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Displaying 1-30 of 64 results.

PG Name	Country Of Birth	IMB Affinity Group	Affinity Bloc	People Cluster	Primary Religion	Language	Total Population

Zaghawa	Sudan	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Kanuri-Saharan	Islam	Zaghawa - (zag)	250
Yiddish	United States	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Eastern Yiddish - (ydd)	226,860
Somali, Digil-Rahawiin	Somalia	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Horn of Africa	Somali	Islam	Maay - (ymm)	3,600
Somali	Somalia	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Horn of Africa	Somali		Somali - (som)	320,319
Senaya	Iran	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Assyrian / Aramaic	Christianity	Senaya - (syn)	450
Nubian	Sudan	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nubian	Islam - Sunni	Sudanese Arabic - (apd)	4,300
Mauritanian, Maure	Mauritania	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Arab, Hassaniya	Islam - Sunni	Hassaniyya - (mey)	11,605
Mandaean	Iran	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Assyrian / Aramaic	Ethnic Religions	Mandaic - (mid)	1,500
Mabaan	South Sudan	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Nilotic	Christianity - Protestant	Mabaan - (mfz)	3,100
Jew, Yemeni	Yemen	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Judeo-Yemeni Arabic - (jye)	50,000
Jew, Viznitz	Ukraine	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Eastern Yiddish - (ydd)	15,000
Jew, Tehrani	Iran	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Iranian Persian - (pes)	13,400
Jew, Syrian	Syria	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	North Levantine Arabic - (apc)	62,500
Jew, Spanish	Spain	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Ladino - (lad)	310
Jew, Skver	Ukraine	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Eastern Yiddish - (ydd)	15,000
Jew, Satmar	Romania	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Eastern Yiddish - (ydd)	75,000
Jew, Russian	Russia	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Russian - (rus)	179,000
Jew, Moroccan	Morocco	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Judeo-Moroccan Arabic - (aju)	0
Jew, Mashadi	Iran	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Persian-Median	Persian	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Iranian Persian - (pes)	10,000
Jew, Israeli	Israel	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Hebrew - (heb)	244,942
Jew, Gorsky-Kavkazi	Russia	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Russian - (rus)	10,000
Jew, Gerrer	Poland	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Eastern Yiddish - (ydd)	5,000
Jew, Bukharic	Uzbekistan	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Bukharic - (bhh)	72,000
Jew, Breslov	Ukraine	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Eastern Yiddish - (ydd)	5,000
Jew, Bobov	Poland	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Eastern Yiddish - (ydd)	50,000
Jew, Black	United States	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	English - (eng)	51,000
Ethiopian, Tigray/Tigrinya	Ethiopia	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Horn of Africa	Ethio-Semitic	Christianity	Tigrinya - (tir)	6,125
Ethiopian, Oromo	Ethiopia	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Horn of Africa	Oromo	Ethnic Religions	West Central Oromo - (gaz)	37,745
Ethiopian, Amhara	Ethiopia	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Horn of Africa	Ethio-Semitic	Christianity - Orthodox	Amharic - (amh)	222,760
Eritrean	Eritrea	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Horn of Africa	Ethio-Semitic	Islam - Sunni	Tigre - (tig)	45,430

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