Housseinou Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Housseinou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 50 | 1:81,897 | 5,336 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
The alternate forms: Housseïnou (1) are calculated separately.
Housseinou (691) may also be a first name.
Housseinou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Housseinou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Housseinou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﺴﻴﻨﻮ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Housseïnou. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Housseinou? popularity and diffusion
Housseinou is the 2,555,468th most widely held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Housseinou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 314,578th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 691 people.
The surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 81,897. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Assaba Region, where 78 percent are found, Brakna Region, where 12 percent are found and Inchiri Region, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Mauritania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 11 percent are found and Benin, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Housseinou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Housseinou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﺴﻴﻨﻮ | hsynw | 73.37 |
| ﺣﺴﻴﻦ | hsyn | 12.5 |
| ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻴﻦ | alhsyn | 7.61 |
| ﺣﻮﺳﻴﻨﻮ | hwsynw | 3.26 |
| ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻴﻨﻮ | alhsynw | 2.72 |
| ﻫﺴﻴﻨﻮ | hsynw | 0.54 |
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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 Housseinou
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