# Hossain (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hossain/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,978 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,788 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 51,647 people |
| Change since 2000 | +104% (2,932 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hossain in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 93% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hossain in Bangladesh.

## People named Hossain

- Selina Hossain, Bengali writer (born 1947)
- Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Kamal Hossain, Bengali lawyer and politician (born 1937)
- Hameeda Hossain, Bangladeshi lawyer
- A F M Khalid Hossain, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
- Anwar Hossain, Bangladeshi photographer and cinematographer (1948-2018)
- Saima Wazed, Bangladeshi psychologist

## Similar surnames

Hassan, Hussain, Hussein, Husain, Hosseini, Hosein, Hogan, Hoskin, Hession, Hagen, Hagan, Hasan.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.