Type: Surname (from occupation)
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Nepali
Scripts चौधरी(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali)ચૌધરી(Gujarati)
Meaning
From a title meaning “holder of four”, from Sanskrit चतुर् (chatur) meaning “four” and धुरीय (dhuriya) meaning “bearing a burden”.