Listed here are notable groups and populations from South Asia by human mitochondrial DNA haplogroups based on relevant studies. The samples are taken from individuals identified with linguistic designations (IE=Indo-European, Dr=Dravidian, AA=Austro-Asiatic and ST=Sino-Tibetan); the third column gives the sample size studied, and the other columns give the percentage of the particular haplogroup. The two most widespread MtDNA haplogroups in South Asia are Haplogroup M (of South Asian origin) and Haplogroup U (of West Eurasian origin).
The converted frequencies from some old studies conducted in the first decade of the 21st century may lead to unsubstantial frequencies below.
Population Sample Size Language HVS-I haplotype diversity A L1–L3 M M2 M3 M5 MΔ9bp U H, V, T, J, N, X, K, W B, F, D, G R P Reference Bengali in Bangladesh 86 IE 1.2 67.4 12.8 5.8 3.5 9.3 Rishishwar2017 Chenchu (South Indian tribal) 96 Dr 0.87 0 97 18 1 19 3 0 0 0 1 Kivisild2003 Gujarati Indian in Houston, Texas 106 IE 2.8 38.7 15.1 13.2 30.2 Rishishwar2017 Gujaratis and Konkanastha Br. 111 IE 0.99 0 48 5 6 0 0 23 10 5 11 Kivisild2003 Indian Telugu in the UK 103 Dr 59.2 13.6 14.6 12.6 Rishishwar2017 Kerala/Karnataka 99 Dr 0.96 0 64 15 6 15 0 21 0 9 Kivisild2003 Koyas 81 Dr 0.94 0 69 19 6 0 21 1 0 0 31 Kivisild2003 Lambadis 86 IE 0.99 0 64 10 5 10 0 12 8 0 13 Kivisild2003 Lobanas (Punjab) 62 IE 0.98 0 55 5 5 8 0 5 8 0 18 Kivisild2003 Punjabi in Lahore, Pakistan 96 IE 57.3 11.5 14.6 5.2 11.5 Rishishwar2017 Punjabis 112 IE 0.99 0 41 1 4 1 0 20 19 5 10 Kivisild2003 Sri Lanka 132 Dr, IE 0.99 0 58 7 5 2 0 18 8 2 14 Kivisild2003 Sinhalese 100 IE 42 216 7 20 2 Ranaweera2014 Sinhalese 60 IE 51.7 Ranasinghe2015 Vedda 75 IE 17.33 29.33 8 45.33 Ranaweera2014 Vedda 30 IE 36.6 Ranasinghe2015 Sri Lankan Tamil in the UK 103 Dr 1.0 48.5 13.6 15.5 21.4 Rishishwar2017 Sri Lankan Tamil 39 Dr 43.59 15.3820.517.697.695.13Ranaweera2014 Sri Lankan Tamil 30 Dr 53.5 Ranasinghe2015 Indian Tamil in Sri Lanka 57 Dr 70.8 12.281.755.268.771.75Ranaweera2014 Indian Tamil in Sri Lanka 22 Dr 81.8 Ranasinghe2015 Tamil Nadu tribal 49 Dr 0.96 0 71 2 24 0 0 16 0 0 12 Kivisild2003 Telugu, lower 70 Dr 0.99 0 71 10 1 4 0 7 1 0 21 Kivisild2003 Telugu, middle 114 Dr 0.99 0 64 6 4 4 0 10 5 0 21 Kivisild2003 Telugu, upper 59 Dr 0.99 0 61 5 19 0 0 19 3 0 15 Kivisild2003 Uttar Pradesh 139 IE 0.99 0 57 3 10 0 0 17 6 1 14 Kivisild2003 Western Bengal tribal 34 IE 0.99 0 65 6 9 0 0 21 0 0 15 Kivisild2003 Western Bengalis 106 IE 0.97 0 72 4 7 6 0 10 6 0 11 Kivisild2003
U* = other derivatives of haplogroup U; R* = derivatives of haplogroup R that do not belong to HV, TJ, U, B, and F.
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