Chwdhury Surname

469,804th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 715 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Chwdhury Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Chwdhury Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh6311:252,5467,887
India741:10,365,748197,751
England61:9,286,343223,652
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372

Chwdhury Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chwdhury Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chwdhury (Oriya: େଚୗଧୁରୀ) occurs more in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chwdhury click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chwdhury? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 469,804th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 10,192,372 people. The last name Chwdhury occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Chwdhury reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

The last name is most widespread in Bangladesh, where it is held by 631 people, or 1 in 252,546. Beside Bangladesh it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chwdury934/
Chwdhuri8816/
Chwdhure883/
Chwdhory881/
Chwdhauri821/
Schwdhuri821/
Chwduri801/
Chwdory801/
Chwdhori751/
Swdhuri6715/

Chwdhury Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chwdhury in the Oriya language
େଚୗଧୁରୀecadhuri-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chwdhury
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