Cheema (surname)

Cheema (Punjabi: ਚੀਮਾ (Gurmukhi), چیمہ (Shahmukhi)) is a Punjabi Jat clan of India and Pakistan.[1][2] They have a high concentration in the villages of Gujranwala and adjoining parts of Sialkot.[3] Most people with the surname are Sikhs in East Punjab and Muslims in West Punjab.[4]

Cheema
JātiJat
Religions Sikhism, Islam,ॐHinduism
LanguagesPunjabi
CountryIndia, Pakistan
RegionPunjab
EthnicityPunjabi

Notable people with the surname, who may or may not with affiliated with the clan, are listed below.

Pakistan
  • Aizaz Cheema (born 1979), Pakistani international cricketer
  • Akmal Cheema, Pakistani nazim (mayor) of Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Amir Abdur Rehman Cheema (c.1978 – 2006), Pakistani who assaulted an editor over Muhammad's cartoons
  • Anwar Ali Cheema, Member, National Assembly of Pakistan from 1985 to 2013, from Sargodha District[5]
  • Azam Cheema, Lashkar-e-Taiba operative
  • Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema, judge and politician
  • Mohammad Afzal Cheema (1913–2008), judge and politician, Acting President of Pakistan
  • Nisar Ahmed Cheema, politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-79 and former Director General, Health Services, Punjab
  • Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema (born 1940), Pakistani scholar of international relations and strategic studies
  • Rizwan Cheema, Canadian cricketer
  • Saif Ullah Cheema, Pakistani military officer and politician
  • Shafqat Cheema, Pakistani film actor and director
  • Dr. Sultan Ahmed Cheema (1908–1990) (Sitara-i-Khidmat), ophthalmologist who established the Cheema Hospital in Daska, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Tahir Bashir Cheema, Pakistan Peoples Party member from Bahawalpur District
  • Umar Cheema, TV and print journalist in Pakistan
  • Omer Sarfraz Cheema, Pakistani politician who serves as 38th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema, Pakistani Politician
  • Sajjad Zafar cheema,CEO Haramain IT and Business services Pvt Ltd, Tableeghi Molana, successful businessman, Ex Pakistan defense (Airforce)officer, Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology,MBA Marketing,likes Pakistan Peoples Party, son of Chaudhry Zafar ullah cheema Late Ex Pakistan defense (Navàl) officer, tamgha-e-imtiaz (Military).walahulalam astaghfaar

India

Canada

United Kingdom
  • Bobbie Cheema-Grubb, first British Indian and Asian woman to serve as a High Court judge in the United Kingdom

See also

References
  1. Journal of Regional History. Vol. 2. Department of History, Guru Nanak Dev University. 1981. p. 29.
  2. Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN 0-19-563357-1. OCLC 35662663.
  3. Maneesha Tikekar (2004). Across the Wagah: An Indian's Sojourn in Pakistan - page 253. Google Books website. ISBN 9788185002347. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. The People of District Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan Government of the Punjab website, Retrieved 19 May 2022
  5. Amjad Mahmood (21 December 2020). "Sargodha's citrus claim to fame". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 25 February 2023. With a population of around 4.9m in the district, Jatt is the major tribe whose sub-clans like Noons, Ranjhas, Pirachas, Cheemas, Gondals, Midhianas, Chatthas, Tiwanas and Luks are mostly engaged with farming.
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