El Houssen Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Houssen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Houssen 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
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

El Houssen (31) may also be a first name.

El Houssen Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Houssen (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻴﻦ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Houssen? popularity and diffusion

The surname El Houssen is the 8,193,072nd most numerous surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Houssen live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 31 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania El Houssen is most common in: Assaba Region, where 50 percent are found, Hodh Chargui Region, where 25 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 25 percent are found. Barring Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Morocco, where 20 percent are found.

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
El Houssien95170/
El Hossen9535/
El Housseïn9513/
El Housen952/
El Houssin90818/
El Hussien90159/
El Hossien909/
El Houssyn901/
El Husseen901/
El-Houssen901/
El Houssan901/
El Husen891/
El-Houssien86122/
El Hassen842,857/
El Hossan846/
El Houcen845/
El Hussin841/
El Hossin841/
El Housin841/
El Hosn823/
El Haissen80205/
El-Hussien8021/
El Houcien805/
El Hassien802/
El Hasseïn801/
El Khoun78130/
El Hasen7861/
El Hounn784/
El Hosan781/
El Heissene762/
El Hassenne761/
El Haissene761/
El Hon759/
El Hassan7477,955/
El Houcin74274/
El Hussam74122/
El Aouene749/
El-Hassen744/
El Hassin742/
El Hocien742/
El Hosane741/
El Hajoun741/
El-Huseen741/
El Ashoun741/
El Hossam741/
El Goosen741/
El Khoune741/
El Hasson741/
El Goun7110/
El Houm715/
El Eoun713/
El-Hosn712/
El Jhon711/
El Hassane7022,478/
El Hassoun705,364/
El Haissan70170/
El Hasasin704/
El Ousamne701/
El Hayoune701/
El Hacen675,328/
El Ayoun672,744/
El Ahsan67275/
El Un67183/
El Hasan6750/
El Assan6723/
El Hasin6711/
El On6710/
El Hazen679/
El Ouzan678/
El Houmd676/
El Haissane674/
El Hozin674/
El Hayen674/
El Haçen671/
El Goyen671/
El Ajoun671/
El Hassoune671/
El Azoun671/
El Hocin671/
El Huynh671/
El Ouyon671/
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El Houssen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Houssen in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻴﻦalhsyn-

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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 El Houssen
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