Chkheidze

Chkheidze (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. Most Chkheidzes live in the Tbilisi (1,026), Khoni (260), Kutaisi (206), Zestafoni (183), Batumi (118), Baghdati (107) and Rustavi (89) districts.

Chkheidze were dukes of the Duchy of Racha.

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