Hussein Surname
Approximately 3,507,966 people bear this surname
Hussein Surname User-submission:
Hussein, Hossein, Husayn, or Husain (/huːˈseɪn/; Arabic: حُسَيْن Ḥusayn), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (Arabic: ح س ن), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning 'good', 'handsome' or 'beautiful'. Region of origin: Arabia (Middle East).
Read More About This SurnameHussein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 1,222,278 | 1:29 | 2 |
| Syria | 402,161 | 1:48 | 7 |
| Egypt | 358,037 | 1:257 | 15 |
| Somalia | 219,881 | 1:61 | 12 |
| Sudan | 193,201 | 1:194 | 25 |
| Yemen | 185,929 | 1:142 | 11 |
| Afghanistan | 177,632 | 1:181 | 21 |
| Kenya | 154,897 | 1:298 | 27 |
| Tanzania | 135,126 | 1:392 | 48 |
| Somaliland | 65,740 | 1:53 | 15 |
| Saudi Arabia | 60,938 | 1:506 | 24 |
| Ethiopia | 55,699 | 1:1,751 | 309 |
| Jordan | 52,370 | 1:169 | 9 |
| Libya | 31,081 | 1:201 | 28 |
| Kuwait | 19,621 | 1:194 | 12 |
| Lebanon | 18,462 | 1:305 | 27 |
| Burundi | 17,547 | 1:559 | 144 |
| Iran | 15,491 | 1:4,957 | 678 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15,296 | 1:599 | 60 |
| Nigeria | 12,937 | 1:13,693 | 1,384 |
| Palestine | 12,823 | 1:355 | 18 |
| Mozambique | 10,506 | 1:2,595 | 637 |
| Ghana | 8,728 | 1:3,096 | 480 |
| United States | 6,166 | 1:58,783 | 6,963 |
| England | 5,863 | 1:9,503 | 1,401 |
| Rwanda | 5,581 | 1:2,036 | 486 |
| Malawi | 4,444 | 1:3,852 | 521 |
| Bangladesh | 4,145 | 1:38,446 | 2,291 |
| Angola | 3,155 | 1:8,554 | 1,062 |
| Malaysia | 3,142 | 1:9,387 | 1,078 |
| Sweden | 2,995 | 1:3,288 | 317 |
| Canada | 1,962 | 1:18,780 | 2,649 |
| Oman | 1,545 | 1:2,387 | 357 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,535 | 1:13,556 | 1,941 |
| DR Congo | 1,437 | 1:51,412 | 6,200 |
| Fiji | 1,414 | 1:633 | 65 |
| Qatar | 1,373 | 1:1,717 | 141 |
| Djibouti | 1,298 | 1:705 | 87 |
| India | 1,274 | 1:602,092 | 29,011 |
| Germany | 1,079 | 1:74,611 | 9,448 |
| Uganda | 1,070 | 1:36,485 | 4,771 |
| Australia | 1,049 | 1:25,735 | 3,505 |
| Morocco | 988 | 1:34,895 | 5,588 |
| Indonesia | 918 | 1:144,062 | 14,224 |
| Bahrain | 735 | 1:1,835 | 277 |
| Denmark | 630 | 1:8,960 | 825 |
| Norway | 553 | 1:9,299 | 995 |
| Pakistan | 542 | 1:329,601 | 6,665 |
| France | 539 | 1:123,233 | 18,675 |
| Netherlands | 493 | 1:34,254 | 5,723 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Tunisia | 419 | 1:1,457 | 128 |
| Philippines | 393 | 1:257,604 | 38,239 |
| Guyana | 276 | 1:2,762 | 508 |
| Finland | 267 | 1:20,587 | 2,914 |
| New Zealand | 248 | 1:18,259 | 3,196 |
| South Africa | 245 | 1:221,133 | 23,158 |
| Brazil | 238 | 1:899,472 | 32,278 |
| Thailand | 237 | 1:298,052 | 51,367 |
| Spain | 235 | 1:198,945 | 13,654 |
| Argentina | 233 | 1:183,448 | 15,343 |
| Belgium | 173 | 1:66,455 | 10,647 |
| Portugal | 170 | 1:61,284 | 3,295 |
| Brunei | 150 | 1:2,792 | 486 |
| Austria | 145 | 1:58,727 | 9,183 |
| Switzerland | 134 | 1:61,290 | 7,605 |
| Hong Kong | 112 | 1:65,495 | 1,203 |
| Scotland | 104 | 1:51,479 | 4,410 |
| Italy | 88 | 1:694,962 | 59,648 |
| Greece | 87 | 1:127,354 | 21,286 |
| Russia | 72 | 1:2,001,709 | 124,796 |
| Venezuela | 71 | 1:425,410 | 8,610 |
| Wales | 65 | 1:47,608 | 4,483 |
| Ireland | 60 | 1:78,482 | 4,686 |
| Zambia | 56 | 1:283,034 | 16,318 |
| China | 49 | 1:27,904,522 | 1,516 |
| Eritrea | 49 | 1:96,978 | 125 |
| Senegal | 47 | 1:310,199 | 1,687 |
| Turkey | 37 | 1:2,103,282 | 71,268 |
| Chile | 36 | 1:489,346 | 12,617 |
| South Sudan | 36 | 1:317,085 | 679 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Israel | 31 | 1:276,053 | 24,632 |
| Poland | 31 | 1:1,226,089 | 78,991 |
| Hungary | 29 | 1:338,492 | 24,545 |
| Ivory Coast | 25 | 1:922,849 | 23,346 |
| Romania | 25 | 1:803,115 | 51,863 |
| Slovenia | 21 | 1:118,461 | 12,441 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 19 | 1:71,788 | 5,445 |
| Paraguay | 18 | 1:402,041 | 5,757 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Sierra Leone | 16 | 1:443,102 | 516 |
| Czechia | 15 | 1:708,898 | 64,682 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Panama | 14 | 1:279,447 | 6,847 |
| Azerbaijan | 13 | 1:742,240 | 12,462 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 13 | 1:8,490 | 1,249 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Japan | 11 | 1:11,622,208 | 45,659 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Ukraine | 10 | 1:4,552,270 | 216,874 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| Maldives | 9 | 1:44,908 | 2,305 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Mauritius | 7 | 1:184,774 | 8,416 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:14,304 | 3,169 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| El Salvador | 4 | 1:1,585,972 | 4,802 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Hüssein (4), Husseín (1) & Hússèîñ (1) are calculated separately.
Hussein (1,992,029) may also be a first name.
Hussein Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Hussein, Hossein, Husayn, or Husain (/huːˈseɪn/; Arabic: حُسَيْن Ḥusayn), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (Arabic: ح س ن), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning 'good', 'handsome' or 'beautiful'. Region of origin: Arabia (Middle East).
- houseinHussein Demographics
Average Hussein Salary in
United States
$39,563 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Hussein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hussein Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hussein (Arabic: الحسيان, Bengali: হোসেন, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻴﻦ, Hindi: हुसैन, Marathi: हुसेन, Oriya: ହୁେସନ) occurs more in Iraq more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Hüssein, Husseín or Hússèîñ. Click here to see other possible spellings of Hussein.
How Common Is The Last Name Hussein? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 161st most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,077 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 63 percent of Hussein live; 57 percent live in West Asia and 49 percent live in Levant. It is also the 313th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 1,992,029 people.
The surname Hussein is most frequently occurring in Iraq, where it is carried by 1,222,278 people, or 1 in 29. Excluding Iraq this last name occurs in 168 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 11 percent are found and Egypt, where 10 percent are found.
Hussein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hussein has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Hussein surname rose 586,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hussein Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Russia, Muslim (85%) in Kenya, Shiite (52%) in Lebanon and Muslim (87%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Hussein surname are 6.99% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60.22% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Hussein earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 76.75% less than the national average, earning €6,981 per year; in Norway they earn 27.63% less than the national average, earning 250,442 kr per year; in Peru they earn 232.05% more than the national average, earning S/. 64,368 per year; in South Africa they earn 27.9% less than the national average, earning R 171,336 per year; in United States they earn 8.31% less than the national average, earning $39,563 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.1% less than the national average, earning $44,170 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hussein Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hussein in the Oriya language | ||
| ହୁେସନ | huesana | 83.33 |
| ହୁେସନ୍ | huesan | 16.67 |
| Hussein in the Marathi language | ||
| हुसेन | husena | 79.1 |
| हुसैन | husaina | 14.93 |
| हूसेन | husena | 2.99 |
| हुसैनाम | husainama | 2.99 |
| Hussein in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻴﻦ | alhsyn | 66.67 |
| ﺣﺴﻴﻦ | hsyn | 33.33 |
| Hussein in the Bengali language | ||
| হোসেন | hosena | 60 |
| হুসেন | husena | 20 |
| হোসেইন | hose'ina | 20 |
| Hussein in the Hindi language | ||
| हुसैन | husaina | 50 |
| हूसेन | husena | 25 |
| हुसेन | husena | 25 |
| Hussein in the Arabic language | ||
| الحسيان | alhsyan | - |
| لحسين | lhsyn | - |
| ألحسين | alhsyn | - |
| الحسين | alhsyn | - |
| حسين | hsyn | - |
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