Destny Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Czechia

Destny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Destny Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Destny (21) may also be a first name.

Destny Last Name Facts

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

The surname Destny is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Destny? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Destny is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Destny reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Destny is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 21 people.

The last name Destny is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 75 percent live and Niger, where 25 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Destniy921/
Destna837/
Distny831/
Dextny831/
Destinney801/
Destner778/
Destinna7113/
Destienne6786/
Destennes671/
D'Estienne6338/
Distner6233/
Dästner629/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Destny
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