Chkheidze ( ka, ჩხეიძე, russian: Чхеи́дзе) is a Georgian

family name In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

which is – apart from the capital Tbilisi – most frequently to be found in the western

Adjara Adjara ( ka, აჭარა ''Ach’ara'' ) or Achara, officially known as the Autonomous Republic of Adjara ( ka, აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა ''Ach’aris Avt’onomiuri Resp’ublik’a'' ...

Guria Guria ( ka, გურია) is a region (''mkhare'') in Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 113,000 (2016), with Ozurgeti as the regional capital. Geography ...

and

Imereti Imereti (Georgian: იმერეთი) is a region of Georgia situated in the central-western part of the republic along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni River. Imereti is the most populous region in Georgia. It consists of 11 municip ...

and the eastern Kvemo Kartli and

Kakheti Kakheti ( ka, კახეთი ''K’akheti''; ) is a region (mkhare) formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti. Telavi is its capital. The region comprises eigh ...

regions of Georgia. Most ''Chkheidzes'' live in the Tbilisi (1,026), Khoni (260),

Kutaisi Kutaisi (, ka, ქუთაისი ) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia, traditionally, second in importance, after the capital city of Tbilisi. Situated west of Tbilis ...

(206), Zestafoni (183), Batumi (118),

Baghdati Baghdati ( ka, ბაღდათი, tr) is a town of 3,700 people in the Imereti region of western Georgia, at the edge of the Ajameti forest on the river Khanistsqali, a tributary of the Rioni. Geography The town is located at the edge of the ...

(107) and Rustavi (89) districts. Chkheidze were dukes of Duchy of Racha.

Notable members

* Alexandre Chkheidze (1878–1940), Polish-Georgian military officer *

Giorgi Chkheidze Giorgi Chkheidze ( ka, გიორგი ჩხეიძე; born October 30, 1997) is a Georgian male weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in ...

(born 1997), Georgian weightlifter *

Goga Chkheidze Goga Chkheidze ( ka, გოგა ჩხეიძე; born 11 February 1996) is a Georgian weightlifter competing in the 69 kg division until 2018 and 67 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categor ...

(born 1996), Georgian weightlifter *

Irakli Chkheidze Irakli Chkheidze ( ka, ირაკლი ჩხეიძე; born 5 January 1999) is a Georgian weightlifter competing in the 105 kg division until 2018 and 102 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation The Internat ...

(born 1999), Georgian weightlifter *

Konstantin Chkheidze Konstantin Alexandrovich Chkheidze ( cz, Konstantin Alexandrovič Čcheidze, ka, კონსტანტინე ჩხეიძე, russian: Константин Александрович Чхеидзе) (19 September 1897 – 28 July 1974) wa ...

(1897–1974), Czech-Georgian-Russian writer and philosopher *

Nato Chkheidze Nato Chkheidze (Georgian: ნატო ჩხეიძე, born on June 1, 1960) is a Georgian businesswoman and politician, co-founder of the Omega Group with her husband Zaza Okuashvili, and a member of Parliament in 1999-2004 and since 2020. ...

* Nikolay Chkheidze (1864–1926), Georgian politician * Nikoloz Chkheidze (born 1968), former Soviet and Georgian footballer *

Nutsa Chkheidze Nina "Nutsa" Platonovna Chkheidze ( ka, ინო (ნუცა) პლატონის ასული ჩხეიძე; russian: Нина "Нуца" Платоновна Чхеидзе; 30 September, 1881 – 14 August, 1963) was a Georgian-b ...

(1881–1963), Georgian stage actress *

Otar Chkheidze Otar Chkheidze (28 November 1920. Village Kelktseuli, region of Gori, Georgia – 2007) Georgian writer, literary man, PhD (1949). His father and uncles fell a victim to the redoubtable and tragic events of 1924 in Georgia caused by communist r ...

(1920–2007), Georgian writer *

Revaz Chkheidze Revaz "Rezo" Chkheidze ( ka, რევაზ "რეზო" ჩხეიძე; 8 December 1926 – 3 May 2015) was a Georgian film director, People's Artist of the USSR, best known for his Soviet-era drama films, including his 1964 World Wa ...

(1926–2015), Soviet and Georgian film director *

Temur Chkheidze Timur, Temur, Temür, Temir or Tömör is a masculine Turkic and Mongolic given name which literally means ''iron''. It is a cognate of the Bosnian and Turkish name Demir. In Indonesian, timur translates to '' east'', and symbolizes hope by t ...

(born 1943), Soviet, Georgian and Russian theater director. *

(born 1986), Georgian weightlifter * Valeri Chkheidze (1948 ) ( head and founder of independent Georgian border guards)

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Notable members

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