The Shaikh surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,063 people carried this name — #5,722 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,500 people counted. That is up 85% from 3,273 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
91 people named Shaikh live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 55 people named Shaikh live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
24 people named Shaikh have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 206 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
162 people named Shaikh are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Shaikh in American newspapers,
1896–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,025 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Shaikh in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.
22 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shaikh. The most, 5, date from the 1910s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shaikh.
Who carried it
People named Shaikh,
with a public archive behind them.
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Makhdoom Kamaluddin Yahya Maneri d. 1323 · philosopher
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Sajjad Shaikh 1938–2014 · translator
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Badruddin Shaikh 1952–2020 · politician
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Shamima Shaikh 1960–1998 · women's rights activist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Shaikh,
in the records of 3 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States1 record
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Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s Alien registration Tayab ShaikhBorn 1906 in India. Registered as a foreign national in San Francisco, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.
U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).
France2 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Parveen Sultana ShaikhBorn 1952 in India; died 1997 in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 1 of 2 records for Shaikh in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
United Kingdom1 record
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Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919 War record A. H. ShaikhServed in the First World War. Named in the roll of honour of New Year 1915.
National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)
Counts: National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Shaikh.
- Shackleford 3,751 · U.S. census
- Shade 7,148 · U.S. census
- Shafer 25,641 · U.S. census
- Shaffer 59,943 · U.S. census
- Shah 58,287 · U.S. census
- Shahan 3,772 · U.S. census
- Shamblin 3,501 · U.S. census
- Shanahan 8,616 · U.S. census
- Shane 7,372 · U.S. census
- Shaner 5,121 · U.S. census
- Shank 13,343 · U.S. census
- Shanklin 3,804 · U.S. census
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