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    The surname Chaudhry

    A surname, carried by 6,084 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C360

    Chaudhry: #5,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Chaudhry #5,697, 6,084 people Chaudhry: #5,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Chaudhry #5,697, 6,084 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chaudhry is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,084 people named Chaudhry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,747 Americans. That is up 66% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,675.

    #5,697
    rank among US surnames
    6,084
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +65.6%
    change since 2000 (was #8,289)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,692Barnum6,09050,697
    #5,694Evenson6,08850,714
    #5,695Avendano6,08650,730
    #5,697Chaudhry6,08450,747

    Who is named Chaudhry

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Chaudhry identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.2%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Chaudhry

    Chaudhry has the Soundex code C360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Chaudhry?
    6,084 people in the United States had the surname Chaudhry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,747 Americans. It ranked 5,697th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Chaudhry?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Chaudhry identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Chaudhry getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,084 in 2010, up 66%.