# Choudhury (surname)

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

A surname from Bengali.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Bengali |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,530 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,226 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 87,463 people |
| Change since 2000 | +64% (2,149 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Chowdhury.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Choudhury 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) | 3.1% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 92% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Choudhury in the United Kingdom, Bangladesh and British Raj.

## People named Choudhury

- Sarita Choudhury, British actress
- Humayun Rashid Choudhury, Bangladeshi diplomat (1928-2001)
- Achyut Charan Choudhury, Bengali writer and historian
- Anwar Choudhury, British diplomat and governor

## Similar surnames

Chowdhury, Chaudhry, Chaudhary, 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.