Cognomen Sheikh (Sheikh 
, شيخ 
, الشيخ 
, along with others...) , all around the world, is a widespread last name. The last name Sheikh is characteristic of United Arab Emirates, where it is a common surname, Qatar, and Somalia, where it is quite a common surname (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Southern Asia, particularly India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Likewise, Sheikh is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Sheikh | United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India |
| شيخ | Iran |
| الشيخ | Iran, Turkey |
| Шейх | Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus |
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| sheikh ubaidullah Muslim Arab saint, b, 663 AD (b. 605) |
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| sheikh adi ibn sakhr Umayyad Sheikh (b. 1200) |
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| sheikh sharaf ad-din ibn al-hasan Yazidi leader (b. 1215) |
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| sheikh mohammad rohani Sufi cleric (b. 1220) |
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| sheikh safi al-din (b. 1252) |
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| sheikh isa mashwani AF (b. 1390) |
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sheikh hamza makhdoom Kashmiri Sufi Saint, IN (b. 1494) |
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| sheikh ahmed Last Khan of the Great Horde (r. 1481–1502) (b. 1500) |
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sheikh muhammad Indian Muslim saint (1560–1650) (b. 1560) |
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sheikh madar 19th-century Somali Sufi leader (b. 1825) |
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| suleiman bin abdullah al sheikh religious scholar in the Emirate of Diriyah (b. 1785) |
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| sheikh uthman sirâj-ud-dîn naqshbandi (b. 1781) |
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| sheikh hassan bin osman magdoomy (b. 1785) |
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| sheikh sadiq ali ansari Indian politician, IN (b. 1801) |
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sheikh ali hisam-ad-din naqshbandi (b. 1861) |
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