How common is the surname Hussain?

16,909 people in the United States had the surname Hussain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,259 Americans. It ranked 2,146th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hussain?

Mamnoon Hussain, 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018, followed by Nadiya Hussain.

Where is the surname Hussain most common?

Wikidata records people named Hussain in British Raj, the United Kingdom and Afghanistan and 1 other country.

Is the surname Hussain getting more or less common?

More common. 11,070 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,909 in 2010, up 53%.

Is Hussain also a first name?

Yes. Hussain is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Hussain

An Arabic surname, carried by 16,909 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H250 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hussain is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

A surname from Arabic.

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,909 people named Hussain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,259 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,070.

#2,146

rank among US surnames

16,909

people in 2010

5.7

per 100,000 Americans

+52.7%

change since 2000 (was #2,996)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,137	Lunsford	16,962	18,202
#2,138	Grayson	16,946	18,219
#2,139	Finney	16,939	18,227
#2,140	Bueno	16,936	18,230
#2,141	Cottrell	16,930	18,237
#2,142	Whitlock	16,927	18,240
#2,143	Bello	16,915	18,253

Who is named Hussain

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

77% of people named Hussain identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 77%
White (not Hispanic) 11%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
Two or more races 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Hussains

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mamnoon Hussain
12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018
Nadiya Hussain
British-Bangladeshi baker, columnist and author, born 1984
Warina Hussain
Afghan actress and model, born 1999
Fazle Hussain
American physicist, born 1943

Notable Hussains come mostly from British Raj (1), the United Kingdom (1) and Afghanistan (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hussain

Hussain has the Soundex code H250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H250.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hussain come from?: Hussain is Arabic in origin.
How common is the surname Hussain?: 16,909 people in the United States had the surname Hussain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,259 Americans. It ranked 2,146th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hussain?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Hussain identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hussain?: Mamnoon Hussain, 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018, followed by Nadiya Hussain.
Where is the surname Hussain most common?: Wikidata records people named Hussain in British Raj, the United Kingdom and Afghanistan and 1 other country.
Is the surname Hussain getting more or less common?: More common. 11,070 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,909 in 2010, up 53%.
Is Hussain also a first name?: Yes. Hussain is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.