Y-DNA haplogroups in South Asian populations

Listed here are notable groups and populations from South Asia
South Asia
South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...

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 linguistic designations (IE=Indo-European

Indo-European languages

The Indo-European languages are a family of several hundred related languages and dialects, including most major current languages of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and South Asia and also historically predominant in Anatolia...

, Dr=Dravidian

Dravidian languages

The Dravidian language family includes approximately 85 genetically related languages, spoken by about 217 million people. They are mainly spoken in southern India and parts of eastern and central India as well as in northeastern Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iran, and...

, AA=Austro-Asiatic and ST=Sino-Tibetan

Sino-Tibetan languages

The Sino-Tibetan languages are a language family comprising, at least, the Chinese and the Tibeto-Burman languages, including some 250 languages of East Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia. They are second only to the Indo-European languages in terms of the number of native speakers...

), the third column gives the amount of total Sample Size studied, and the other columns give the Percentage of the particular haplogroup.

Population	Language	n	C Haplogroup C (Y-DNA) In human genetics, Haplogroup C is a Y-chromosome haplogroup, defined by UEPs M130/RPS4Y711, M216, P184, P255, and P260, which are all SNP mutations. It is a sibling clade of Haplogroup F, within the more ancient grouping of Haplogroup CF...	F	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,...	H Haplogroup H (Y-DNA) In human genetics, Haplogroup H is a Y-chromosome haplogroup.This haplogroup is found at a high frequency in South Asia. It is generally rare outside of the South Asia but is common among the Romani people, particularly the H-M82 subgroup.-Origins:...	J Haplogroup J (Y-DNA) In human genetics, Haplogroup J is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. It is one of the major male lines of all living men...	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...	O Haplogroup O (Y-DNA) In human genetics, Haplogroup O is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. Haplogroup O is a close cladistic brother group with Haplogroup N, and is one of several descendants of Haplogroup K ....	P Haplogroup P (Y-DNA) In human genetics, Haplogroup P is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup.This haplogroup contains the patrilineal ancestors of most Europeans and almost all of the indigenous peoples of the Americas...	Q Haplogroup Q (Y-DNA) In human genetics, Haplogroup Q is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup.-Origins:Haplogroup Q is one of the two branches of haplogroup P . Haplogroup Q is believed to have arisen in Central Asia approximately 15,000 to 20,000 years ago. It has had multiple origins proposed...	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....	Reference
Burusho (Pakistan)	Isolate (Burushaski)	97	8.2	1.0	1.0	4.1	8.2	16.5	3.1	1.0	2.1	27.9	—	14.4	0	Firasat2006
Kalash Kalash Kalasha or Kalash may refer to:Kalash people of Chitral, northern PakistanKalasha Kalash language, also known as Kalasha-mondrKalasha Desh, their valleysNuristani people of Nuristan, Afghanistan... (Pakistan)	IE	44	0	0	18.2	20.5	9.1	25.0	0	0	0	18.2	—	0	0	Firasat2006
India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...	IE, Dr, AA, ST	728	1.8	5.2	1.2	26.4	9.3	6.7	22.9	0	0.4	15.8	0.5	9.3	0	Sengupta2006
India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...	IE, Dr, AA, ST	931	6.3	12.9	0.1	18.8	8.7	14.9	3.1	4.1	—	16.9	—	8.1	—	Cordaux2004
India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...	IE, Dr, AA, ST	1152	1.4	3.0	0.1	23.0	5.1	5.5	18.0	2.7	—	17.7	0.5	13.5	3.1	Trivedi2007
Indian Indo-Europeans	IE	205	2.4	2.4	0.5	28.8	10.7	3.9	4.9	—	1.0	29.8	1.5	13.7	—	Sengupta2006
Indian Dravidians Dravidian peoples Dravidian peoples is a term used to refer to the diverse groups of people who natively speak languages belonging to the Dravidian language family. Populations of speakers of around 220 million are found mostly in Southern India. Other Dravidian people are found in parts of central India, Sri Lanka,...	Dr	353	1.7	9.3	2.3	32.9	10.5	11.6	13.6	—	0.3	11.0	0.3	6.2	—	Sengupta2006
Indian Austro-Asiatics Munda people The Munda are tribal people of the Chota Nagpur Plateau region.They are found across Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Assam states of India, and into parts of Bangladesh...	AA	892	—	4.0	—	23.1	3.9	0	57.2	1.8	—	5.4	—	4.4	—	Kumar2007
Indian Sino-Tibetans	ST	87	1.1	0	0	2.3	0	0	86.2	—	0	4.6	0	5.7	—	Sengupta2006
India (North North India North India, known natively as Uttar Bhārat or Shumālī Hindustān , is a loosely defined region in the northern part of India. The exact meaning of the term varies by usage... )	IE, ST	180	0	1.1	0.6	24.5	7.8	1.7	2.3	0	—	48.9	0.6	11.1	0	Trivedi2007
India (West West India West India or the Western region of India consists of the states of Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra, along with the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. It is highly industrialized, with a large urban population. Most of Western India was part of the Maratha Empire before... )	IE	204	5.4	0.5	0	33.3	11.3	11.8	0	2.5	0	25.0	—	6.4	0.5	Sahoo2006
India (South South India South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area... )	Dr	372	1.9	4.0	0	27.5	5.6	10.8	0	1.6	—	13.4	1.3	21.5	5.1	Trivedi2007
India (East East India East India is a region of India consisting of the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Orissa. The states of Orissa and West Bengal share some cultural and linguistic characteristics with Bangladesh and with the state of Assam. Together with Bangladesh, West Bengal formed the... )	IE, AA, Dr	367	0.8	2.7	0	19.3	4.1	1.9	20.7	2.7	0	23.2	—	15.5	3.8	Sahoo2006
India (Northeast)	ST	108	0	0	0	0.9	0	0	79.7	4.6	—	1.9	0	0	0	Trivedi2007
India (Central)	IE, Dr	50	0	4	2	20	4	4	8	0	0	50	0	6	0	Sahoo2006
Indian castes	IE, Dr	616	5.2	9.6	0.2	12.0	11.7	19.0	1.2	3.1	—	20.9	—	10.0	—	Cordaux2004
Indian tribes	Dr, IE, AA, ST	315	8.6	18.1	0	31.1	2.9	7.0	6.7	6.0	—	8.9	—	4.4	—	Cordaux2004
Indian tribes	Dr, IE, AA, ST	505	2.2	2.0	0.2	21.2	2.6	3.2	40.6	3.2	—	7.9	1.0	6.1	4.2	Trivedi2007
India's Lower Castes	Dr, IE	261	0.8	4.6	0	27.6	3.1	5.4	0.4	2.3	—	15.7	0	27.6	4.6	Trivedi2007
India's Middle Castes	IE, Dr	175	0.6	5.1	0	21.1	9.7	5.7	0	2.9	—	26.3	0	18.9	1.7	Trivedi2007
India's Upper Castes	IE, Dr	211	0.9	1.9	0	23.3	10.0	11.4	0	1.9	—	36.5	0.5	9.0	0	Trivedi2007
Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...	IE	150	0.7	1.3	13.3	2.0	34.7	2.7	0.7	—	4.0	14.0	8.0	1.3	2.7	Regueiro2006
Kathmandu (Nepal Nepal Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India... )	IE, ST	77	7.8	0	0	11.7	10.4	0	20.8	0	1.3	35.1	0	10.4	0	Gayden2007
Khasi (India)	AA	92	—	10.9	—	6.5	0	0	72.8	4.4	—	—	—	0	—	Kumar2007
Mundari Mundari people The Mundari are a small ethnic group of South Sudan and one of the Nilotic peoples.The group is composed of cattle-herders and agriculturalists and are part of Karo people which also includes Bari, Pojulu, Kakwa, Kuku and Nyangwara... (India)	AA	789	—	3.3	—	25.4	4.4	0	55.0	1.5	—	—	—	4.9	—	Kumar2007
Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...	IE	176	7.4	0	6.2	6.2	15.3	13.1	2.3	—	3.4	24.4	7.4	7.4	0	Sengupta2006
Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...	—	638	3.0	0.8	2.7	2.5	20.2	11.6	0.5	0	2.2	37.1	—	7.8	0	Firasat2006
Pashtun Pashtun people Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...	IE	96	0	2.1	11.5	4.2	6.2	12.5	5.2	0	5.2	44.8	—	0	1.0	Firasat2006
Sinhalese Sinhalese people The Sinhalese are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group,forming the majority of Sri Lanka,constituting 74% of the Sri Lankan population.They number approximately 15 million worldwide.The Sinhalese identity is based on language, heritage and religion. The Sinhalese speak Sinhala, an Indo-Aryan language and the... (Sri Lanka)	IE	39	0	10.3	0	10.3	10.3	18.0	0	0	0	12.8	0	38.5	0	Kivisild03
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...	IE, Dr	91	3.3	9.9	5.5	25.3	19.8	15.4	1.1	3.3	—	13.2	—	—	—	Karafet2005
Tharu (Nepal)	IE	171	0.6	0	0	25.7	14.0	2.3	36.8	0	1.2	8.8	0	4.7	0	Fornarino2009

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