Houssein
given name · aa · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Houssein is a given name, most frequently recorded in France. In Djibouti it is the 18th most common given name. It appears chiefly in aa and Arabic, written in the Latin script.
- FRFrance1 in 304K◐
- USUnited States1 in 2.9M
- DJDjibouti1 in 994
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈263 ●
- Sources
- 134 ●
- 1 in 89K ◐
across 7 countries
9.2K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | — | 1,733 | 2.3K rec. | — | 25 | Houssein | 134 |
| US United States | — | 1,068 | 1.7K rec. | — | listed | Houssein | 64 |
| LB Lebanon | #877 | 723 | 903 rec. | — | — | Houssein | 39 |
| MA Morocco | — | 358 | 378 rec. | — | — | Houssein | 24 |
| DE Germany | — | 294 | 448 rec. | — | 1 | Houssein | 43 |
| DJ Djibouti | #18 | 281 | 888 rec. | — | 23K | Houssein | 28 |
| SY Syria | — | 273 | 500 rec. | — | — | Houssein | 11 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 190 | 401 rec. | — | — | Houssein | 11 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 136 | 261 rec. | — | — | Houssein | 42 |
| AU Australia | — | 135 | 259 rec. | — | — | Houssein | 22 |
| BE Belgium | — | 123 | 222 rec. | — | 19 | Houssein | 15 |
| EG Egypt | — | 118 | 113 rec. | — | listed | Houssein | 32 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- aa8.7K53%
- Arabic2.3K14%
- French2K12%
- English8945%
- Spanish6444%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| aa | 8,743 | 53% |
| Arabic | 2,324 | 14% |
| French | 1,994 | 12% |
| English | 894 | 5% |
| Spanish | 644 | 4% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 16 |
| 2000 | 15 |
| 2001 | 16 |
| 2002 | 16 |
| 2003 | 15 |
| 2004 | 17 |
| 2005 | 18 |
| 2006 | 21 |
| 2007 | 24 |
| 2008 | 24 |
| 2009 | 26 |
| 2010 | 29 |
| 2011 | 30 |
| 2012 | 34 |
| 2013 | 36 |
| 2014 | 38 |
| 2015 | 41 |
| 2016 | 41 |
| 2017 | 47 |
| 2018 | 48 |
| 2019 | 50 |
| 2020 | 48 |
SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Hussein Khodjab. 1750ITnot in their usual nameTunisian politician
- Hussein ibn Nasserb. 1902JOnot in their usual nameJordanian politician and diplomat (1902-1982)
- Hussein Moukhtarb. 1905EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian weightlifter
- Syed Hussein Alatasb. 1924MYnot in their usual nameMalaysian politician
- Hussein Arabb. 1947YEnot in their usual nameYemeni politician
- Hussein al-Sheikhb. 1960PSnot in their usual nameVice President of Palestinian Authority
- Hussain Zaidib. 1968INnot in their usual nameIndian writer (b. 1968)
- Hossein Shahbazib. 1996IRnot in their usual nameIranian freestyle wrestler
- Hussein Khairanb. 2000YEnot in their usual nameYemeni politician
- Hussain DalalINnot in their usual nameIndian actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 33 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ Djibouti | This page presents a list of common family names in Djibouti, illustrating the richness of Djiboutian identity, publishe | 2026 | 23K | #10 |
| DJ Djibouti | This page provides a list of the most popular names in Djibouti, published by Les Prénom. | 2023 | 8.7K | #15 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 114 | #7,824 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 87 | #17,663 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 78 | #8,953 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 70 | #9,640 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 50 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 48 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 48 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 47 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 41 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 41 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 72 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Houssein?
- We estimate roughly 263 people bear Houssein (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
- In which country does Houssein have the most bearers?
- Houssein is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled houssein.
- How common is Houssein compared with other names?
- In Djibouti, Houssein is the 18th most common given name of 77 given names recorded there.
- Is Houssein a male or female name?
- Houssein is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Houssein” — the 18th most common given name in Djibouti. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.