Family name الحسين (Hussein 
, Husain 
, الحسين 
) , worldwide, is a prevalent last name. The surname الحسين is characteristic of Bahrain, where it is a widespread surname, Somalia, and Syria, where it is a common surname (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in India, Egypt, and Iraq. Very seldom, الحسين is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Hussein | Tanzania, Pakistan, Somalia, Egypt, India |
| Husain | Tanzania, Iraq, Pakistan, Egypt, India |
| الحسين | Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Sudan, Morocco |
| Husayn | Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Pakistan, Egypt, India |
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الحسين بن علي Grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, SA (b. 626) |
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رقية بنت الحسين daughter of Husayn ibn Ali, SA (b. 676) |
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عبدالله بن الحسين Islamic martyr, SA (b. 680) |
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| صفية بنت الحسين LB (b. 662) |
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| الحسين بن الضحاك Iraqi poet, IQ (b. 779) |
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| الحسين بن حمدان التغلبي Abbasid general, IQ (b. 801) |
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الحسين بن منصور الحلاج Persian mystic, revolutionary writer and teacher of Sufism, IQ (b. 858) |
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| محمد يحيى الحسين SA (b. 891) |
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| أحمد بن الحسين Imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen (b. 1216) |
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| الحسين بن علي التّركي Bey of Tunis (1669-1740), TN (b. 1669) |
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| الحسين بن علي الطولقي Ottoman Algerian sufi, DZ (b. 1830) |
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الحسين السلاوي Moroccan singer and composer, MA (b. 1921) |
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نور الحسين Queen and Queen Dowager of Jordan; philanthropist and activist, US (b. 1951) |
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| محسن بن الحسين former Saudi General Staff Chairman, SA (b. 1908) |
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عبد الله الثاني بن الحسين King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, JO (b. 1962) |
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