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 | |
|---|---|
| Jāti | Jat |
| Religions |  Sikhism,  Islam,ॐHinduism |
| Languages | Punjabi |
| Country | India, Pakistan |
| Region | Punjab |
| Ethnicity | Punjabi |
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
India
- Amrik Singh Cheema
- Amrita Cheema, journalist working in India, Germany, Australia
- Avtar Singh Cheema
- Balli Singh Cheema
- Daljit Singh Cheema
- Jaspinder Cheema
- Navtej Singh Cheema
- Neena Cheema
- Palwinder Singh Cheema
- Paul Cheema Singh
- Sajjan Singh Cheema
- Sarbjit Cheema
- Surinder Pal Singh Cheema
Canada
- Gulzar Singh Cheema (born 1954), Indian-born doctor, Canadian politician
- Jasbir Singh Cheema, Indian Canadian newscaster and politician
- Ranjit Cheema, Indian Canadian gangster and drug trader
- Rizwan Cheema (born 1978), Pakistani-born cricketer for Canada
United Kingdom
- Bobbie Cheema-Grubb, first British Indian and Asian woman to serve as a High Court judge in the United Kingdom
References
- Journal of Regional History. Vol. 2. Department of History, Guru Nanak Dev University. 1981. p. 29.
- 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.
- Maneesha Tikekar (2004). Across the Wagah: An Indian's Sojourn in Pakistan - page 253. Google Books website. ISBN 9788185002347. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- The People of District Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan Government of the Punjab website, Retrieved 19 May 2022
- 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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