Cherukuri

Cherukuri (Telugu: చెరుకూరి) is one of the Indian surnames, mostly found in Andhra Pradesh, in kamma, brahmin, velama and tribal communities. There is a village by the name of Cherukuru in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is known that surnames ending with -uri or -uru arise due to the reason that people hailing from that village take the name of the village as their surname as a marker when they embark on a migratory journey ( in ancient times crossing Krishna river and going to Krishna District from Guntur District). At a genetic level, some Cherukuri's of Kamma social group are in haplogroup R2a (M124).

• Cherukuri Lenin was an Indian archer and coach.
• Cherukuri Ramoji Rao is an Indian businessman and media entrepreneur.

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