Hossain is used as a family name or surname in Bangladesh. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hossain
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Bangladesh
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Hossain

How popular is Hossain?

Hossain is common in Bangladesh.

Hossain is ranked 56 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Hossains grew by 103.8881 per cent to 5978 since 2000 and ranked 5788 after elevating 4330 spots. The last name was found in around 20 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 93.23 84.52
Others 2.39 10.61
White 2.01 2.76
Hispanic or Latino 1.04 0.78
Black 0.69 0.61
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.65 0.72
Hossain is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Bangladesh which signifies that it is originated from Bangladesh. Around 7287308 people have been found who wears Hossain as their family name. Hossain is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
16,722 Nigeria8
20,929 Azerbaijan7
2,028 Vietnam5
614 Myanmar5
1,039 Libya5
1,893 Angola5
718 Liberia4
3,904 Ivory Coast4
1,941 Sudan4
2,113 Taiwan3
127,708 Czech Republic3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
1,718 Yemen3
1,985 Cambodia3
6,989 Uganda3
3,478 Haiti2
568 The Gambia2
12,172 Ghana2
14,004 Hungary2
5,217 Zambia2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
37,372 Georgia2
5,298 Botswana2
5,300 Syria2
5,859 Mauritius2
28,083 Romania2
900 Laos2
5,318 Iraq2
7,941 Guatemala1
34,581 Chile1
613 Central African Republic1
5,924 Paraguay1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
16,228 Bulgaria1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
1,879 Belize1
120,357 Argentina1
6,688 Malawi1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
11,831 Tajikistan1
28,746 Algeria1
7,847 Albania1
2,078 Lesotho1
12,270 Lebanon1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
29,774 Venezuela1
971 Seychelles1
6,149 Ethiopia1
3,275 Nepal1
2,057 Isle of Man1
24,460 Armenia1
746 Dominica1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
16,073 Latvia1
2,505 Congo1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,380 Trinidad and Tobago40
1,198 China40
109,969 Ukraine36
216 Northern Mariana Islands30
940 Maldives22
3,723 Guyana22
94,051 Kazakhstan19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
414 Brunei99
155,919 Russia64
7,402 Portugal55
136,601 Indonesia54
Countries with hundreds of Hossain:
10,662 France857
1,223 Sweden827
8,609 South Africa749
3,834 Sri Lanka587
1,688 Finland495
10,900 Morocco470
27,752 Philippines451
11,492 Kenya392
5,271 Greece344
458 Bahrain330
1,950 Norway321
2,276 Scotland308
4,065 Austria288
20,596 Poland286
3,523 Jordan277
996 Hong Kong261
444 Thailand234
346 Cyprus223
2,190 Ireland213
24,716 Turkey210
6,292 Switzerland189
17,243 Netherlands159
11,679 Belgium156
2,662 Wales147
64,630 Brazil143
4,865 Denmark123
324 Iceland120
33,673 Tanzania109
7,143 New Zealand102
Countries with thousands of Hossain:
5,740 United States6,837
498 Afghanistan6,327
1,243 England6,276
94 United Arab Emirates6,253
744 Malaysia4,578
236 South Korea4,443
2,467 Germany3,396
2,571 Pakistan3,269
3,770 Iran2,866
2,182 Canada2,308
263 Oman1,764
1,803 Australia1,755
6,162 Italy1,736
190 Kuwait1,446
383 Singapore1,402
124 Qatar1,177
3,877 Spain1,168
5,670 Egypt1,124
Countries with ten thousands of Hossain:
90 Saudi Arabia24,895
1,047 Japan15,426
Countries with hundred thousands of Hossain:
332 India213,954
Countries with millions of Hossain:
3 Bangladesh6,964,936
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Hossain Namesakes

  • Ustad Abed Hossain Khan, Bahadur Khan's brother
  • Afzal Hossain, Actor
  • Al-Amin Hossain, Cricketer
  • Anwar Hossain, Actor
  • Anwar Hossain, Photographer
  • Anwar Hossain, Cricket Bowler
  • Arif Hossain, Actor
  • Arman Hossain, Cricket Player
  • Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Poet
  • Asma Hossain, Niloy Alamgir's mother
  • Nirab Hossain characterized leading character of Top Hero in 2015 romance flick Game.
  • Shahadat Hossain characterized the crucial character of Sutopa's Husband in 2015 drama flick Sutopar Thikana.

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