Chkheidze

Chkheidze[1][2] (Georgian: ჩხეიძე) is a Georgian family name 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), Zestaponi (183), Batumi (118), Baghdati (107) and Rustavi (89) districts.

[3][4] Members of the Chkheidze family were also part of the Georgian nobility and the dukes of the Duchy of Racha, until the late XVIII century.

In the 19th century, after the annexation of Georgia by the Russian Empire, they became part of the Russian nobility and were awarded with the Russian title of Knyaz.

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