# Hussain (surname)

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

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,909 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,146 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,259 people |
| Change since 2000 | +53% (11,070 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hussain 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) | 11% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 77% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 4.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hussain in British Raj, the United Kingdom, Afghanistan and the United States.

## People named Hussain

- Mamnoon Hussain, 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018
- Nadiya Hussain, British-Bangladeshi baker, columnist and author
- Warina Hussain, Afghan actress and model
- Fazle Hussain, American physicist

## Similar surnames

Hassan, Hussein, Hossain, Husain, Huson, Hession, Hogan, Hagen, Hagan, Hasan, Haugen, Hackney.

## 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.