4,227 Global CHAUDHRY Family Members

CHAUDHRY Family History

Recorded in over a dozen Romanish forms including Chaudhry, Choudhury and possibly Houdhury, this is a surname popular on the Indian subcontinent, although its origins are said to be Persian and Turkish. It is one of a group called "alqab" which distinguish either skilled workers such as Ekmekci meaning a bread maker, or Halici a rug maker, although in this case it describes the head man of a village. In a sense the name Malik which strictly describes the owner of the estate, can have the same connotation and meaning as Chaudhry, as can Arbab, which means chief or lord of an area and is more particular to parts of Iran and the North West Frontier.