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 1-22 of 22 results.
PG Name Country Of Birth IMB Affinity Group Affinity Bloc People Cluster Primary Religion Language Total Population
Kurd, NorthernTurkeyCentral Asia PeoplesPersian-MedianKurdIslam - SunniNorthern Kurdish - (kmr)11,685
YazidisIraqCentral Asia PeoplesPersian-MedianKurdEthnic Religions - Other / MarginalNorthern Kurdish - (kmr)1,050
AfghanAfghanistanCentral Asia PeoplesPersian-MedianPersianIslamSouthern Pashto - (pbt)290,815
BalochiIranCentral Asia PeoplesPersian-MedianBalochIslamSouthern Balochi - (bcc)275
PersianIranCentral Asia PeoplesPersian-MedianPersianIslamIranian Persian - (pes)645,122
TajikPakistanCentral Asia PeoplesPersian-MedianTajik Tajik - (tgk)2,535
TatarRussiaCentral Asia PeoplesTurkic PeoplesUral-Siberian Tatar - (tat)9,850
Turkish CypriotCyprusCentral Asia PeoplesTurkic PeoplesTurkishIslamTurkish - (tur)3,200
UyghurChinaCentral Asia PeoplesTurkic PeoplesUyghur Uighur - (uig)3,255
Kurd, CentralIraqCentral Asia PeoplesPersian-MedianKurdIslamCentral Kurdish - (ckb)40,000
Southern LuriIranCentral Asia PeoplesPersian-MedianLuri-BakhtiariIslam - ShiaSouthern Luri - (luz)50
AzerbaijaniAzerbaijanCentral Asia PeoplesTurkic PeoplesAzerbaijaniIslam - ShiaNorth Azerbaijani - (azj)31,430
AdygheJordanCentral Asia PeoplesEurasian PeoplesCaucasusIslam - SunniAdyghe - (ady)6,200
KyrgyzKyrgyzstanCentral Asia PeoplesTurkic PeoplesKyrgyzIslam - SunniKirghiz - (kir)2,861
Kurd, BehdiniIraqCentral Asia PeoplesPersian-MedianKurdIslam - SunniNorthern Kurdish - (kmr)1,100
Meskhetian TurkGeorgiaCentral Asia PeoplesTurkic PeoplesTurkishIslam - SunniTurkish - (tur)12,500
PashtunAfghanistanCentral Asia PeoplesPersian-MedianPashtunIslam - SunniNorthern Pashto - (pbu)26,700
TurkTurkeyCentral Asia PeoplesTurkic PeoplesTurkish Turkish - (tur)171,954
TurkmenTurkmenistanCentral Asia PeoplesTurkic PeoplesTurkmen Turkmen - (tuk)450
Uzbek, SouthernUzbekistanCentral Asia PeoplesTurkic PeoplesUzbek Southern Uzbek - (uzs)34,619
KarachayRussiaCentral Asia PeoplesEurasian PeoplesCaucasusIslam - SunniKarachay-Balkar - (krc)5,100
KazakhKazakhstanCentral Asia PeoplesTurkic PeoplesKazakhIslam - SunniKazakh - (kaz)25,865

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