People Group Highlights

(We are working weekly to add new People Groups and People Group Profiles to the following list. If you do not see one that you are looking for, we welcome your submitting a new people group and/or a people group profile. Or, if you have a suggestion or recommendation on a completed profile, we welcome your feedback.)

Displaying 1-30 of 38 results.
PG Name Country Of Birth IMB Affinity Group Affinity Bloc People Cluster Primary Religion Language Total Population
AcehIndonesiaSoutheast Asian PeoplesMalay PeoplesAceh of SumatraIslam - SunniAchinese - (ace)385
Albanian, GhegKosovoEuropean PeoplesEurasian PeoplesAlbanianIslam - SunniGheg Albanian - (aln)87,154
Albanian, ToskAlbaniaEuropean PeoplesEurasian PeoplesAlbanianIslam - SunniTosk Albanian - (als)126,270
Arab, GulfOmanNorth African and Middle Eastern PeoplesArab WorldArab, ArabianIslam - SunniGulf Arabic - (afb)50,000
Mauritanian, MaureMauritaniaNorth African and Middle Eastern PeoplesArab WorldArab, HassaniyaIslam - SunniHassaniyya - (mey)11,605
Arab, SyrianSyriaNorth African and Middle Eastern PeoplesArab WorldArab, LevantIslam - SunniNorth Levantine Arabic - (apc)209,840
Arab, Lebanese (Muslim)LebanonNorth African and Middle Eastern PeoplesArab WorldArab, LevantIslam - SunniNorth Levantine Arabic - (apc)350,982
Arab, Syrian (Muslim)SyriaNorth African and Middle Eastern PeoplesArab WorldArab, LevantIslam - SunniNorth Levantine Arabic - (apc)118,552
Arab, LibyanLibyaNorth African and Middle Eastern PeoplesArab WorldArab, LibyanIslam - SunniLibyan Arabic - (ayl)11,710
Arab, AlgerianAlgeriaNorth African and Middle Eastern PeoplesArab WorldArab, MaghrebIslam - SunniAlgerian Arabic - (arq)116,353
Arab, MoroccanMoroccoNorth African and Middle Eastern PeoplesArab WorldArab, MaghrebIslam - SunniMoroccan Arabic - (ary)315,593
Arab, DjiboutianDjiboutiNorth African and Middle Eastern PeoplesArab WorldArab, YemeniIslam - SunniAfar - (aar)875
SenegaleseSenegalSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanAtlantic-Wolof French - (fra)6,335
Senegalese WolofSenegalSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanAtlantic-Wolof Wolof - (wol)64,200
BengaliBangladeshSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesBengaliIslam - SunniBengali - (ben)250,065
BihariIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesBihariIslam - SunniBhojpuri - (bho)150
Malay, BruneiBruneiSoutheast Asian PeoplesMalay PeoplesBorneo-KalimantanIslam - SunniBrunei - (kxd)5,700
AdygheJordanCentral Asia PeoplesEurasian PeoplesCaucasusIslam - SunniAdyghe - (ady)6,200
KarachayRussiaCentral Asia PeoplesEurasian PeoplesCaucasusIslam - SunniKarachay-Balkar - (krc)5,100
EritreanEritreaNorth African and Middle Eastern PeoplesHorn of AfricaEthio-SemiticIslam - SunniTigre - (tig)45,430
Hausa Muslim (Nigerien)NigerSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanHausaIslam - SunniHausa - (hau)6,000
JavaneseIndonesiaSoutheast Asian PeoplesMalay PeoplesJawaIslam - SunniJavanese - (jav)925
KazakhKazakhstanCentral Asia PeoplesTurkic PeoplesKazakhIslam - SunniKazakh - (kaz)25,865
KyrgyzKyrgyzstanCentral Asia PeoplesTurkic PeoplesKyrgyzIslam - SunniKirghiz - (kir)2,861
Kurd, BehdiniIraqCentral Asia PeoplesPersian-MedianKurdIslam - SunniNorthern Kurdish - (kmr)1,100
Kurd, NorthernTurkeyCentral Asia PeoplesPersian-MedianKurdIslam - SunniNorthern Kurdish - (kmr)11,685
GambianGambiaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanMalinkeIslam - SunniEnglish - (eng)595
MalianMaliSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanMalinke-BambaraIslam - SunniFrench - (fra)14,530
JulaIvory CoastSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanMalinke-JulaIslam - SunniDyula - (dyu)5,300
NubianSudanNorth African and Middle Eastern PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanNubianIslam - SunniSudanese Arabic - (apd)4,300

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