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A List Of All The Ethnic Groups In Nigeria And Where They Originate From.
A comprehensive List Of All The Ethnic Groups In Nigeria And Where They Originate From.
Nigeria is a diverse country with over 370 ethnic groups and over 500 languages and the diversity has however been our source of strength, as each of the groups is known for its peculiar culture and nature that contributes to our Development at large.
For example, the Igbo’s are known for their ability to grow business and make money thereby contributing largely to the economy while the Yoruba’s are known for their academic abilities, therefore contributing to the social development of the country. Both groups are peculiarly different but are contributing to the development country one way or the other.
That being said here is a list of all the ethnic groups in Nigeria and the state they originated from.
Name of Ethnic Group | State | |
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Abayon | Cross River State | |
Abua (Odual) | Rivers State | |
Achipa (Achipawa) | Kebbi State | |
Adara (Kadara) | Kaduna State, Niger State | |
Affade | Yobe State | |
Afizere | Plateau State | |
Afo (Eloyi) | Nasarawa State | |
Agbo | Cross River State | |
Akaju-Ndem (Akajuk) | Cross River State | |
Akweya-Yachi | Benue State | |
Alago (Arago) | Nasarawa State | |
Amo | Plateau State | |
Anaguta | Plateau State | |
Anang | Akwa Ibom State | |
Andoni | Akwa Ibom State, Rivers State | |
Anioma | Delta State, Edo State, Anambra State, Rivers State | |
Ankwei | Plateau State | |
Anyima | Cross River State | |
Atyap (Kataf/Katab, Attakar, Kagoro, Kafanchan, Marwa/Manchok) | Kaduna State | |
Auyoka (Sub-Hausa) | Jigawa State | |
Awori | Lagos State, Ogun State | |
Ayu | Kaduna State | |
Bachama | Adamawa State | |
Bachere | Cross River State | |
Bada | Plateau State | |
Bade | Yobe State | |
Baggara Arabs | Borno State | |
Bahumono | Cross River State | |
Bajju (Kaje, Kajji) | Kaduna State | |
Bakulung | Taraba State | |
Bali | Taraba State | |
Bambora (Bambarawa) | Bauchi State | |
Bambuko | Taraba State | |
Banda (Bandawa) | Taraba State | |
Banka (Bankalawa) | Bauchi State | |
Banso (Panso) | Adamawa State | |
Bara (Barawa) | Bauchi State | |
Barke | Bauchi State | |
Baruba (Batonu) | Kwara State, Niger State | |
Bashiri (Bashirawa) | Plateau State | |
Bassa | Kaduna State, Kogi State, Niger State, Plateau State | |
Batta | Adamawa State | |
Baushi | Niger State | |
Baya | Adamawa State | |
Bekwarra | Cross River | |
Bele (Buli, Belewa) | Bauchi State | |
Berom (Birom) | Plateau State | |
Betso (Bete) | Taraba State | |
Bette | Cross River State | |
Bilei | Adamawa State | |
Bille | Rivers State | |
Bina (Binawa) | Kaduna State | |
Bini (Edo) | Edo State | |
Bobua | Taraba State | |
Boki (Nki) | Cross River State | |
Bokkos | Plateau State | |
Boko (Bussawa, Bargawa) | Niger State | |
Bole (Bolewa) | Bauchi State, Gombe State, Yobe State | |
Boma (Bomawa, Burmano) | Bauchi State | |
Bomboro | Bauchi State | |
Botlere | Adamawa State | |
Buduma | Borno State, | |
Buji | Plateau State | |
Buli | Bauchi State | |
Bunu | Kogi State | |
Bura-Pabir | Adamawa State, Borno State, Yobe State | |
Bura-Pabir | Adamawa State, Borno State, Yobe State | |
Burak | Bauchi State | |
Burma (Burmawa) | Plateau State | |
Buru | Yobe State | |
Buta (Butawa) | Bauchi State | |
Bwall | Plateau State | |
Bwatiye | Adamawa State | |
Bwazza | Adamawa State | |
Challa | Plateau State | |
Chama (Chamawa Fitilai) | Bauchi State | |
Chamba | Taraba State | |
Chamo | Bauchi State | |
Chibok (Kibaku) | Borno State, Yobe State | |
Chinine | Borno State | |
Chip | Plateau State | |
Chokobo | Plateau State | |
Chukkol | Taraba State | |
Daba | Adamawa State | |
Dadiya | Bauchi State | |
Daka | Adamawa State | |
Dakarkari | Kebbi State, Niger State | |
Danda (Dandawa) | Kebbi State | |
Dangsa | Taraba State | |
Daza (Dere, Derewa) | Bauchi State | |
Deno (Denawa) | Bauchi State | |
Dghwede | Borno State | |
Diba | Taraba State | |
Doemak (Dumuk) | Plateau State | |
Duka (Dukawa) | Kebbi State | |
Duma (Dumawa) | Bauchi State | |
Ebana (Ebani) | Rivers State | |
Ebira | Edo State, Kogi State, Ondo State | |
Ebu | Edo State, Kogi State | Ebughu(Ebukhu)
(Akwa Ibom State |
Efik | Cross River State | |
Egbema | Rivers State | |
Egede (Igedde) | Benue State | |
Eggon | Nasarawa State | |
Egun (Gu) | Lagos State, Ogun State | |
Ejagham | Cross River State | |
Ekajuk | Cross River State | |
Eket | Akwa Ibom | |
Ekoi | Cross River State | |
Ekpeye | Rivers State | |
Engenni (Ngene) | Rivers State | |
Epie | Bayelsa State | |
Esan (Ishan) | Edo State | |
Esit Ekid | Akwa Ibom State | |
Etche | Rivers State | |
Etolu (Etilo) | Benue State | |
Etsako | Edo State | |
Etung | Cross River State | |
Etuno | Edo State | |
Fulani (Fulbe) | Adamawa State, Bauchi State, Borno State, Gombe State, Jigawa State, Kaduna State, Kano State, Katsina State, Kebbi State, Kwara State, Niger State, Plateau State, Sokoto State, Taraba State, Yobe State, Zamfara State | |
Fyam (Fyem) | Plateau State | |
Fyer(Fer) | Plateau State | |
Ga’anda | Adamawa State | |
Gade | Niger State Nasarawa State | |
Galambi | Bauchi State | |
Gamergu-Mulgwa | Borno State | |
Ganawuri | Plateau State | |
Gavako | Borno State | |
Gbedde | Kogi State | |
Geji | Bauchi State | |
Gengle | Taraba State | |
Gera (Gere, Gerawa) | Bauchi State | |
Geruma (Gerumawa) | Plateau State | |
Geruma (Gerumawa) | Bauchi State | |
Gingwak | Bauchi State | |
Gira | Adamawa State | |
Gizigz | Adamawa State | |
Goemai | Plateau State | |
Gokana (Kana) | Rivers State | |
Gombi | Adamawa State | |
Gonia | Taraba State | |
Gornun (Gmun) | Taraba State | |
Gubi (Gubawa) | Bauchi State | |
Gude | Adamawa State | |
Gudu | Adamawa State | |
Gure | Kaduna State | |
Gurmana | Niger State | |
Gururntum | Bauchi State | |
Gusu | Plateau State | |
Gwa (Gurawa) | Adamawa State | |
Gwamba | Adamawa State | |
Gwandara | Kaduna State, Niger State, Federal Capital Territory, Nasarawa State | |
Gwari (Gbagi) | Kaduna State, Federal Capital Territory, Nasarawa State, Niger State,Kogi State | |
Gwom | Taraba State | |
Gwong (Kagoma) | Kaduna State | |
Gwoza (Waha) | Borno State | |
Gyem | Bauchi State | |
Ham (Hyam, Jaba, Jabba) | Kaduna State | |
Hausa | Bauchi State, Borno State, Jigawa State, Kaduna State, Kano State, Katsina State, Kebbi State, Niger State, Sokoto State, Taraba State | |
Holma | Adamawa State | |
Hona | Adamawa State | |
Ibani | Rivers State | |
Ibeno | Akwa Ibom State | |
Ibibio | Akwa Ibom State | |
Ichen | Adamawa State | |
Idoma | Benue State, Cross River State, Kogi State, Nassarawa State | |
Igala | Kogi State | |
Igbo | Abia State, Anambra State, Benue state, Cross River, Delta State, Ebonyi State, Edo state, Enugu State, Imo State, Kogi state, Rivers State | |
Ijumu | Kogi State | |
Ika | Delta State, Edo State | |
Ikom | Cross River State | |
Ikwerre | Rivers State | |
Iman | Akwa Ibom State | |
Irigwe | Plateau State | |
Isoko | Delta State, Bayelsa State | |
Itsekiri (Isekiri) | Delta State | |
Itu | Akwa Ibom State | |
Itu Mbio Uso | Akwa Ibom State | |
Iyala (Iyalla) | Cross River State | |
Izon (Ijaw) | Bayelsa State, Delta State, Edo State, Ondo State, Rivers State | |
Jahuna (Jahunawa) | Taraba State | |
Jaku | Bauchi State | |
Jara (Jaar Jarawa Jarawa-Dutse) | Bauchi State | |
Jere (Jare, Jera, Jera, Jerawa) | Bauchi State, Plateau State | |
Jero | Taraba State | |
Jibu | Adamawa State | |
Jidda-Abu | Plateau State | |
Jimbin (Jimbinawa) | Bauchi State | |
Jirai | Adamawa State | |
Joinkrama | Rivers State | |
Jonjo (Jenjo) | Taraba State | |
Jukun | Bauchi State, Benue State, Plateau State, Taraba State | |
Kaba(Kabawa) | Taraba State | |
Kadung | Bauchi State, Plateau State | |
Kajuru (Kajurawa) | Kaduna State | |
Kaka | Adamawa State | |
Kalabari | Rivers State | |
Kamaku (Karnukawa) | Kaduna State, Kebbi State, Niger State | |
Kambari | Kebbi State, Niger State | |
Kambu | Adamawa State | |
Kamwe | Adamawa State and Borno State (Republic of Cameroon) | |
Kanakuru (Dera) | Adamawa State, Borno State | |
Kanembu | Borno State | |
Kanikon | Kaduna State | |
Kantana | Plateau State | |
Kanuri | Adamawa State, Borno State, Taraba State, Yobe State | |
Karekare (Karaikarai) | Bauchi State, Yobe State | |
Karimjo | Taraba State | |
Kariya | Bauchi State | |
Ke | Rivers State | |
Kenern (Koenoem) | Plateau State | |
Kenton | Taraba State | |
Kiballo (Kiwollo) | Kaduna State | |
Kilba | Adamawa State | |
Kirfi (Kirfawa) | Bauchi State | |
Kodei | Taraba State | |
Kona | Taraba State | |
Koro (Kwaro) | Kaduna State, Niger State | |
Kubi (Kubawa) | Bauchi State | |
Kudachano (Kudawa) | Bauchi State | |
Kugama | Taraba State | |
Kugbo | Rivers State | |
Kulere (Kaler) | Plateau State | |
Kunini | Taraba State | |
Kurama(Akurmi) | Kaduna State, Jigawa State | |
Kurdul | Adamawa State | |
Kushi | Bauchi State | |
Kuteb | Taraba State | |
Kutin | Taraba State | |
Kwalla | Plateau State | |
Kwami (Kwom) | Bauchi State | |
Kwanchi | Taraba State | |
Kwaro | Plateau State | |
Kwato | Plateau State | |
Kyenga (Kengawa) | Kebbi State | |
Laaru (Larawa) | Niger State | |
Lakka | Adamawa State | |
Lala | Adamawa State | |
Lama | Taraba State | |
Lamja | Taraba State | |
Lau | Taraba State | |
Limono | Bauchi State, Plateau State | |
Longuda (Lunguda) | Adamawa State, Bauchi State | |
Lopa (Lupa, Lopawa) | Niger State | |
Mabo | Plateau State | |
Mada | Kaduna State, Plateau State | |
Mafa (Mofa) | Adamawa State, Borno State | |
Mama | Plateau State | |
Mambilla | Adamawa State | |
Mandara (Wandala) | Borno State | |
Manga (Mangawa) | Yobe State | |
Margi (Marghi) | Adamawa State, Borno State | |
Mbembe | Cross River State, Enugu State | |
Mbol | Adamawa State | |
Mbube | Cross River State | |
Mbula | Adamawa State | |
Mbum | Taraba State | |
Memyang (Meryan) | Plateau State | |
Milighili (Mighili) | Plateau State | |
Miya (Miyawa) | Bauchi State | |
Mobber | Borno State | |
Montol | Plateau State | |
Moruwa (Moro’a, Morwa) | Kaduna State | |
Muchaila | Adamawa State | |
Mumuye | Taraba State | |
Mundang | Adamawa State | |
Munga (Lelau) | Taraba State | |
Munga (Mupang) | Plateau State | |
Mupun | Plateau State | |
Mushere | Plateau State | |
Mwahavul (Mwaghavul) | Plateau State | |
Ndoro | Taraba State | |
Ngas (Angas) | Plateau State, Bauchi State | |
Ngizim | Yobe State | |
Ngweshe (Ndhang.Ngoshe-Ndhang) | Adamawa State, Borno State | |
Ningi (Ningawa) | Bauchi State | |
Ninzam (Ninzo) | Kaduna State, Plateau State | |
Njayi | Adamawa State | |
Nkim | Cross River State | |
Nkum | Cross River State | |
Nokere (Nakere) | Plateau State | |
Nunku | Kaduna State, Plateau State | |
Nupe | Kogi State, Kwara State, Niger State | |
Nyam | Taraba State | |
Nyandang | Taraba State | |
Nyiffon | Benue State | |
Obolo | Rivers State, Akwa Ibom | |
Ododop | Cross River | |
Ogba | Rivers State | |
Ogoni | Akwa Ibom State, Rivers State | |
Ogori | Kogi State | |
Okirika | Rivers State | |
Okobo (Okkobor) | Akwa Ibom State | |
Okpamheri | Edo State | |
Olukumi | Delta State | |
Oron | Akwa Ibom StateCross River State | |
Ososo | Edo State | |
Ouguri | Bauchi State | |
Owan | Edo State | |
Owe | Kogi State | |
Oworo | Kogi State | |
Pa’a (Pa’awa Afawa) | Bauchi State | |
Pai | Plateau State | |
Palli | Adamawa State | |
Panyam | Taraba State | |
Pero | Bauchi State | |
Pire | Adamawa State | |
Pkanzom | Taraba State | |
Polchi Habe | Bauchi State | |
Poll | Taraba State | |
Pongo (Pongu) | Niger State | |
Potopo | Taraba State | |
Pyapun (Piapung) | Plateau State | |
Qua | Cross River State | |
Rebina (Rebinawa) | Bauchi State | |
Reshe | Kebbi State, Niger State | |
Rindire (Rendre) | Plateau State | |
Rishuwa | Kaduna State | |
Ron | Plateau State | |
Rubu | Niger State | |
Rukuba | Plateau State | |
Rumada | Kaduna State | |
Rumaya | Kaduna State | |
Sakbe | Taraba State | |
Sanga | Bauchi State | |
Sate | Taraba State | |
Saya (Sayawa Za’ar) | Bauchi State, Kaduna State, Plateau State | |
Segidi (Sigidawa) | Bauchi State | |
Shan-Shan | Plateau State | |
Shanga (Shangawa) | Kebbi State | |
Shangawa (ShanKadunagau) | Plateau State | |
Shira (Shira ) | Bauchi State | |
Shomo | Taraba State | |
Shuwa | Adamawa State, Borno State, Kaduna State, Yobe State | |
Sikdi | Plateau State | |
Siri (Sirawa) | Bauchi State | |
Srubu (Surubu) | Kaduna State | |
Sukur | Adamawa State | |
Sura | Plateau State | |
Tangale | Gombe State | |
Tarok (Yergam) | Plateau State, Taraba State, Nasarawa State | |
Teme | Adamawa State | |
Tera (Terawa) | Bauchi State, Borno State | |
Teshena (Teshenawa) | Kano State | |
Tigon | Taraba State | |
Tikar | Taraba State | |
Tiv | Benue State, FCT, Nasarawa State, Niger State, Plateau State, Taraba State | |
Tula | Gombe State | |
Tur | Adamawa State | |
Ubbo | Adamawa State | |
Udekeama | Rivers State | |
Ufia | Benue State | |
Ukelle | Cross River State | |
Ukwani (Kwale) | Delta State | |
Uncinda | Kaduna State, Kebbi State, Niger State, | |
Uneme (Ineme) | Edo State | |
Ura (Ula) | Niger State | |
Urhobo | Delta State, Bayelsa State. | |
Utonkong | Benue State | |
Uwanno (Weppa-Wanno) | Edo State | |
Uyanga | Cross River State | |
Vemgo | Adamawa State | |
Verre | Adamawa State | |
Vommi | Taraba State | |
Wagga | Adamawa State | |
Waja | Bauchi State | |
Waka | Taraba State | |
Warja (Warja) | Bauchi State | |
Warji | Bauchi State | |
Wurbo | Adamawa State | |
Wurkun | Taraba State | |
Yache | Cross River State | |
Yagba | Kogi State | |
Yakurr (Yako) | Cross River State | |
Yalla | Benue State | |
Yandang | Adamawa State, Taraba State | |
Yoruba | Ekiti State, Kogi State, Kwara State, Lagos State, Ogun State, Ondo State, Osun State, Oyo State | |
Yott | Taraba State | |
Yumu | Niger State | |
Yungur | Adamawa State | |
Yuom | Plateau State | |
Zabara | Niger State | |
Zaranda | Bauchi State | |
Zarma (Zarmawa) | Kebbi State | |
Zayam (Zeam) | Bauchi State | |
Zul (Zulawa) | Bauchi State |