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

Arab, Najdi Spoken	Saudi Arabia	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Bedouin, Arabian	Islam	Najdi Arabic - (ars)	31,500
Arab, Gulf	Oman	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Arab, Arabian	Islam - Sunni	Gulf Arabic - (afb)	50,000
Eritrean	Eritrea	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Horn of Africa	Ethio-Semitic	Islam - Sunni	Tigre - (tig)	45,430
Arab, Lebanese Druze	Lebanon	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Arab, Levant	Islam	North Levantine Arabic - (apc)	33,000
Ethiopian, Oromo	Ethiopia	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Horn of Africa	Oromo	Ethnic Religions	West Central Oromo - (gaz)	37,745
Arab, Saudi	Saudi Arabia	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Arab, Arabian	Islam	Hijazi Arabic - (acw)	46,955
Arab, Sudanese	Sudan	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Arab, Sudan	Islam	Sudanese Arabic - (apd)	58,895
Arab, Yemeni	Yemen	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Arab, Yemeni	Islam - Shia	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic - (acq)	46,893
Jew, Bobov	Poland	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Eastern Yiddish - (ydd)	50,000
Jew, Yemeni	Yemen	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Judeo-Yemeni Arabic - (jye)	50,000
Jew, Black	United States	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	English - (eng)	51,000
Arab, Jordanian	Jordan	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Arab, Levant	Islam	South Levantine Arabic - (ajp)	67,425
Jew, Syrian	Syria	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	North Levantine Arabic - (apc)	62,500
Jew, Bukharic	Uzbekistan	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Bukharic - (bhh)	72,000
Jew, Satmar	Romania	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Eastern Yiddish - (ydd)	75,000
Assyrian	Iraq	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Assyrian / Aramaic	Christianity - Other / Marginal	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic - (aii)	94,196
Arab, Moroccan	Morocco	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Arab, Maghreb	Islam - Sunni	Moroccan Arabic - (ary)	155,915
Arab, Iraqi	Iraq	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Arab, Levant	Islam - Shia	Mesopotamian Arabic - (acm)	159,448
Arab, Palestinian	Israel	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Arab, Levant	Islam	South Levantine Arabic - (ajp)	143,245
Arab, Syrian	Syria	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Arab, Levant	Islam - Sunni	North Levantine Arabic - (apc)	209,840
Jew, Russian	Russia	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Russian - (rus)	179,000
Arab, Egyptian	Egypt	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Egyptian	Islam	Egyptian Arabic - (arz)	281,250
Ethiopian, Amhara	Ethiopia	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Horn of Africa	Ethio-Semitic	Christianity - Orthodox	Amharic - (amh)	222,760
Yiddish	United States	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Eastern Yiddish - (ydd)	226,860
Somali	Somalia	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Horn of Africa	Somali		Somali - (som)	266,534
Jew, Israeli	Israel	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	Hebrew - (heb)	244,942
Arab, Lebanese	Lebanon	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Arab, Levant	Islam	North Levantine Arabic - (apc)	721,275

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