Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Choudhary

    A Bengali surname, carried by 1,521 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C360

    Choudhary: #18,262 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Choudhary #18,262, 1,521 people Choudhary: #18,262 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Choudhary #18,262, 1,521 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Choudhary is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    Bengali origin

    Variant of Chowdhury.

    One of 21 Bengali surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,521 people named Choudhary in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,989 Americans. That is up 112% since 2000, when the Census counted 719.

    #18,262
    rank among US surnames
    1,521
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +111.5%
    change since 2000 (was #30,614)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,253Berberich1,522202,855
    #18,262Raybon1,521202,989

    Who is named Choudhary

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

    93% of people named Choudhary identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Choudhary

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

    Other Bengali surnames

    All 21 Bengali surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Choudhary come from?
    Variant of Chowdhury.
    How common is the surname Choudhary?
    1,521 people in the United States had the surname Choudhary in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,989 Americans. It ranked 18,262nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Choudhary?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Choudhary identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Choudhary getting more or less common?
    More common. 719 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,521 in 2010, up 112%.