Explore the Family Name Chaudry

The meaning of Chaudry

Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: variant of Chowdhury. Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Mohammad, Javaid, Kassim, Khalid, Abdul, Irshad, Muhammad, Rafiq, Shaheen, Tariq, Abdul Hamid, Adil, Alam. Indian Anil, Asim, Ramesh, Shanti.

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How common is the last name Chaudry in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Chaudry" has shown a considerable increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the Chaudry name was ranked at 35,342 in terms of popularity but improved its position to 28,777 by 2010, marking an 18.58% rise. The count of individuals carrying this surname also saw a significant increase from 603 to 827 during the same period, representing a 37.15% growth. Consequently, the proportion of this surname per 100k people grew by 27.27%, moving from 0.22 to 0.28.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,342	#28,777	18.58%
Count	603	827	37.15%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.28	27.27%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Chaudry

With regard to ethnic identity, there was a noticeable shift among those bearing the Chaudry surname from 2000 to 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The highest change was seen in the Asian/Pacific Islander category, which increased by 14.20% from 67.66 to 77.27. However, there were decreases in the White category (-37.78%) and those identifying with two or more races (-46.81%). There was a modest increase in Hispanic representation (34.26%) and Black representation (25.75%). The American Indian and Alaskan Native category remained constant at 0.00.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	67.66%	77.27%	14.2%
White	12.44%	7.74%	-37.78%
Two or More Races	14.1%	7.5%	-46.81%
Black	3.65%	4.59%	25.75%
Hispanic	2.16%	2.9%	34.26%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%