Y-DNA haplogroups by populations of the Caucasus
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Listed here are notable groups and ethnic groups from Caucasus
Caucasus
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...

by human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups
Human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups
In human genetics, a Human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup is a haplogroup defined by differences in the non-recombining portions of DNA from the Y chromosome ....

 based on relevant studies. The samples are taken from individuals identified with the ethnic and linguistic designations in the first two columns, the third column gives the amount of total Sample Size studied, and the other columns give the Percentage of the particular haplogroup. (IE = Indo-European, NEC=Northeast Caucasian, NWC=Northwest Caucasian)
Population Language n E1b1b  G
Haplogroup G (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup G is a Y-chromosome haplogroup. It is a branch of Haplogroup F . Haplogroup G has an overall low frequency in most populations but is widely distributed within many ethnic groups of the Old World in Europe, northern and western Asia, northern Africa, the Middle East,...

 
I
Haplogroup I (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup I is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup, a subgroup of haplogroup IJ, itself a derivative of Haplogroup IJK....

 
J1
Haplogroup J1 (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Y DNA haplogroup J1, also known as J-M267, is a sub-haplogroup of Y DNA haplogroup J, along with its sibling clade Y DNA haplogroup J2. Men with this type of Y DNA share a common paternal ancestry, which is demonstrated and defined by the presence of the SNP mutation referred to...

 
J2
Haplogroup J2 (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup J2 is a Y-chromosome haplogroup which is a subdivision of haplogroup J. It is further divided into two complementary clades, J2a-M410 and J2b-M12.-Origins:...

 
L
Haplogroup L (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup L is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup.-Origins:Haplogroup L is associated with South Asia. It has also been found at low frequencies among populations of Central Asia, Southwest Asia, and Southern Europe along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea...

 
R1a
Haplogroup R1a (Y-DNA)
Haplogroup R1a is the phylogenetic name of a major clade of Human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups. In other words, it is a way of grouping a significant part of all modern men according to a shared male-line ancestor. It is common in many parts of Eurasia and is frequently discussed in human...

 
R1b
Haplogroup R1b (Y-DNA)
The point of origin of R1b is thought to lie in Eurasia, most likely in Western Asia. T. Karafet et al. estimated the age of R1, the parent of R1b, as 18,500 years before present....

 
R2
Haplogroup R2 (Y-DNA)
- Paragroup R2a* :Paragroup is a term used in population genetics to describe lineages within a haplogroup that are not defined by any additional unique markers...

T
Haplogroup T (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup T is a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. From 2002 to 2008, it was known as Haplogroup K2. It should not be confused with the mitochondrial DNA haplogroup T, of the same name....

 
Others Reference
Abazinians NWC (Abkhaz-Ubykh) 14 0 29 0 F* 7 K 14 0 0 K K[xP]=14
C*=7 (1/14)
F[xI,G,J2,K]=29
Nasidze2004
Abkhaz NWC (Abkhaz-Ubykh) 12 0 0 33 0 25 0 33.0 8 0 0 Nasidze2004
Abkhaz
Abkhaz
Abkhaz and Abkhazian may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Abkhazia, a de facto independent region with partial recognition as a sovereign state, otherwise recognized as part of Georgia...

NWC (Abkhaz-Ubykh) 58 1.7 P18
Haplogroup G2a1 (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup G2a1 is a Y-chromosome haplogroup. It is a branch of haplogroup G , and more specifically of haplogroup G2 and most specifically of haplogroup G2a...

=12.1
P303
Haplogroup G2a3b1 (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup G2a3b1 is a Y-chromosome haplogroup. It is a branch of haplogroup G . In descending order, G2a3b1 is additionally a branch of G2 , G2a , G2a3 and finally G2a3b . This haplogroup represents the majority of haplogroup G men in most areas of Europe west of Russia and...

=20.7
other=24.1
0 0 J2*=5.2
J2-M67=8.6
L2=3.4 10.3 12.1 NT 1.7 - Balanovsky 2011
Adygei (Kabardin) NWC (Adigei) 59 0 F 11.9 K 0 K F[xG,I,J2,K]=23.7
K[xP]=15.3
P[xR1,R2]=6.8
Adygei/
"Circassians"
NWC (Adygei) - 0.0 31.3 I*=1.4
I2a=2.9
- - - - - - - various
Adygei(Shapsugs
Shapsugs
Shapsugs are a people/tribe of the Adyghe branch, who are currently living in Tuapsinsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Lazarevsky City District of Sochi, and in the Republic of Adygea in Russia...

)
NWC (Adygei) 106 - 81.1 - - - - - - - - - Dibirova2009
Adygei (Shapsugs
Shapsugs
Shapsugs are a people/tribe of the Adyghe branch, who are currently living in Tuapsinsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Lazarevsky City District of Sochi, and in the Republic of Adygea in Russia...

)
NWC (Adygei) 100 1.0 P303
Haplogroup G2a3b1 (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup G2a3b1 is a Y-chromosome haplogroup. It is a branch of haplogroup G . In descending order, G2a3b1 is additionally a branch of G2 , G2a , G2a3 and finally G2a3b . This haplogroup represents the majority of haplogroup G men in most areas of Europe west of Russia and...

=86.0
other=1.0
0 0 6.0 L*=2.0 4.0 0 NT 0 - Balanovsky 2011
Adygei("Cherkess") NWC (Adygei) 142 1.4 P18
Haplogroup G2a1 (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup G2a1 is a Y-chromosome haplogroup. It is a branch of haplogroup G , and more specifically of haplogroup G2 and most specifically of haplogroup G2a...

=9.2
P303
Haplogroup G2a3b1 (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup G2a3b1 is a Y-chromosome haplogroup. It is a branch of haplogroup G . In descending order, G2a3b1 is additionally a branch of G2 , G2a , G2a3 and finally G2a3b . This haplogroup represents the majority of haplogroup G men in most areas of Europe west of Russia and...

=29.6
other=1.4
I*=0.7 J1e=0.7
J1*=4.9
J2-M67=7.7
J2b=0.7
other=13.4
L1=0.7 19.7 4.9 NT 0.7 N1*=1.4
N1c1=2.1
Q=0.7
Balanovsky2011
Andis
Andi (people)
The Andis are one of the indigenous Dagestanian peoples of Russia. Their territory is included in the Botlikhsky District of Dagestan....

NEC (Avar-Andic, Andic) 49 G2=
I1=
I2a=
0.0 Yunusbaev 2006
Armenians
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....

IE (Armenian) 89 - - Rosser2000
Armenians
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....

IE (Armenian) 47 4.3 F* 4.3 F* 21.3 4.3 8.5 36.2 0 6.4 F[xI,J2,K]=12.8
N=2
Wells2001
Armenians
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....

IE (Armenian) 100 6.0 11.0 5.0 F 24.0 K 6.0 19.0 2.0 4.0 F[xI,G,J2,K]=18.0
K[xT,P]=3.0
P[xR1a,R1b,R2]=2.0
Nasidze2004
Armenians
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....

IE (Armenian) 734 - - Weale2001
Avars
Caucasian Avars
Avars or Caucasian Avars are a modern people of Caucasus, mainly of Dagestan, in which they are the predominant group. The Caucasian Avar language belongs to the Northeast Caucasian language family ....

NEC (Avar-Andic, Avar) 42 2.4 Yunusbaev 2006
Avars
Caucasian Avars
Avars or Caucasian Avars are a modern people of Caucasus, mainly of Dagestan, in which they are the predominant group. The Caucasian Avar language belongs to the Northeast Caucasian language family ....

NEC (Avar-Andic, Avar) 115 0.0 P18
Haplogroup G2a1 (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup G2a1 is a Y-chromosome haplogroup. It is a branch of haplogroup G , and more specifically of haplogroup G2 and most specifically of haplogroup G2a...

=.9
P303
Haplogroup G2a3b1 (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup G2a3b1 is a Y-chromosome haplogroup. It is a branch of haplogroup G . In descending order, G2a3b1 is additionally a branch of G2 , G2a , G2a3 and finally G2a3b . This haplogroup represents the majority of haplogroup G men in most areas of Europe west of Russia and...

=9.6
I*=.9
I2a=.9
J1e=.9
J1*=58.3
M67=.9
other=5.2
L2=2.6 1.7 14.8 .9 0.0 N=1.7 Balanovsky 2011
Avars
Caucasian Avars
Avars or Caucasian Avars are a modern people of Caucasus, mainly of Dagestan, in which they are the predominant group. The Caucasian Avar language belongs to the Northeast Caucasian language family ....


(West)
NEC (Avar-Andic) 20 0 G[xG1,G2a,
G2b]
=5
0 J1*=60
J1e=20
10 0 0 5 - - - Caciagli 2009
Azeris
(Azerbaijan)
Altaic (Turkic) 72 5.6 18.1 2.8 F 30.6 6.9 6.9 11.1 2.8 4.2 F[xG,I,J2,K]=11 Nasidze2004
Azerbaijanis Altaic (Turkic) v 15.2 23.9 - various
Bagvalins
Bagvalal language
The Bagvalal language is an Avar–Andic language spoken by the Bagvalals in southwestern Dagestan, Russia, along the right bank of the river Andi-Koisu and the surrounding hills, near the Georgian border. It is fairly similar to Tindi, its closest relative...

NEC (Avar-Andic, Andic) 28 I2b1=7.1 Yunusbaev 2006
Balkars Altaic (Turkic) 38 I2*= 0 M67=5.3
J2b=2.6
other=15.8
L2= H=2.6 Battaglia2008
Chamalins NEC (Avar-Andic, Andic) 27 Yunusbaev 2006
Chechens
Chechen people
Chechens constitute the largest native ethnic group originating in the North Caucasus region. They refer to themselves as Noxçi . Also known as Sadiks , Gargareans, Malkhs...


(East Chechnya)
NEC (Nakh) 19 0 5 0 F 26 5 5 0 16 5 F[xG,I,J2,K]=32 Nasidze2004
Akki Chechens NEC (Nakh) 20 0 5 0 60 25 10 0 0 NT 0 - Caciagli 2009
Chechens Total NEC (Nakh) 330 0.0 P18
Haplogroup G2a1 (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup G2a1 is a Y-chromosome haplogroup. It is a branch of haplogroup G , and more specifically of haplogroup G2 and most specifically of haplogroup G2a...

=3.0
P303
Haplogroup G2a3b1 (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup G2a3b1 is a Y-chromosome haplogroup. It is a branch of haplogroup G . In descending order, G2a3b1 is additionally a branch of G2 , G2a , G2a3 and finally G2a3b . This haplogroup represents the majority of haplogroup G men in most areas of Europe west of Russia and...

=2.4
I2=.3 J1*=20.9 M67=55.2
J2b=.3
other=1.2
L3=7.0 3.9 1.8 3.3 0.0 - Balanovsky 2011
Chechens (Achxoi-Martan, Chechnya) NEC (Nakh) 118 0 P303=0.8 I2=0.8 J1*=24.6 M67=56.8
other=0.8
L3=6.8 2.5 3.4 3.4 0 - Balanovsky 2011
Chechens 
(Malgobek, Ingushetia)
NEC (Nakh) 112 0 P18=3.6
P303=5.4
0 21.4 M67=50.9
J2b=0.9
other=1.8
L3=0.9 8.0 0.9 6.3 0 - Balanovsky 2011
Chechens 
(mainly Akkis, in Dagestan)
NEC (Nakh) 100 0 P18=6.0
P303=1.0
0 16.0 M67=58.0
other=1.0
L3=14.0 1.0 1.0 0 0 N=2.0 Balanovsky 2011
Dargins NEC (Dargin) 68 0 0 Yunusbaev 2006
Dargins NEC (Dargin) 26 4 4 58 see F 4 0 0 4 0 0 F[xG,I,J2,K]=27 Nasidze2004
Dargins (Dargwa) NEC (Dargin) 101 0 P303=1.0
other=1
0 J1*=69.3
J1e=1
M67=1.0 0 21.8 2.0 0 0 O3=3 Balanovsky 2011
Dargins (Kaitaks) NEC (Dargin) 33 0 0 0 J1*=84.8 3.3 0 3.3 6.7 3.3 0 - Balanovsky 2011
Dargins (Kubachis) NEC (Dargin) 65 0 0 I2a=1.5 J1*=98.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Balanovsky 2011
Georgians
Georgians
The Georgians are an ethnic group that have originated in Georgia, where they constitute a majority of the population. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America....

SC (Karto-Zan) 63 J= 6.3 Semino2000
Georgians
Georgians
The Georgians are an ethnic group that have originated in Georgia, where they constitute a majority of the population. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America....

SC (Karto-Zan) 66 I1*= M67=18.2
other=13.6
L3=1.6 4.5 1.6 - Battaglia2008
Georgians
Georgians
The Georgians are an ethnic group that have originated in Georgia, where they constitute a majority of the population. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America....

SC (Karto-Zan) 77 F 2.6 1.3 2.6 K[xP]=2.6
P[xR1,R2]=2.6
F[xG,I,J2,K]=14.3
Nasidze 2004
Svans SC (Svan) 25 0 F* 0 F* 0 0 8 0 0 0 F[xG,I,J2,K]=92% Wells 2001
Georgians
Georgians
The Georgians are an ethnic group that have originated in Georgia, where they constitute a majority of the population. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America....

 (Kazbegis)
SC (Karto-Zan) 25 0 F 4 F 72 0 4 8 0 0 F[xG,I,J2,K]=12 Wells 2001
Ingush
Ingush people
The Ingush are a native ethnic group of the North Caucasus, mostly inhabiting the Russian republic of Ingushetia. They refer to themselves as Ghalghai . The Ingush are predominantly Sunni Muslims and speak the Ingush language...

NEC (Nakh) 143 0 P18=1.4 0.7 2.8 M67=87.4
other=1.4
L3=2.8 3.5 0 NT 0 - Balanovsky, Dibirova et al 2011
Ingush
Ingush people
The Ingush are a native ethnic group of the North Caucasus, mostly inhabiting the Russian republic of Ingushetia. They refer to themselves as Ghalghai . The Ingush are predominantly Sunni Muslims and speak the Ingush language...

NEC (Nakh) 22 0 5 - 32 5 0 0 0 0 F[xG,I,J2,K]=27
P[xR1,R2]=4.5(1/22)
Nasidze2004
Kumyks
Kumyks
Kumyks are a Turkic people occupying the Kumyk plateau in north Dagestan and south Terek, and the lands bordering the Caspian Sea. They comprise 14% of the population of the Russian republic of Dagestan. They speak the Kumyk language...

Altaic (Turkic) 76 J*=1.3
O=1.3
Yunusbaev 2006
Lezgins
Lezgins
The Lezgians are an ethnic group living predominantly in southern Dagestan and northeastern Azerbaijan and who speak the Lezgian language.- Historical concept :While ancient Greek historians, including Herodotus, Strabo, and Pliny the Elder, referred...

 (Azerbaijan)
NEC (Lezgic) 12 17 F* 0 F* 0 - 8 17 0 - F[xI,J2,K]=58 Wells 2001
Lezgins
Lezgins
The Lezgians are an ethnic group living predominantly in southern Dagestan and northeastern Azerbaijan and who speak the Lezgian language.- Historical concept :While ancient Greek historians, including Herodotus, Strabo, and Pliny the Elder, referred...

 (Dagestan)
NEC (Lezgic) 25 0 36 0 F* 0 NT 0 4 0 K* F[xI,G,J2,K]=32
K[xR]=28
Nasidze 2003
Lezgins
Lezgins
The Lezgians are an ethnic group living predominantly in southern Dagestan and northeastern Azerbaijan and who speak the Lezgian language.- Historical concept :While ancient Greek historians, including Herodotus, Strabo, and Pliny the Elder, referred...

NEC (Lezgic) 31 0.0 Yunusbaev 2006
Lezgins
Lezgins
The Lezgians are an ethnic group living predominantly in southern Dagestan and northeastern Azerbaijan and who speak the Lezgian language.- Historical concept :While ancient Greek historians, including Herodotus, Strabo, and Pliny the Elder, referred...

 (Axtynskiy District)
NEC (Lezgic) 81 13.5
(P18=1.2%)
0 44.4 J1* 2.5 1.2 L2 3.7 29.6 0 2.5 1.2 N1c1 Balanovsky, Dibirova et al 2011
Nogai
Nogais
The Nogai people are a Turkic ethnic group in Southern Russia: northern Dagestan and Stavropol Krai, as well as in Karachay-Cherkessia and the Astrakhan Oblast; undefined number live in Chechnya...

Altaic (Turkic) 77 0 0 0 2.6 10.4 0 9.1 0 ? 0 C=10.4
N=16.3
Yunusbaev 2006
Ossetians
Ossetians
The Ossetians are an Iranic ethnic group of the Caucasus Mountains, eponymous of the region known as Ossetia.They speak Ossetic, an Iranian language of the Eastern branch, with most also fluent in Russian as a second language....

IE (Iranic, NE) 47 J= Rosser2000
North Ossetians NEC (Lezgic) 59 0 49.2 22.0 F* 15.3 -- 1.7 0 0 K* F[xI,G,J2,K]=3.4 Nasidze 2004
Russians (Adygea
Adygea
The Republic of Adygea is a federal subject of Russia enclaved within Krasnodar Krai. Its area is with a population of 440,388 . Its capital is Maykop.-Geography:...

IE (Slavic, East) 78 - - Rootsi2004
Rutuls
Rutuls
Rutuls are an ethnic group in Dagestan and some parts of Azerbaijan. According to the 2002 Russian Census, there were 29,929 Rutuls in Russia . In Azerbaijan there are more than 45.000 Rutuls. Today, total population of rutuls in the world - more than 97 500 people...

NEC (Lezgic) 24 F F[xG,I,J2,K]=58 Nasidze2004
Tabassarans NEC (Lezgic) 43 0.0 0.0 C=7.0 Yunusbaev2006

See also

  • Caucasus
    • Ethnic groups of the caucasus
    • Languages of the Caucasus
      Languages of the Caucasus
      The languages of the Caucasus are a large and extremely varied array of languages spoken by more than ten million people in and around the Caucasus Mountains, which lie between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....

  • Y-DNA haplogroups by groups
    • Y-DNA haplogroups in European populations
    • Y-DNA haplogroups by populations of Near East and North Africa
      Y-DNA haplogroups by populations of Near East and North Africa
      Listed here are notable ethnic groups and populations from Western Asia, North Africa and South Caucasus by human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups based on relevant studies...

    • Y-DNA haplogroups in Central and North Asian populations
      Y-DNA haplogroups in Central and North Asian populations
      Listed here are notable ethnic groups from Central Asia and Siberia by human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups based on relevant studies. The samples are taken from individuals identified with the ethnic and linguistic designations in the first two columns, the third column gives the amount of total...

    • Y-DNA haplogroups in South Asian populations
      Y-DNA haplogroups in South Asian populations
      Listed here are notable groups and populations from South Asia by human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups based on relevant studies. The samples are taken from individuals identified with linguistic designations , the third column gives the amount of total Sample Size studied, and the other columns give...

    • Y-DNA haplogroups by populations of Sub-Saharan Africa
      Y-DNA haplogroups by populations of Sub-Saharan Africa
      Listed here are the human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups found in various ethnic groups and populations from Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on relevant studies, the samples are taken from individuals identified by linguistic designation...

    • Y-DNA haplogroups by populations of East and Southeast Asia
      Y-DNA haplogroups by populations of East and Southeast Asia
      Listed here are notable groups and populations from the Far East by human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups based on relevant studies.-See also:*Y-DNA haplogroups by groups**Y-DNA haplogroups in South Asian populations...

    • Y-DNA haplogroups in Oceanian populations‎
    • Y-DNA haplogroups in Indigenous peoples of the Americas
      Y-DNA haplogroups in Indigenous peoples of the Americas
      Listed here are notable Indigenous peoples of the Americas by human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups based on relevant studies. The samples are taken from individuals identified with the ethnic and linguistic designations in the first two columns, the fourth column gives the amount of total Sample...

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