Family name Sheekh (Sheekh 
) , across the world, is quite a rare last name. The surname Sheekh is habitual in Somalia, where it is quite a rare surname, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. Much less frequently, Sheekh is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Sheekh | Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt, Pakistan |
| sheekh xasan barsane Somali cleric, SO (b. 1853) |
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sheekh mukhtaar maxamed xuseen Interim President of Somalia (1912-2012), SO (b. 1912) |
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sheekh aaden maxamed nuur Minister of Industry and Commerce, SO (b. 1956) |
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sheekh shariif sheekh axmed Somalian politician, SO (b. 1964) |
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sheekh mukhtaar abu-mansuur Somali politician, SO (b. 1969) |
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sheekh mukhtaar abu-zubeyr Leader of Harakat Al-Shabaab Mujahideen, Somali insurgent group (1977-2014), SO (b. 1977) |
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| sheekh cabdiraxmaan sheekh nuur Inventor of the Borama/Gadabuursi writing script, SO |
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