# Chaudhary (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chaudhary/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,752 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,443 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 112,190 people |
| Change since 2000 | +101% (1,368 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Chaudhari |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chaudhary in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 92% |
| Two or more races | 3.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chaudhary in India and the United Kingdom.

## People named Chaudhary

- Kavita Chaudhary, actor from India
- Phillip Rhys Chaudhary, British actor

## Similar surnames

Chowdhury, Chaudhry, Choudhury, Choudhry, Choudhary, Chaudhari, Cotter, Couture, Cutter, Cater, Cuadra, Coder.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.