Housseina Surname
Approximately 230 people bear this surname
Housseina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 121 | 1:171,645 | 18,315 |
| Niger | 102 | 1:188,157 | 6,491 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Housseina (12,768) may also be a first name.
Housseina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Housseina Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Housseina (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﺴﻴﻨﺔ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Housseina? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,076,574th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 31,684,982 people. Housseina occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Housseina live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Chadic Africa. Housseina is also the 51,914th most widespread given name in the world. It is borne by 12,768 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 121 people, or 1 in 171,645. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 84 percent reside, North Region, where 11 percent reside and Far North Region, where 3 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Housseina occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 44 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Housseina Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Housseina in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﺴﻴﻨﺔ | hsynt | 50 |
| ﺣﺴﻴﻨﻪ | hsynh | 50 |
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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 Housseina
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