diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/controls/entityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/controls/entityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx
index 0cdcd7d801..4ef0eb9781 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/controls/entityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/controls/entityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx
@@ -258,9 +258,9 @@ export class EntityPicker extends React.Component<{
     }
 
     @computed private get fuzzy(): FuzzySearch<EntityOptionWithMetricValue> {
-        return new FuzzySearch(
+        return FuzzySearch.withKey(
             this.entitiesWithMetricValue,
-            OwidTableSlugs.entityName
+            (entity) => entity.entityName
         )
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/entitySelector/EntitySelector.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/entitySelector/EntitySelector.tsx
index c4ee1c8c30..4ab3dc5be5 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/entitySelector/EntitySelector.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/entitySelector/EntitySelector.tsx
@@ -548,7 +548,10 @@ export class EntitySelector extends React.Component<{
     }
 
     @computed get fuzzy(): FuzzySearch<SearchableEntity> {
-        return new FuzzySearch(this.sortedAvailableEntities, "name")
+        return FuzzySearch.withKey(
+            this.sortedAvailableEntities,
+            (entity) => entity.name
+        )
     }
 
     @computed get searchResults(): SearchableEntity[] | undefined {
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/FuzzySearch.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/FuzzySearch.ts
index 374ae73ef4..faa3f91def 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/FuzzySearch.ts
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/utils/src/FuzzySearch.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,47 @@ export class FuzzySearch<T> {
     datamap: Record<string, T[]>
     opts: Fuzzysort.Options | undefined
 
-    constructor(data: T[], key: keyof T, opts?: Fuzzysort.Options) {
-        this.datamap = groupBy(data, key)
-        this.strings = data.map((d) => fuzzysort.prepare(d[key] as string))
+    private constructor(
+        datamap: Record<string, T[]>,
+        opts?: Fuzzysort.Options
+    ) {
+        const rawStrings = Object.keys(datamap)
+        this.strings = rawStrings.map((s) => fuzzysort.prepare(s))
+        this.datamap = datamap
         this.opts = opts
     }
 
+    static withKey<T>(
+        data: T[],
+        key: (obj: T) => string,
+        opts?: Fuzzysort.Options
+    ): FuzzySearch<T> {
+        const datamap = groupBy(data, key)
+        return new FuzzySearch(datamap, opts)
+    }
+
+    // Allows for multiple keys per object, e.g. aliases:
+    // [
+    //     { name: "Netherlands", "keys": ["Netherlands", "Nederland"] },
+    //     { name: "Spain", "keys": ["Spain", "España"] },
+    // ]
+    // Note that the calling site will need to take care of uniqueness of results,
+    // if that's desired, e.g. using uniqBy(results, "name")
+    static withKeyArray<T>(
+        data: T[],
+        keys: (obj: T) => string[],
+        opts?: Fuzzysort.Options
+    ): FuzzySearch<T> {
+        const datamap: Record<string, T[]> = {}
+        data.forEach((d) => {
+            keys(d).forEach((key) => {
+                if (!datamap[key]) datamap[key] = [d]
+                else datamap[key].push(d)
+            })
+        })
+        return new FuzzySearch(datamap, opts)
+    }
+
     search(input: string): T[] {
         return fuzzysort
             .go(input, this.strings, this.opts)
diff --git a/site/runCountryProfilePage.ts b/site/runCountryProfilePage.ts
index 62480452cb..f964c36a07 100644
--- a/site/runCountryProfilePage.ts
+++ b/site/runCountryProfilePage.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ class ChartFilter {
     @observable query: string = ""
 
     @computed private get fuzzy(): FuzzySearch<ChartItem> {
-        return new FuzzySearch(this.chartItems, "title", { threshold: -150 })
+        return FuzzySearch.withKey(this.chartItems, (chart) => chart.title, {
+            threshold: -150,
+        })
     }
 
     @computed get searchResults() {