Around the globe, Шейху (Cheikhou 
, Шейху 
) is quite a rare masculine first name. The first name Шейху is habitual in Mauritania, where it is quite a common masculine name, Senegal, and Malta, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Senegal, Mauritania, and France. Very seldom, Шейху is the last name as well as the forename.