The Hussain surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,909 people carried this name — #2,146 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,500 people counted. That is up 53% from 11,070 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 547 people named Hussain live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
370 people named Hussain live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Hussain.
Most of them — 69 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
93 people named Hussain have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 554 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 32 people named Hussain live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Hussain in American newspapers,
1899–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 479 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hussain,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mahmud Hussain 1907–1975 · politician -
Abdullah Hussain 1920–2014 · writer -
Abdullah Hussain 1931–2015 · writer -
Mamnoon Hussain 1940–2021 · politician -
Ishrat Hussain 1941– · economist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 169 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hussain.
- Hurteau 493 · U.S. census
- Hurter 214 · U.S. census
- Hurth 216 · U.S. census
- Hus 236 · U.S. census
- Huser 1,061 · U.S. census
- Huss 6,346 · U.S. census
- Hussein 7,182 · U.S. census
- Husser 631 · U.S. census
- Husson 517 · U.S. census
- Hussong 704 · U.S. census
- Hut 212 · U.S. census
- Hutchinson 48,781 · U.S. census
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