Husen

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Hossain in BD Bangladesh, US United States, MY Malaysia and 5 more, Hüseyin in TR Türkiye, SY Syria, DE Germany and 3 more, Hussain in PK Pakistan, GB United Kingdom, SA Saudi Arabia and 3 more and Huseyin in FR France, IQ Iraq.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Husen is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate surname135K records spelled Husen7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Ethiopia, United States

  Also written Husèn, Husén, Husēn, Hüsen, Husên

• Nepali surname6.1K records spelled Husen4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Nepal

  Also written Hùsëñ, Hüşêň, Hüsen

• Norwegian surname2.8K records spelled Husen7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Denmark, United States, Norway

  Languages: Norwegian, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Hüsen, Hûsên

• Spanish surname2.0K records spelled Husen10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Argentina, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Hüsen, Husén, Huşen, Hûsëñ, Hûsèñ

• Swahili surname1.9K records spelled Husen5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Tanzania, Ethiopia, United States

  Also written Hüsen, Huşen, Husên

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Husen is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, definite plural of hus

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 17 years between 2003–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Bayume Mohamed Husenb. 1904TZAskari, actor and victim of National Socialism (1904-1944)
• Dirk Van Husenb. 1941geologist from Graz
• Dan van Husenb. 1945DEGerman actor (1945–2020)
• Katja Husenb. 1976DEGerman politician and biologist (1976–2022)
• Peter HusenDKresearcher

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 138 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Husen?

We estimate roughly 184 thousand people bear Husen (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Husen have the most bearers?

Husen is most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is most often spelled hossain.

How common is Husen compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Husen is the 4th most common surname of 11,292 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Husen mean?

Recorded meaning: habitational name from any of several places so called, for example near Paderbom.