821:59,4044,444
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Destiny (54,500) may also be a first name.

Destiny Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Destiny comes from the word destiny, which means 'events that will necessarily happen to a person in the future'.

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Destiny Last Name Facts

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

Destiny (Arabic: دستيني, Oriya: େଡିନି) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Destiny? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 147,119th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,420,308 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Destiny reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 17,176th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 54,500 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,982 people, or 1 in 59,404. In Nigeria Destiny is most common in: Edo, where 17 percent are found, Delta, where 12 percent are found and Rivers, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Destiny is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Destiny Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Destiny surname is predominantly Christian (97%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Destiny Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Destiny in the Oriya language
େଡିନିedini-
Destiny in the Arabic language
دستينيdstyny-

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