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 carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Destiny.

How Common Is The Last Name Destiny? popularity and diffusion

The last name Destiny is the 147,119th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,420,308 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Destiny are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 17,176th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 54,500 people.

The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,982 people, or 1 in 59,404. In Nigeria Destiny is most common in: Edo, where 17 percent live, Delta, where 12 percent live and Rivers, where 10 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Destiny Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally 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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Footnotes

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