Sarishvili Surname

297,114th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Georgia
Highest density in:
Georgia

Sarishvili Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the Georgian word for 'pale, stake' (სარი) and has the standard Georgian suffix -შვილი, which means 'child, offspring', attached to it.

Sarishvili Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Georgia1,1891:3,150639
Abkhazia541:4,498845
Russia271:5,337,891231,865
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England21:27,859,030389,889
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Sarishvili Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the Georgian word for 'pale, stake' (სარი) and has the standard Georgian suffix -შვილი, which means 'child, offspring', attached to it.

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Sarishvili Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sarishvili (Georgian: სარიშვილი, Russian: Саришвили) is held by more people in Georgia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarishvili? popularity and diffusion

Sarishvili is the 297,114th most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 5,680,083 people. The surname Sarishvili occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Sarishvili live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 93 percent live in Kartvelo-West Asia.

This surname is most frequently used in Georgia, where it is carried by 1,189 people, or 1 in 3,150. In Georgia it is mostly found in: Tbilisi, where 32 percent are found, Guria, where 25 percent are found and Imereti, where 11 percent are found. Barring Georgia it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Abkhazia, where 4 percent are found and Russia, where 2 percent are found.

Sarishvili Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Sarishvili surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Georgia.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sarishvili Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sarishvili in the Georgian language
სარიშვილიsarishvili-
Sarishvili in the Russian language
Саришвилиsarisvili-

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