The Chaudhry surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,675 people carried this name — #8,289 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 191 people named Chaudhry live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
122 people named Chaudhry live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Chaudhry.
Most of them — 39 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Val-d’Oise.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Chaudhry in American newspapers,
1845–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Chaudhry,
with a public archive behind them.
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Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry 1904–1982 · lawyer -
Mahendra Chaudhry 1942– · politician -
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry 1948– · judge -
Akhtar Chaudhry 1961– · politician -
Humayun Chaudhry 1965– · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 36 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chaudhry.
- Chatelain 1,476 · U.S. census
- Chatelle 184 · U.S. census
- Chatellier 162 · U.S. census
- Chater 149 · U.S. census
- Chatigny 195 · U.S. census
- Chau 13,238 · U.S. census
- Chaumont 292 · U.S. census
- Chausse 558 · U.S. census
- Chaussee 468 · U.S. census
- Chauvet 188 · U.S. census
- Chauvette 250 · U.S. census
- Chauvin 3,881 · U.S. census
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