Fun Facts: The Most Popular Names in Georgia

Following information from the Public Service Development Agency, statistically, the names George and Nino are the most commonly used in Georgia. There are 191,390 people named George living in the country, and 191,390 Nino’s. Other popular men’s names include Davit (67,418), Aleksandre (41,270), Luka (38,670), Nikoloz (36,239), Irakli (35,940) and Zurab (31,606). As for women’s names: Mariam (67,406), Tamar (50,393), Anna (47,662) Maia (47,349), Nana (42,706), Natia (38,246), Elene (34,825), Manana (34,236), Ketevan (32,572) and Natela (29,191) have been listed as the most popular.

As for last names, data from the Public Service Development Agency says that the most common last names in Georgia are: Beridze (29055), which tops the list, followed by Kapanadze (19,182), Gelashvili (18,265), Maisuradze (16,194), Mamedov (14,735), Giorgadze (14,145), Lomidze (13,054) Tsiklauri (12,996), Mamedova (12,779) and Bolkvadze (12,730). Nozadze, Kvaratskhelia, Khutsishvili, Abuladze, Mikeladze, Shengelia, Tabatadze, Abashidze, Aliev and Diasamidze are also among the most common last names in Georgia.

By Nino Gugunishvili