Chaudhary Surname
550th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 980,181 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Laos
Chaudhary Surname User-submission:
It means the head of a village or a person owning a significant area of land. It is also a sub-caste for Arain, Gujjar and Jutt.
Chaudhary Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 896,004 | 1:856 | 88 |
| Laos | 20,336 | 1:324 | 131 |
| Pakistan | 13,531 | 1:13,203 | 902 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9,977 | 1:3,093 | 404 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4,873 | 1:1,880 | 231 |
| Morocco | 4,430 | 1:7,782 | 1,011 |
| United States | 3,968 | 1:91,345 | 10,267 |
| Sudan | 2,520 | 1:14,885 | 2,042 |
| Qatar | 2,499 | 1:944 | 60 |
| England | 2,348 | 1:23,730 | 3,290 |
| Bangladesh | 2,253 | 1:70,731 | 3,437 |
| Nepal | 1,792 | 1:15,893 | 841 |
| Malaysia | 1,692 | 1:17,432 | 1,685 |
| Oman | 1,527 | 1:2,415 | 363 |
| Canada | 1,386 | 1:26,584 | 3,554 |
| Kuwait | 1,253 | 1:3,033 | 397 |
| Thailand | 881 | 1:80,180 | 10,782 |
| Australia | 825 | 1:32,722 | 4,326 |
| Mongolia | 781 | 1:3,618 | 669 |
| Fiji | 691 | 1:1,294 | 164 |
| Singapore | 501 | 1:10,993 | 554 |
| Bahrain | 485 | 1:2,781 | 454 |
| France | 432 | 1:153,756 | 23,866 |
| Mexico | 372 | 1:333,673 | 7,194 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Indonesia | 262 | 1:504,768 | 41,234 |
| China | 248 | 1:5,513,393 | 472 |
| New Zealand | 220 | 1:20,583 | 3,608 |
| Iran | 215 | 1:357,128 | 23,740 |
| Spain | 202 | 1:231,446 | 15,208 |
| Germany | 190 | 1:423,713 | 38,363 |
| Hong Kong | 183 | 1:40,085 | 710 |
| Algeria | 154 | 1:250,854 | 27,101 |
| Guatemala | 151 | 1:106,508 | 3,005 |
| Poland | 125 | 1:304,070 | 36,040 |
| Switzerland | 113 | 1:72,681 | 8,609 |
| Portugal | 104 | 1:100,175 | 4,850 |
| Belgium | 100 | 1:114,966 | 17,029 |
| Tunisia | 94 | 1:6,496 | 1,067 |
| Scotland | 88 | 1:60,839 | 4,966 |
| Netherlands | 73 | 1:231,331 | 30,466 |
| Lebanon | 72 | 1:78,293 | 5,294 |
| Italy | 64 | 1:955,573 | 68,465 |
| Brazil | 62 | 1:3,452,812 | 97,678 |
| Ukraine | 62 | 1:734,237 | 75,898 |
| Norway | 60 | 1:85,705 | 11,873 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Sweden | 54 | 1:182,347 | 12,605 |
| South Africa | 51 | 1:1,062,308 | 63,943 |
| Greece | 50 | 1:221,596 | 34,567 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Russia | 40 | 1:3,603,076 | 182,447 |
| Vietnam | 40 | 1:2,316,151 | 2,220 |
| Denmark | 38 | 1:148,545 | 13,026 |
| Uzbekistan | 38 | 1:813,925 | 16,450 |
| Myanmar | 36 | 1:1,442,722 | 585 |
| South Korea | 35 | 1:1,464,007 | 386 |
| Israel | 30 | 1:285,254 | 25,178 |
| Japan | 30 | 1:4,261,476 | 37,285 |
| Wales | 30 | 1:103,151 | 8,167 |
| Peru | 26 | 1:1,222,466 | 20,703 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Finland | 19 | 1:289,300 | 21,660 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Czechia | 17 | 1:625,498 | 60,070 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 1:1,776,710 | 22,419 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Syria | 16 | 1:1,206,314 | 7,138 |
| Cambodia | 14 | 1:1,106,225 | 5,638 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Belarus | 13 | 1:730,851 | 59,297 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Panama | 9 | 1:434,695 | 8,518 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 1:872,363 | 31,900 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Belize | 6 | 1:59,246 | 2,743 |
| Latvia | 6 | 1:341,674 | 26,199 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| El Salvador | 5 | 1:1,268,778 | 4,375 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 1:1,447,349 | 11,454 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1:1,505,272 | 5,843 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Bhutan | 3 | 1:205,346 | 1,091 |
| Brunei | 3 | 1:139,577 | 3,009 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Cuba | 3 | 1:3,840,905 | 13,116 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Çhaudhary (1) are calculated separately.
Chaudhary (12,633) may also be a first name.
Chaudhary Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
It means the head of a village or a person owning a significant area of land. It is also a sub-caste for Arain, Gujjar and Jutt.
- amansiddiquiChaudhary Demographics
Average Chaudhary Salary in
United States
$55,263 USD
Per year
Rank:
280,084 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000814514
Rank: 13,074 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
128.07%
Sample size: 1,257 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Chaudhary Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaudhary Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chaudhary (Bengali: চৌধুরী, Hindi: चौधरी, Marathi: चौधरी, Oriya: େଚୗଧୁରୀ) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Çhaudhary. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaudhary? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 550th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 7,435 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Chaudhary live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Chaudhary is also the 52,315th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 12,633 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 896,004 people, or 1 in 856. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 63 percent live, Bihar, where 23 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 4 percent live. Outside of India it is found in 161 countries. It also occurs in Laos, where 2 percent live and Pakistan, where 1 percent live.
Chaudhary Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Chaudhary are 5.43% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.66% registered with the political party.
The amount Chaudhary earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.99% less than the national average, earning 249,199 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 5.9% less than the national average, earning R 223,620 per year; in United States they earn 28.07% more than the national average, earning $55,263 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.06% more than the national average, earning $56,170 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chaudhary Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chaudhary in the Bengali language | ||
| চৌধুরী | caudhuri | - |
| Chaudhary in the Marathi language | ||
| चौधरी | caudhari | 99.21 |
| चौधरीाने | caudhariane | 0.33 |
| चौधारी | caudhari | 0.07 |
| चौधरीावण | caudhariavana | 0.07 |
| चौधरीाकर | caudhariakara | 0.04 |
| चौधरीाराम | caudhariarama | 0.03 |
| चौधऱी | caudhari | 0.03 |
| चौधरीाज | caudhariaja | 0.02 |
| चौधरीानोबा | caudharianoba | 0.02 |
| चौधरीारका | caudhariaraka | 0.02 |
| चौधरीाक | caudhariaka | 0.01 |
| चौधयर् | caudhayar | 0.01 |
| चौधरीाली | caudhariali | 0.01 |
| चौधरीाहीम | caudhariahima | 0.01 |
| चंदर | candara | 0.01 |
| चौधरीार | caudhariara | 0.01 |
| आधार | adhara | 0.01 |
| चौधरीाची | caudhariaci | 0.01 |
| चौधरीालाल | caudharialala | 0.01 |
| चौधरीान | caudhariana | 0.01 |
| केसचौधरी | kesacaudhari | 0 |
| सीचौधरी | sicaudhari | 0 |
| नागचौधरी | nagacaudhari | 0 |
| गुचौधरी | gucaudhari | 0 |
| चौधरीाराका | caudhariaraka | 0 |
| चौधरीाती | caudhariati | 0 |
| चौधरीडु | caudharidu | 0 |
| चौधरीालु | caudharialu | 0 |
| चौधरीानल | caudharianala | 0 |
| खादर | khadara | 0 |
| छौनाराम | chaunarama | 0 |
| चौधरीाप | caudhariapa | 0 |
| हदर | hadara | 0 |
| चौधरीाही | caudhariahi | 0 |
| चौधरीाञेय | caudharianeya | 0 |
| चौधरीगर | caudharigara | 0 |
| चौधाराम | caudharama | 0 |
| चौधरीाथ | caudhariatha | 0 |
| अचौधरी | acaudhari | 0 |
| चाउधायर् | ca'udhayar | 0 |
| फौजदार | phaujadara | 0 |
| चौधरीाबु | caudhariabu | 0 |
| चौधरीीन | caudhariina | 0 |
| चौधरीाराक | caudhariaraka | 0 |
| चौधरीातार | caudhariatara | 0 |
| चौधारू | caudharu | 0 |
| चौधरीहां | caudhariham | 0 |
| चौधरीाउाह | caudhariauaha | 0 |
| चौधरीाहम | caudhariahama | 0 |
| चौधरीाराव | caudhariarava | 0 |
| चौधोरी | caudhori | 0 |
| चौधरीांने | caudharianne | 0 |
| चवधरी | cavadhari | 0 |
| चौधरीािच | caudhariaica | 0 |
| चौधारीाने | caudhariane | 0 |
| चौधरीराव | caudharirava | 0 |
| कधर | kadhara | 0 |
| छानुर | chanura | 0 |
| चौधरीानेस | caudharianesa | 0 |
| शौधारी | saudhari | 0 |
| चौधरीामय | caudhariamaya | 0 |
| चौधऱीारका | caudhariaraka | 0 |
| चौधरीातुि | caudhariatui | 0 |
| चौधुर | caudhura | 0 |
| चौधरीावणा | caudhariavana | 0 |
| धुळधर | dhuladhara | 0 |
| चौधरीापुन | caudhariapuna | 0 |
| ृचौधरी | rcaudhari | 0 |
| चौधरीाि | caudhariai | 0 |
| चौधरीाणी | caudhariani | 0 |
| चौधरीच्छ | caudhariccha | 0 |
| चौधारीाकर | caudhariakara | 0 |
| चौधरीाऱाम | caudhariarama | 0 |
| चौधरीादीन | caudhariadina | 0 |
| चौधरीर | caudharira | 0 |
| छतर | chatara | 0 |
| चौधरीाईल | caudharia'ila | 0 |
| चाधारी | cadhari | 0 |
| चौधरीास | caudhariasa | 0 |
| चौधरीाराज | caudhariaraja | 0 |
| चौधरीातु | caudhariatu | 0 |
| चौधरीडू | caudharidu | 0 |
| चौधीर | caudhira | 0 |
| चौधरीानार | caudharianara | 0 |
| धुधाराम | dhudharama | 0 |
| चौधरीायणी | caudhariayani | 0 |
| चौधरीगरी | caudharigari | 0 |
| चौधरीारु | caudhariaru | 0 |
| अधारे | adhare | 0 |
| छंदर | chandara | 0 |
| चौधरीाश | caudhariasa | 0 |
| चौधरीानेव | caudharianeva | 0 |
| चौधरीाईम | caudharia'ima | 0 |
| चाधरी | cadhari | 0 |
| बुधर | budhara | 0 |
| चौधय | caudhaya | 0 |
| चौधरौ | caudharau | 0 |
| चौधरीावान | caudhariavana | 0 |
| चौधरीानेबा | caudharianeba | 0 |
| चौधरीाई | caudharia'i | 0 |
| चौधरीडीबा | caudharidiba | 0 |
| चैधारी | caidhari | 0 |
| चौधरीामा | caudhariama | 0 |
| चौधरीातय | caudhariataya | 0 |
| चौधरीडाजी | caudharidaji | 0 |
| चौधर | caudhara | 0 |
| चौधरीपा | caudharipa | 0 |
| चौधरीानी | caudhariani | 0 |
| चौधरीाजल | caudhariajala | 0 |
| चौधरी़ | caudhari | 0 |
| चौधरीापुण | caudhariapuna | 0 |
| चौधरीाऊ | caudharia'u | 0 |
| चौधरीाय | caudhariaya | 0 |
| चौधरीारीका | caudhariarika | 0 |
| चौदरी | caudari | 0 |
| छौगाराम | chaugarama | 0 |
| चौधायर् | caudhayar | 0 |
| चौधरीम | caudharima | 0 |
| चौधरीाबी | caudhariabi | 0 |
| चौथाराम | cautharama | 0 |
| चौधरीाह | caudhariaha | 0 |
| चौघरी | caughari | 0 |
| चौधरीहारी | caudharihari | 0 |
| चौधरीाउि | caudhariaui | 0 |
| चौधरीानबा | caudharianaba | 0 |
| चौधरीानेश | caudharianesa | 0 |
| चौधरीाट | caudhariata | 0 |
| चौधरीाद | caudhariada | 0 |
| चौधरीय | caudhariya | 0 |
| चौधरीाबेन | caudhariabena | 0 |
| चौधिर | caudhira | 0 |
| चैधरी | caidhari | 0 |
| वसुंधरा | vasundhara | 0 |
| हैदर | haidara | 0 |
| चैाधरी | caiadhari | 0 |
| चौधरीमण | caudharimana | 0 |
| चोैधरी | coaidhari | 0 |
| चौधरीाम | caudhariama | 0 |
| चौधरीाञय | caudharianaya | 0 |
| चौधरीांती | caudharianti | 0 |
| चौधरीाजी | caudhariaji | 0 |
| चौधरीावन | caudhariavana | 0 |
| चौधरीाउ | caudharia'u | 0 |
| Chaudhary in the Hindi language | ||
| चौधरी | caudhari | 99.08 |
| चोधरी | codhari | 0.2 |
| चौघरी | caughari | 0.15 |
| चौधीर | caudhira | 0.07 |
| चौधारी | caudhari | 0.06 |
| चौध्ारी | caudhari | 0.04 |
| चौध | caudha | 0.04 |
| चौंधरी | caundhari | 0.02 |
| चौहान | cauhana | 0.02 |
| चौधर | caudhara | 0.02 |
| चौध्ररी | caudhrari | 0.02 |
| चाधरी | cadhari | 0.02 |
| चौहरी | cauhari | 0.01 |
| चौधराी | caudharai | 0.01 |
| चौध्री | caudhri | 0.01 |
| चौधहरी | caudhahari | 0 |
| चैधरी | caidhari | 0 |
| चौध्णरी | caudhnari | 0 |
| र्चाधरी | rcadhari | 0 |
| चौयरी | cauyari | 0 |
| चौदहरी | caudahari | 0 |
| चौधीरी | caudhiri | 0 |
| च्ज्ञैधरी | cjnaidhari | 0 |
| ौधरी | audhari | 0 |
| चधरी | cadhari | 0 |
| चौणरी | caunari | 0 |
| चौारी | cauari | 0 |
| चोध्ररी | codhrari | 0 |
| चौधररी | caudharari | 0 |
| सुखदा | sukhada | 0 |
| चौघ्धरी | caughdhari | 0 |
| र्चौधरी | rcaudhari | 0 |
| Chaudhary in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚୗଧୁରୀ | ecadhuri | 52.94 |
| େଚୗଧରୀ | ecadhari | 29.41 |
| େଚୗଧୁର | ecadhura | 5.88 |
| େଚୖଧୁରୀ | ecadhuri | 2.94 |
| ଚଉଧରୀ | ca'udhari | 2.94 |
| େଚୗଧରି | ecadhari | 2.94 |
| େଚୗଧୂରୀ | ecadhuri | 2.94 |
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