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) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of El Houssen click here.

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

The last name El Houssen is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname El Houssen occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Houssen are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. El Houssen is also the 1,874,099th most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 31 people.

The surname El Houssen is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 50 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 25 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 25 percent live. Excluding Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Morocco, where 20 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
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
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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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