Chkheidze
The Chkheidze family[1][2] (Georgian: ჩხეიძე) is a Georgian noble family which is – apart from the capital Tbilisi – most frequently to be found in the western Adjara, Guria and Imereti and the eastern Kvemo Kartli and Kakheti regions of Georgia.[3] Most Chkheidzes live in the Tbilisi (1,026), Khoni (260), Kutaisi (206), Zestafoni (183), Batumi (118), Baghdati (107) and Rustavi (89) districts.[3][4]
Prince Ivane Chkheidze (r. 1488–1497) was the reigning Duke of the Duchy of Racha, invested with by Alexander II, King of Imereti.[5][6]
Notable members
- Alexandre Chkheidze (1878–1940), Polish-Georgian military officer
- Giorgi Chkheidze (born 1997), Georgian weightlifter
- Goga Chkheidze (born 1996), Georgian weightlifter
- Irakli Chkheidze (born 1999), Georgian weightlifter
- Konstantin Chkheidze (1897–1974), Czech-Georgian-Russian writer and philosopher
- Nato Chkheidze (born 1960), Georgian businesswoman and politician
- Nikolay Chkheidze (1864–1926), Georgian politician
- Nikoloz Chkheidze (born 1968), former Soviet and Georgian footballer
- Nutsa Chkheidze (1881–1963), Georgian stage actress
- Otar Chkheidze (1920–2007), Georgian writer
- Revaz Chkheidze (1926–2015), Soviet and Georgian film director
See also
- Chkhetidze, a Georgian noble family from the tenth century
References
- "Chkheidze Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
Approximately 3,744 people bear this surname.
- "Statistics and meaning of name Chkheidze". namespedia.com. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
Surname Chkheidze is used at least 79 times in at least 6 countries.
- "გვარი 'ჩხეიძე' რაიონების მიხედვით (Last name 'Chkheidze' by district)". mashasada.me/ka. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
Total: 2,710; Rank: 153
- "საძიებო სიტყვა: ჩხეიძე (Search: Chkheidze)". geogen.ge. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
ჩხეიძე – ზანა, რიყე, მარტვილი, ორსანტია, ახალხიბულა, პირველი ხორგა, ძველი სენაკი, ჭოღა, ჯგალი, მუხური, თაია, ამაშუკეთი, ბზვანი, ბოსლევი, გოდოგანი, დიდი ჯიხაიში, დიმი, ვარძია, კიცხი, მაქათუბანი, მუხაყრუა, ობჩა, ფუთი, ჩხარი, ჭალა, ხონი (Chkheidze – Zana, Rike, Martvili, Orsantia, Akhalkhibula, Pirveli Khorga, Dzveli Senaki, Chogha, Kvale, Mukhuri, Taia, Amashuketi, Bzvani, Boslevi, Godogani, Didi Jikhaishi, Dimi, Vardzia, Kitskhi, Makatubani, Mukhaqrua, Obcha, Foote, Chkhari, Chala, Khoni)
- Toumanoff, Cyril (1949–51). The Fifteenth-Century Bagratids and the Institution of Collegial Sovereignty in Georgia. Traditio 7: 176.
- (in Georgian) Chikovani, Yuri; Bichikashvili, Ioseb & Chkheidze, Shota (2004), “ჩხეიძეთა საგვარეულო” (“The Chkheidze family”). Tbilisi, ISBN 99928-0-213-8
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