Bakashvili Surname

614,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 502 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Georgia
Highest density in:
Georgia

Bakashvili Surname User-submission:

The surname Bakashvili comes from the Arabic word baka, meaning 'eternal', and the Georgian word shvili, meaning 'son'.

Bakashvili Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Georgia4461:8,3981,893
Russia431:3,351,699174,427
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Ossetia11:53,4321,287
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Bakashvili Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Bakashvili comes from the Arabic word baka, meaning 'eternal', and the Georgian word shvili, meaning 'son'.

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Bakashvili Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bakashvili Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bakashvili (Georgian: ბაკაშვილი, Russian: Бакашвили) is borne by more people in Georgia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakashvili? popularity and diffusion

Bakashvili is the 614,324th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 14,517,024 people. The surname Bakashvili occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Bakashvili are found; 89 percent are found in West Asia and 89 percent are found in Kartvelo-West Asia.

It is most frequently used in Georgia, where it is held by 446 people, or 1 in 8,398. In Georgia Bakashvili is most common in: Kakheti, where 48 percent live, Tbilisi, where 39 percent live and Kvemo Kartli, where 8 percent live. Other than Georgia this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 9 percent live and Greece, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bakashvili Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bakashvili in the Georgian language
ბაკაშვილიbakashvili-
Bakashvili in the Russian language
Бакашвилиbakasvili-

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