Cherukuri 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
  Cherukuri Lenin
  Cherukuri Lenin was famous Indian archer and coach. He is son of Cherukuri Satyanarayana.He is National Archery Coach under Limba Ram...
  
   was an Indian archer and coach.
• Cherukuri Ramoji Rao is an Indian businessman and media entrepreneur.