Georgian surnames in Megrelia

(Geographical reference)

This reference includes about 1.700 Georgian surnames that were settling in Megrelia’s region. It is compiled on the basis of the archival records of Georgian Central State Historic Archive (collection #489) and according to the following works: Paata Tskhadaia, Surnames and surname-settlements in Megrelia, Tbilisi 2000 [this book is a mane source of the reference]; Nicoloz Jomidava, 3000 Megrelian surnames, Tbilisi 2001; Avthandil Silagadze, Anzor Thothadze, Surnames in Georgia, Tbilisi 1997