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

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

family name which is – apart from the capital

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

– most frequently to be found in the western Adjara,

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 munic ...

and the eastern

Kvemo Kartli Kvemo Kartli ( ka, ქვემო ქართლი, az, Aşağı Kartli) or "Lower Kartli", is a historic province and current administrative region ( mkhare) in southeastern Georgia. The city of Rustavi is the regional capital. Location K ...

and Kakheti regions of Georgia. Most ''Chkheidzes'' live in the

(1,026),

Khoni Khoni ( ka, ხონი) is a town in the Western Georgian region (mkhare) of Imereti with the population of 8987 (2014 Georgia census). It is situated on the left bank of the Tskhenistkali River in the north-west of Imereti, close to the bord ...

(260), Kutaisi (206),

Zestafoni Zestafoni or Zestaponi ( ka, ზესტაფონი, tr, ) is the administrative center of Zestafoni District in Western Georgia. Zestafoni is the center of an ancient, historical part of Georgia – Margveti, which is a part of Imereti ...

(183),

Batumi Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ) is the second largest city of Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's southwest. It is situated in a subtropical zone at the foot of t ...

(118), Baghdati (107) and

Rustavi Rustavi ( ka, რუსთავი ) is a city in the southeast of Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli and southeast of capital Tbilisi. It has a population of 130,100 (2021), making it the fourth most populous city in Georgia. Its economy is ...

(89) districts. Chkheidze were dukes of

Duchy of Racha The Duchy of Racha ( ka, რაჭის საერისთავო, ''rach'is saerist'avo'') was an important fiefdom in medieval and early modern Georgia, located in the western province of Racha, in the upper Rioni Valley in the foothills ...

Notable members

Alexandre Chkheidze Alexandre Chkheidze, also known under his Polish name of Aleksander Czcheidze (1878–1940), was a Polish- Georgian military officer. He served with the rank of Colonel in the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Georgia during the short ...

(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 *

Nikolay Chkheidze Nikoloz Chkheidze ( ka, ნიკოლოზ (კარლო) ჩხეიძე; russian: Никола́й (Карло) Семёнович Чхеи́дзе, translit=Nikolay (Karlo) Semyonovich Chkheidze) commonly known as Karlo Chkheidze ( � ...

(1864–1926), Georgian politician *

Nikoloz Chkheidze Nikoloz "Nika" Chkheidze ( ka, ნიკოლოზ "ნიკა" ჩეხიძე; born 29 November 1968) is a former Soviet and Georgian footballer who played as goalkeeper. Chkheidze played once for Georgia in a friendly match against Mo ...

(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 * Temur Chkheidze (born 1943), Soviet, Georgian and Russian theater director. * Temur Chkheidze (born 1986), Georgian weightlifter * Valeri Chkheidze (1948 ) ( head and founder of independent Georgian border guards)

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Notable members

See also

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