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Passage · A.164

refuted · Passage A.164

pending · 2026-09-16Context

ათი ყველაზე გავრცელებული ქართული გვარი ჩვენს ქვეყანაში (1997 წ. მონაცემები) 1. ბერიძე - 24 797

rendering, not the wording of the record

The ten most common Georgian surnames in our country (1997 data) 1. Beridze - 24 797

Claims

  • B-019 B supports

    ბერიძე (Beridze) is the most common surname in Georgia. According to civil-registry data of the Public Service Development Agency (სახელმწიფო სერვისების განვითარების სააგენტო, Ministry of Justice) released to the press in 2024, about 30,000 people bore the surname — 29,986 in data reported in March 2024 and 30,022 (14,963 men, 15,059 women) in data reported in July 2024 — ahead of კაპანაძე (19,259) and გელაშვილი (18,333). Earlier agency figures had put the count at just over 26,000, also in first place.

  • B-301 refuted mentions

    "Beridze is the most common surname in Tbilisi"

    Refuted (K20). Not in the 2008 Tbilisi top seven. The 11,935 figure belongs to Adjara.

CiteBeridze, a history of the surname · Passage A.164 · beridze.info/en/passages/a-164 · Source: http://www.geogen.ge/ge/history_surnames/wide_spread_surnames/ (accessed 2026-09-16)

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