The Hussein surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,182 people carried this name — #4,903 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,200 people counted. That is up 127% from 3,159 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hussein surname
A transliteration of the Arabic male given name and surname حُسَيْن (ḥusayn).
Transliteration of Arabic حُسَيْن (ḥusayn).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hussein» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,338 people named Hussein live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 854 people named Hussein 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 Antwerp.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 262 people named Hussein 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Hussein.
Most of them — 40 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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
54 people named Hussein have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 199 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 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 the Nordic population registers
8,994 people named Hussein are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Hussein in American newspapers,
1840–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,665 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hussein,
with a public archive behind them.
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Taha Hussein 1889–1973 · writer -
Ahmed Hussien 1911–1982 · writer -
Princess Badiya of Hejaz 1920–2020 -
Kamal el-Din Hussein 1921–1999 · politician -
Hend Rostom 1931–2011 · film actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 146 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hussein.
- 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
- Hussain 16,909 · 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
- Huth 4,013 · U.S. census
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