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    The surname Choudhry

    A Bengali surname, carried by 1,567 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C360

    Choudhry: #17,851 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Choudhry #17,851, 1,567 people Choudhry: #17,851 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Choudhry #17,851, 1,567 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Choudhry is more common than 89% 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 1,567 people named Choudhry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,034.

    #17,851
    rank among US surnames
    1,567
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +51.5%
    change since 2000 (was #23,072)

    Who is named Choudhry

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

    88% of people named Choudhry identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.4%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Choudhry

    Choudhry 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 Choudhry come from?
    Variant of Chowdhury.
    How common is the surname Choudhry?
    1,567 people in the United States had the surname Choudhry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. It ranked 17,851st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Choudhry?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Choudhry identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Choudhry getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,567 in 2010, up 52%.