Surnames in Megrelia


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  • kakabadze – khetha
  • kakava – zugdidi, dsalenjikha
  • kakalaia – dsalenjikha, zugdidi, senaki, zana, sachino
  • kakashvili – thamakoni, tsaishi, lesitchine, akhalkhibula
  • kakachia – dsalenjikha, zugdidi, obuji, nojikhevi
  • kakiashvili – akhalsopheli (khobi region)
  • kakubava – zugdidi, dsalenjikha
  • kakuberi – martvili, senaki, abedathi
  • kakuberia – see kakuberi
  • kakulia – zugdidi, martvili, kakhathi, kidsia, abedathi, khamisquri, akhuthi, ontopho, naqalaqevi, gurdzemi, odishi, tsaishi, khobi, qhulevi, urtha, ingiri
  • kakutia – martvili, dsalenjikha
  • kakuchia – sajijao
  • kalandarishvili – senaki
  • kalandadze – First May
  • kalandia – zugdidi, dsalenjikha, taleri, salkhino, narazeni, big dsqhoni, darcheli, dsogha, tchithadsqhari, kurzu, gatchedili, akhalkhibula, akhalabasthumani, theklathi, lia
  • kaladze – marani
  • kalikava – this surname is restored by the place-name lekakele, area near shisha  (mukhuri)
  • kandelaki – little  phothi, marani
  • kankava – senaki, zugdidi, khorshi, akhalsopheli (khobi region), darcheli
  • kankia – zugdidi, martvili, dsalenjikha, abedathi, big dsqhoni, alertkari, khetha, nojikhevi, kidsia, lia, sergiethi, lower qvaloni, khamisquri
  • kapanadze – qolobani, akhalsopheli (khobi region)
  • karania – senaki, phothi, nosiri, old senaki
  • karbaia – zugdidi, phothi
  • karthkhia, senaki, phothi, old senaki
  • karkalaia – senaki, eki, nojikhevi
  • karkalia – zugdidi, sergiethi, nakhunao
  • kartozia – senaki, zugdidi, zana, abedathi, orulu, ledzadzame, bia, shamgona, vedidkari, khobi, photskho, akhuthi, bandza, naqalaqevi
  • katukia – dsalenjikha, zugdidi, jvari, sachino, tchithadsqhari, lia
  • kacadze – lower qvaloni
  • kacia – zugdidi, chkhorodsqhu, dsalenjikha, obuji, lesitchine, akhuthi, darcheli, rukhi, photskho
  • katcharava – abasha, chkhorodsqhu, dsalenjikha, akhuthi, samiqao, naesakio, old abasha, lower tchaladidi, rukhi, sagvichio, old senaki, norio, First May, lesitchine, jgali
  • kakhaia - ?
  • kakhiani – nojikhevi, abasha
  • kedia – zugdidi, senaki, sujuna
  • kezua – zugdidi, kakhathi, odishi
  • keidia – zugdidi, chkhorodsqhu, ingiri, tsaishi, khetha, kirtskhi
  • kekelia – martvili, zugdidi, bandza, jikhaskari, vedidkari
  • kekelidze – kethlilari, gezathi
  • kekua – zugdidi, eki
  • kekusandze – sajijao, khobi
  • kekusadze – zugdidi, senaki, dsalenjikha
  • kekutia – martvili, zugdidi, senaki, salkhino, big dsqhoni, nakhunao, taleri, dsogha, chhkhoria, tchithadsqharo
  • kelenjeridze – abasha
  • kemularia – zugdidi, senaki, akhalkhibula, nosiri, akhalsopheli (zugdidi region), khobi, khorshi
  • kentchadze – kurzu
  • kezheradze – narazeni
  • kereselidze – lower tchaladidi
  • kerzaia – zugdidi, dsalenjikha, darcheli, qhulishkari
  • kerdzaia – senaki, zugdidi, old senaki, odishi
  • keshelava – sergiethi, dghvana, nobulevi, ghala, naphichkhovo
  • kvantaliani – martvili, zugdidi, nagvazavo, samiqao, lekhaindrao, khundsi, nakhunao, vedidkari
  • kvantchiani – riqhe, akhalsopheli, rukhi, chhkhoria
  • kvarackhelia – dsalenjikha, zugdidi, chkhorodsqhu, jgali, nakiphu, fuqi, kortskheli, chkhorodsqhu, lower chkhorodsqhu, ingiri, lia, odishi, sajijao, akhalkakhathi, zumi, mukhuri, nakiani, akhuthi, garakha, first guriphuli, second guriphuli, zeni, oireme, durghena
  • kvarshilava – zanathi
  • kvarckhalia – zugdidi region
  • kvatalia – old existence of the surname is confirmed by the place-name nakvatalu, hill in nakiani village  between joghorghala and tchalaqhvani villages
  • kvatania – zugdidi, dsalenjikha, chkhorodsqhu, darcheli
  • kvatia – zugdidi, naqalaqevi
  • kvatidze – sebaki, phothi, ledzadzame
  • kvashilava – martvili, senaki, zana, thamakoni, kurzu, kidsia, big dsqhoni, abedathi, ledzadzame, nosiri, nagvazavo, chkhorodsqhu, jolevi
  • kvatchantiradze – lower tchaladidi
  • kvakhajelidze – norio
  • kvekesqiri – khobi
  • kvekveskiri – phothi
  • kvekvecia – martvili, phothi, najakhavo, nalephsao, sergiethi
  • kverkaia – this surname is restored by the place-name nakverku, hill in the left side of skudri area (nakhurcilavo)
  • kverkvecia - samiqao
  • kveselava – martvili, zugdidi, lekhaindravo, kakhathi, nagvazavo
  • kvikvinia – zugdidi, phothi, belidsqhu, khobi, zana, khetha, thorsa-dghvaba, sakvikvinio, narazeni
  • kvinchia – khobi, phothi, chkhorodsqhu, ledsurdsume, khamisquri, qhulevi, qartia, khobi
  • kvizhinadze – akhalsopheli
  • kviraia – senaki, zugdidi, zana, lesitchine
  • kvirikadze – rukhi
  • kvirkvaia – senaki, chkhorodsqhu, phothi, akhalkhibula , zana, kvirckhi
  • kvirkvelia – chkhorodsqhu, lower chkhorodsqhu, senaki, zugdidi, theklathi, lower qvaloni, naesekao, chhkhoria, khobi, akhalkakhathi, akhuthi, First May
  • kvirkvia – dsalenjikha, zugdidi, sachino, lia, jgali
  • kvirtia – zugdidi, chkhorodsqhu, dsalenjikha, kirtskhi, belidsu, akhalsopheli (zugdidi region), ledsurdsume
  • kvirckhalia – abasha, marani
  • kvitanadze – zugdidi, shamgona
  • kvitatiani – zugdidi, martvili, bandza, shamgona, ingiri, odishi, abedathi, vedidkari
  • kviciani – riqhe, ingiri, chhkhoria, dsalenjikha, rukhi
  • kvitchia – old existence of the surname confirms the place-name  nakvitchu/nakvetchu, hills in robughali area (sachino)
  • kizania – this surname is restored by the place-name nakizanu, bushy place near the village nazghusthan (jolevi)
  • kiziria – abasha, phothi, naesakao, dsqhemi, bandza, middle khorga, dziguri, nosiri
  • kithaia – zugdidi, odishi
  • kikabidze – abasha, gezathi, marani, khundsi
  • kikava – zugdidi, orsantia
  • kikalashvili – zugdidi, martvili
  • kikaleishvili – zugdidi, khobi, bandza, lower qvaloni, First May, menji, thorsa-dghvaba
  • kikalia –zugdidi, dsalenjikha
  • kikalishvili – martvili, zugdidi, najakhavo, vedidkari, nakhunavo, qhulishkari, akhalabasthumani, rukhi
  • kikiani – zugdidi, martvili, kurzu
  • kiknavelidze – lesitchene
  • kikoria – zugdidi, dsalenjikha, darcheli
  • kilaberia – abasha, gejethi, theklathi
  • kilava – zugdidi, dsalenjikha
  • kilanava - zugdidi, dsalenjikha
  • kilasonia – senaki, martvili, sakilasonio, nosiri, big dsqhoni, naqalaqevi, sajijao. tchqhemi, thamakoni, akhalsopheli (zugdidi region), khobi, old senaki, inchkhuri, tsaishi, first gurdzemi, ledgebe, urtha, gakhomela, zeni, jafshaqari
  • kiladze – little  phothi, naqalaqevi
  • kiltava – see kirtava
  • kintiraia – martvili, senaki, phothi, abedathi, theklathi
  • kintraia – zugdidi
  • kindsurashvili – senaki, norio, samiqao
  • kindsureishvili – phothi, khobi, qvalono, lower tchaladidi
  • kindsuria – see kindsurashvili
  • kirthadze – khundsi, riqhe, lower tchaladidi, akhalkhibula ,martvili, tsaishi, jikhaskari
  • kirtava – senaki, theklathi, nakhunao, nosiri
  • kirckhaia – akhalkakhathi
  • kirckhalia – senaki, phothi, old senaki, nosiri, ledzadzame, kethilari, lower senaki
  • kiteishvili – martvili, abedathi
  • kitia – zugdidi, senaki, nokhijevi, akhalkhibula, old khibula , khobi
  • kitovani – martvili, qvaithi
  • kiuti – zugdidi
  • kifaia – zugdidi
  • kobakhia – zugdidi
  • kobakhidze – zugdidi, belidsqhu, khamisquri, old khibula, khetha, khobi, abasthumani
  • kobrava – abasha region
  • kodua – zugdidi, phothi, abasthumani, khetha, darcheli, khobi, koki, tchithadsqhari, oqtomberi, orulu, ingiri, thors-dghvaba, anaklia, qariata, tsaishi
  • kozmava – zugdidi, chkhorodsqhu, kirtskhi, dsalenjikha, thaia
  • kozua – zugdidi, akhalsopheli, kakhathi, tchkaduashi
  • kothoria – this surname is restored by the place-name lekothore/leqothore, hills in tekhuri gorge, near doberazeni
  • kokaia – martvili, senaki, lekokaie, big dsqhoni, najavakho, zanathi, naqalaqevi, little  phothi, akhalsopheli (senaki region), nosiri, ushufathi, sergiethi, dsqhemi
  • kokua – this surname is restored by the place-name nakoku, field in the dsqhonisheli gorge (dsachkhuri)
  • komakhidze – First May, qolobani
  • kontuadze – martvili, senaki, bandza
  • konjaria – zugdidi, dsalenjikha, obuji, old khibula, qariata, nojikhevi, sajijao
  • kopaleishvili – abasha, First May
  • kopaliani – nakiphu, qhulevi
  • korzaia – kordzaia’s version. Restors the place-name nakorzu (hill in sameskhio), sachiqobavo, marani, cilori, thkhmelari, qvishantchala, guleikari
  • korthkhonjia – martvili, senaki, zugdidi, big dsqhoni, kidsia, gurdzemi, oqtomberi
  • korkelia – zugdidi, phothi, darcheli, odishi, riqhe, khobi
  • korkotadze – akhalsopheli (zugdidi region)
  • korsava – martvili, senaki, najakhavo, nakhunao, abedathi
  • korsantia – zugdidi, dsalenjikha
  • kortava – phothi, zugdidi, first khorga, khobi, khetha, urtha, akhalsopheli (khobi region), belidsqhu, guriphuli, little  phothi, lower tchaladidi
  • korshia – senaki, phothi, ushufathi, nosiri, akhalsopheli (senaki region), saqorqio
  • kordzaia – First May, odishi
  • kordzakhia – abasha, senaki, old abasha, naqalaqevi, old senaki
  • kostava – basic living-place of the surname is imerethi and guria. In samegrelo was settled several families
  • kotaria – senaki, zugdidi
  • kotia – martvili, bandza, akhalsopheli (zugdidi region)
  • kotrikadze – akhalsopheli (khobi region)
  • kotua – zugdidi, senaki
  • koghoshvili – senaki, zugdidi, naqalaqevi
  • koghua – senaki, phothi, naqalaqevi, phothi
  • koshia (kochia) – this surname is restored by the place-name lekoshie/lekochie, hills in odsqhari’s left side
  • kokhia – senaki, chkhorodsqhu, zugdidi, gejethi, gurdzemi, lesitchine, akhalsopheli (zugdidi region), akhuthi, old senaki
  • kokhreidze – First May, akhalsopheli (zugdidi region)
  • kubecia – senaki, phothi, mokhashi
  • kudava – martvili, zugdidi, nagvazavo, kakhathi, sergiethi
  • kudelia – the surname is restored by the place-name lekudele, mountain in the tekhur-khobisdsqhali watershed
  • kukava – zugdidi, khobi, dsalenjikha, khamisquri, big nedzi, tsaishi, phakhulani, khetha, oqtomberi, akhalsopheli (zugdidi region), ganarjiis mukhuri, guriphuli
  • kukania – martvili, big dsqhoni, gatchedili, little  phothi
  • kukulava – the surname is spread in guria, but exists in samegrelo (sujuna) as well
  • kukutaria – phothi
  • kulua – senaki, zugdidi, khobi, phothi, guriphuli
  • kuntchulia – the surname is spread in guria and uts existence in samegrelo is confirmed by the place-name nakutchulu, hill in legakhare
  • kuprava – zugdidi, martvili, abasha, old abasha, lekhaindravo, kakhathi, dsqhemi, abedathi, old senaki, eki, nosiri, kethilari
  • kupradze – akhalsopheli (khobi region)
  • kupreishvili – senaki, abasha, gejethi, dsqhemi, sujuna, akhalsopheli (senaki region), abedathi, sajijao, nosiri, kethilari, naesakio, ontopho, isula
  • kurdghelia – zugdidi, martvili, senaki, thamakoni, abedathi, doshaqhe, old senaki, akhalsopheli (zugdidi region), kidsia
  • kurthanidze – lower tchaladidi
  • kurckhalia – the surname is spread in imerethi. Several families are in samegrelo
  • kutalia – zugdidi, phothi, abasthumani, khetha, tchithadsqhari, akhalsopheli (zugdidi region), big nedzi, koki, ingiri, tchkaduashi, khobi, saalanio
  • kutua – menji (sakharbedio)
  • kucia – abasha, phothi, sujuna, naesakao, bandza, zanathi, nosiri
  • kutchava – senaki, old senaki, sajijao, upper qvaloni, khetha, eki, akhalsopheli (senaki region), kidsia, ushufathi, theklathi, qolobani
  • kutchukhidze – abasha, naesakao, tqhviri, nosiri, sujuna
  • kukhalashvili – gatchedili, khundsi, martvili, salkhino, thamakoni, kinchkha
  • kukhaleishvili – zugdidi, dsalenjikha, chhkhoria, lia, riqhe, mukhuri, odishi, eki, narazeni, little  phothi
  • kukhalishvili – martvili, salkhino
  • kukhalia – this surname is restored by the place-name lekukhale/lekvakhale, tributary of the river zanie and its gorge in leqobale
 

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  • khabeishvili – sephiethi, ledzadzame, ontopho
  • khaburzania – zugdidi, senaki, ledzadzame, ushufathi, riqhe, jikhaskari, darcheli, anaklia, akhuthi, lesitchine. Rare versions: qaburzania, khaburdzania – legogine, kvauthi, tchithadsqhari
  • khaburdzania – old senaki. comp. khaburzania
  • khazalia – zugdidi, phothi, orsantia, dsalenjikha, big nedzi, ergetha
  • khazulia – this surname is confirmed by the place-name nakhazule, tea plantation (legakhare)
  • khaindrava – martvili, lekhaindravo, zugdidi, nakhunavo
  • khakava – this surname is restored by the place-name nakhaku, hill in lejomide (dsogha, moidanakhe)
  • khangaria – old existence of the surname is confirmed by the place-names: nakhangar, plough-lands in (sajijao family) and tea plantation (nakhurcilavo); nakhangaru, woods (first guriphuli)
  • khambeshia – see ghambeshia
  • khazhalia – zugdidi, senaki comp. khajalia
  • khazhomia – martvili, nagvazavo, First May, khundsi, inchkhuri
  • kharazia – phothi
  • kharaishvili – sagvichio, akhalsopheli (khobi region)
  • kharamashvili – akhuthi. comp. kharamishvili
  • kharamishvili – zugdidi, senaki, dsalenjikha, akhalkhibula, khobi, zubi
  • kharbedia – senaki, phothi, menji, kidsia, theklathi, lesitchine, sergiethi, qariata, khobi, akhalsopheli (zugdidi region), sakharbedio
  • khargelia – zugdidi, martvili, oqtomberi, big nedzi, ganarjiis mukhuri
  • kharebava – zugdidi, senaki, gurdzemi, qhulishkari, chhkhoria, zana, martvili, akhuthi, lia, kidsia, old senaki, akhalabasthumani, lesitchine, alertkari, nakharebavo (this village was united with martvili)
  • kharshiladze – sagvichio, old senaki, akhalsopheli (khobi region). rare passport version: kharshilava (zugdidi, senaki)
  • kharchilava – zugdidi, dsalenjikha, jgali, obuji, orulu, jikhaskari, ergetha, ingiri, lower qvaloni, akhalsopheli (zugdidi region), old senaki, lekharchile, jvari, phakhulani, mokhashi, amiskuri, sakukao, qhulevi
  • khardziani – sagvichio, old senaki, akhalsopheli (khobi region)
  • khartchamadze – zugdidi, chkhorodsqhu, kortskheli
  • khasaia – zugdidi, dsalenjikha, tchale, phakhulani, jvari, muzhava, lia, ganarjiis mukhuri, ingiri, narazeni
  • khasia – zugdidi, senaki, qhulishkari, shamgona, alertkari, khetha, akhalsopheli (zugdidi region), akhalsopheli (khobi region), kakhathi, jikhaskari
  • khaphava – zugdidi, nosiri, kadari (abashis themi)
  • khacava – zugdidi, area sakhaco (jikhaskari)
  • khakhubia – senaki, zugdidi, eki, phothi
  • khakhulia – this surname is confirmed by the place-name nakhakhulu, hill (leqarche)
  • khajalia – zugdidi, senaki
  • khevsuriani – senaki, chkhorodsqhu, old senaki, zana, lesitchine
  • khevcuriani – akhuthi, senaki, zugdidi
  • kheindze – old existence of the surname confirms the place-name lekheindze, former area (nakhurcilavo)
  • khelaia – martvili, khobi, inchkhuri, lower qvaloni, gatchedili, dsalenjikha, bandza, marani, gakhomela, senaki
  • kheladze – vedidkari
  • khelia – abasha, senaki, sujuna
  • khelidze – sephiethi
  • kheceria – this surname is restored by the place-name lekhecere, hills in thamakonshi
  • khecia – semo sorta, golaskuri
  • khecuriani – sajijao. Local passport version: khecuria
  • khvardzikia – zugdidi, shamgona
  • khvibliani – dsaqvinji, narazeni
  • khvitharia – senaki, phothi, guriphuli, abedathi
  • khvingia – zugdidi, martvili, akhalsopheli (zugdidi region), darcheli, ingiri, mukhuri
  • khvitia – zugdidi, dsalenjikha, rukhi, kortskheli, akhalsopheli, tchkaduashi
  • khvichava – dsalenjikha, zugdidi, chkhorodsqhu, sachino, chhkhoria, lia
  • khvichia – zugdidi, martvili, thamakoni, akhalsopheli (khobi region), khetha, tsaishi, orulu, belidsqhu, odishi, photskho, ganarjiis mukhuri, narazeni, second mokhashi
  • khimshiashvili – first edseri
  • khinthbaia – zugdidi, senaki
  • khintkiria – abasha, phothi, ontopho, onoghia
  • khikhua – khobi
  • khijakadze – akhalsopheli (khobi region)
  • khobelia – chkhorodsqhu, zugdidi, dsogha, dsalenjikha
  • khozrevanidze – old khibula
  • khonelia – zugdidi
  • khonelidze – abasha, First May, marani
  • khorava – chkhorodsqhu, zugdidi, lesitchine, zana, kethilari, bandza, menji, martvili, lower chkhorodsqhu, vedidkari, inchkhuri, kakhathi, marani, old senaki, ushaphathi, koki, kodori
  • khorguani – zugdidi, tchkaduashi
  • khotua – this surname is restored by the place-name lekhotue, near belerdsqhari (lethkanthi)
  • khopheria – senaki, akhalsopheli (senaki region), theklathi, isula, zugdidi, eki, sachochio, shkhephi
  • khoshtaria – abasha, phothi, sujuna, sakhoshtario (former sofeli), nosiri, akhalsopheli (zugdidi region), marani, naesakao, kodori, matskhovriskari (kvathani family)
  • khotcholava – zugdidi, phothi, darcheli, ingiri, upper qvaloni, oqtomberi, middle khorga, khobi
  • khojava – they live in imereti, and rare part of them in samegrelo
  • khubelashvili – abasha
  • khubilava – zugdidi, tchkaduashi
  • khublava – khubulava’s version
  • khubua – zugdidi, senaki, koki, ushaphathi, photskho, zana, ganarjiis mukhuri, akhuthi, upper qvaloni, taleri, shamgona, tchithadsqhari
  • khubulava – zugdidi, dsaqvinji, jikhaskari, ingiri, upper qvaloni, orsantia, uphalkari
  • khubulaia – phothi
  • khubulia – dsalenjikha, zugdidi, jgali, shamgona, little  phothi
  • khubunaia – senaki, chkhorodsqhu, akhuthi, ledzadzame, lesitchine
  • khubunia – senaki
  • khubutia – zugdidi, dsalenjikha, jvari, lia, rukhi
  • khulordava – dsalenjikha, martvili, sachino, salkhino, akhalkhibula
  • khuntua – chkhorodsqhu, zugdidi, jikhaskari
  • khundsaria – senaki, zugdidi, akhalsopheli (senaki region), ushaphathi, obuji, abasha, akhalkakhathi, legogie, khundsi
  • khundselia – martvili, qvaithi, khundsi
  • khunjgurua – zugdidi, chkhorodsqhu, koki, darcheli
  • khunjua – zugdidi, senaki, sagvichio, eki, lia, dsaqvinji, zeni
  • khurodze – martvili, zugdidi, khundsi
  • khurcia – senaki, zugdidi, akhalsopheli (senaki region), ushaphathi, menji, nosiri, guriphuli, zanathi, khobi, lekokaie, batharia, uphalkari
  • khurcilava – martvili, zugdidi, phothi, senaki, abedathi, salkhino, gatchedili, little  phothi, gurdzemi, urtha, sujuna, marani, old senaki, lekhaindravo, khetha, lemiqave, second balda, nakhurcilavo, legersame, upper bia, dsqhemi, khobi
  • khurcidze – little  phothi
  • khurculava – khurcilava’s version. nochkhoni, tchithadsqhari, tchale
  • khutkubia – its version: khuthkubia. zugdidi, senaki, khibula
  • khuphacaria – zugdidi, abasha, orsantia, ingiri
  • khuphenia – zugdidi, dsalenjikha, darcheli, ganarjiis mukhuri, kakhathi
  • khupheria – old existence of the surname is confirmed by the place-names: sakhuferio, area in shkhephi (senaki); khuferethi, hill in sergiethshi
  • khuphunia – zugdidi, phothi
  • khukhia – senaki, phothi, old senaki, akhalsopheli (senaki region), belidsqhu, kotianethi
  • khukhua – martvili, zugdidi, kidsia, big dsqhoni, tsaishi, akhalsopheli (senaki region), jikhaskari, senaki
  • khukhuni – senaki, zugdidi, ledzadzame, khetha, nakhunavo, lasajaie