Throughout the world, Shaikh (Shaikh 
, Шаих 
, Шайх 
) is a common principally masculine, but scarcely female first name. The first name Shaikh is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Kuwait, where it is quite a common principally male, but scarcely girly name, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates. More frequently, Shaikh is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Shaikh | Bangladesh, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait |
| Шаих | Kazakhstan, Russia |
| Шайх | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia |
| شيخ | Iran |
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| younus shaikh Pakistani activist, PK (b. 1952) |
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| akmal shaikh Taxi driver and criminal executed for drug offences in China, GB (b. 1956) |
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| younus shaikh Pakistani author (b. 1965) |
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| aslam shaikh Indian politician, IN (b. 1972) |
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| nauman islam shaikh politician in Pakistan (b. 1978) |
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| abbas hussain shaikh Indian politician, IN |
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| oseen hajilal shaikh researcher |
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| hanif shaikh researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-8958-5644) |
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| siraj shaikh researcher |
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| hayat abdullah shaikh Indian politician, IN |
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| babar tasneem shaikh researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-2056-4132 |
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| tasnim shaikh researcher |
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| khurshid shaikh researcher |
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| mateen shaikh researcher |
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| shaikh shahera bi. jainoddin shaikh Indian politician, IN |
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