Tribes and Ethnic Groups in Nigeria

Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and has one of the largest aggregation of ethnic groups in Africa. There are more than 300 Nigerian tribes and among the largest include Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, Igbo, Ijaw, Kanuri, Annang, Tiv, Ibibio, Etsako and Efik.

While most people are very much aware of the three major tribes in Nigeria; Hausa Igbo and Yoruba, there are countless number of other that are yet in obscurity

Other Nigerian tribes apart from the ones listed above constitute a smaller percentage of the total number of people from all the tribes in Nigeria. Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo make up about 70% of the population of Nigeria.

These Nigeran tribes have different cultures carried on by their people thereby contribution to the immense cultural diversity seen in the country.


Hausa-Fulani

Hausa is the largest tribe in Nigeria making up about 29% of Nigeria's population. They are the major inhabitants of about 10 state in Nigeria which includes; Bauchi, Borno, Niger,Taraba, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kastina, Kebbi, Sokoto with traces in several other parts of the country.

No two tribes in Nigeria have exactly the same language but the Hausa language originated and forms part of the Chadic family of Languages which is similar but distantly related to Hebrew and Arabic. In recent times, because of the close similarities between the cultures and lifestyle of Hausa and Fulani, they are often regarded to as Hausa-Fulani.


Yoruba

The Yorubas are the second amongst other Nigeria tribes, Yoruba tribe constitute almost 21% of the population of Nigeria and this translates to about 40 million people. They inhabit the southwestern part of Nigeria but also live in other countries in West AFrica including Benin, Ghana, Togo and surprisingly, the Caribbean.

They are well involved in arts and have a long history of peotry and between 1100 to 1700, they made impressive bronze sculptures, most of which were made to represent the heads of gods and rulers. They also made lots of beadwork, metalwork, weaving and mask making.


Igbo

The Igbos are the third largest tribe in Nigeria, they are the Nigeria industrialists. Historically, they were from Nri Kingdom, one of the oldest Kingdoms in Nigeria.

The Igbos are industrious and made bronze ceremonial vessels as part of the culture and heritage dated back to the stone age. Geographically, the Igbo land occupes most of the South Eastern Nigerian.

List of Tribes in Nigeria

	Tribe Name	State
1	Abayon	Cross River State
2	Abua (Odual)	Rivers State
3	Achipa (Achipawa)	Kebbi State
4	Adim	Cross River
5	Adun	Cross River
6	Affade	Yobe State
7	Afizere	Plateau State
8	Afo	Plateau State
9	Agbo	Cross River
10	Akaju-Ndem (Akajuk)	Cross River
11	Akweya-Yachi	Benue State
12	Alago (Arago)	Plateau State
13	Amo	Plateau State
14	Anaguta	Plateau State
15	Anang	Akwa lbom State
16	Andoni	Akwa lbom State, Rivers State
17	Angas	Bauchi State, Jigawa State, Plateau State
18	Ankwei	Plateau State
19	Anyima	Cross River
20	Attakar (ataka)	Kaduna State
21	Auyoka (Auyokawa)	Jigawa State
22	Awori	Lagos State, Ogun State
23	Ayu	Kaduna State
24	Babur	Adamawa State, Borno State, Taraba State, Yobe State
25	Bachama	Adamawa State
26	Bachere	Cross River
27	Bada	Plateau State
28	Bade	Yobe State
29	Bahumono	Cross River
30	Bakulung	Taraba State
31	Bali	Taraba State
32	Bambora (Bambarawa)	Bauchi State
33	Bambuko	Taraba State
34	Banda (Bandawa)	Taraba State
35	Banka (Bankalawa)	Bauchi State
36	Banso (Panso)	Adamawa State
37	Bara (Barawa)	Bauchi State
38	Barke	Bauchi State
39	Baruba (Barba)	Niger State
40	Bashiri (Bashirawa)	Plateau State
41	Bassa	Kaduna State, Kogi State, Niger State, Plateau State
42	Batta	Adamawa State
43	Baushi	Niger State
44	Baya	Adamawa State
45	Bekwarra	Cross River
46	Bele (Buli, Belewa)	Bauchi State
47	Betso (Bete)	Taraba State
48	Bette	Cross River
49	Bilei	Adamawa State
50	Bille	Adamawa State
51	Bina (Binawa)	Kaduna State
52	Bini	Edo State
53	Birom	Plateau State
54	Bobua	Taraba State
55	Boki (Nki)	Cross River
56	Bkkos	Plateau State
57	Boko (Bussawa, Bargawa)	Niger State
58	Bole (Bolewa)	Bauchi State, Yobe State
59	Botlere	Adamawa State
60	Boma (Bomawa, Burmano)	Bauchi State
61	Bomboro	Bauchi State
62	Buduma	Borno State, Niger State
63	Buji	Plateau State
64	Buli	Bauchi State
65	Bunu	Kogi State
66	Bura	Adamawa State
67	Burak	Bauchi State
68	Burma (Burmawa)	Plateau State
69	Buru	Yobe State
70	Buta (Butawa)	Bauchi State
71	Bwall	Plateau State
72	Bwatiye	Adamawa State
73	Bwazza	Adamawa State
74	Challa	Plateau State
75	Chama (Chamawa Fitilai)	Bauchi State
76	Chamba	Taraba State
77	Chamo	Bauchi State
78	Chibok (Chibbak)	Yobe State
79	Chinine	Borno State
80	Chip	Plateau State
81	Chokobo	Plateau State
82	Chukkol	Taraba State
83	Daba	Adamawa State
84	Dadiya	Bauchi State
85	Daka	Adamawa State
86	Dakarkari	Niger State, Kebbi State
87	Danda (Dandawa)	Kebbi State
88	Dangsa	Taraba State
89	Daza (Dere, Derewa)	Bauchi State
90	Degema	Rivers State
91	Deno (Denawa)	Bauchi State
92	Dghwede	Borno State
93	Diba	Taraba State
94	Doemak (Dumuk)	Plateau State
95	Ouguri	Bauchi State
96	Duka (Dukawa)	Kebbi State
97	Duma (Dumawa)	Bauchi State
98	Ebana (Ebani)	Rivers State
99	Ebira	Edo State, Kogi State, Ondo State
100	Ebu	Edo State, Kogi State
101	Ebu	Edo State, Kogi State
102	Efik	Cross River
103	Egbema	Rivers State
104	Egede (lgedde)	Benue State
105	Eggon	Plateau State
106	Egun (Gu)	Lagos State, Ogun State
107	Ejagham	Cross River
108	Ekajuk	Cross River
109	Eket	Akwa Ibom
110	Ekoi	Cross River
111	Ekpeye	Rivers State
112	Engenni (Ngene)	Rivers State
113	Epie	Rivers State
114	Esan (Ishan)	Edo State
115	Etche	Rivers State
116	Etolu (Etilo)	Benue State
117	Etsako	Edo State
118	Etung	Cross River
119	Etuno	Edo State
120	Palli	Adamawa State
121	Pulani (Pulbe)	Bauchi State, Borno State , Jigawa State , Kaduna State , Kano State, Katsina State , Kebbi State , Niger State , Sokoto State, Taraba State, Yobe State, etc.
122	Fyam (Fyem)	Plateau State
123	Fyer(Fer)	Plateau State
124	Ga'anda	Adamawa State
125	Gade	Niger State
126	Galambi	Bauchi State
127	Gamergu-Mulgwa	Borno State
128	Qanawuri	Plateau State
129	Gavako	Borno State
130	Gbedde	Kogi State
131	Gengle	Taraba State
132	Geji	Bauchi State
133	Gera (Gere, Gerawa)	Bauchi State
134	Geruma (Gerumawa)	Plateau State
135	Geruma (Gerumawa)	Bauchi State
136	Gingwak	Bauchi State
137	Gira	Adamawa State
138	Gizigz	Adamawa State
139	Goernai	Plateau State
140	Gokana (Kana)	Rivers State
141	Gombi	Adamawa State
142	Gornun (Gmun)	Taraba State
143	Gonia	Taraba State
144	Gubi (Gubawa)	Bauchi State
145	Gude	Adamawa State
146	Gudu	Adamawa State
147	Gure	Kaduna State
148	Gurmana	Niger State
149	Gururntum	Bauchi State
150	Gusu	Plateau State
151	Gwa (Gurawa)	Adamawa State
152	Gwamba	Adamawa State
153	Gwandara	Kaduna State, Niger State, Plateau State
154	Gwari (Gbari)	Kaduna State, Niger State, Plateau
155	Gwom	Taraba State
156	Gwoza (Waha)	Borno State
157	Gyem	Bauchi State
158	Hausa	Bauchi State, Borno State, Jigawa State, Kaduna State, Kano State , Kastina State , Kebbi State, Niger State, Taraba State, Sokoto State, etc.
159	Higi (Hig)	Borno State, Adamawa State
160	Holma	Adamawa State
161	Hona	Adamawa State
162	Ibeno	Akwa lbom State
163	Ibibio	Akwa lbom State
164	Ichen	Adamawa State
165	Idoma	Benue State , Taraba State
166	Igalla	Kogi State
167	lgbo	Abia State , Anambra State , Benue State, Delta State , Ebonyi State, Enugu State , Imo State , Rivers State
168	ljumu	Kogi State
169	Ika	Delta State
170	Ikom	Cross River State
171	Irigwe	Plateau State
172	Isoko	Delta State
173	lsekiri (Itsekiri)	Delta State
174	lyala (lyalla)	Cross River State
175	lzondjo	Bayelsa State, Delta State, Ondo State , Rivers State
176	Jaba	Kaduna State
177	Jahuna (Jahunawa)	Taraba State
178	Jaku	Bauchi State
179	Jara (Jaar Jarawa Jarawa-Dutse)	Bauchi State
180	Jere (Jare, Jera, Jera, Jerawa)	Bauchi State , Plateau State
181	Jero	Taraba State
182	Jibu	Adamawa State
183	Jidda-Abu	Plateau State
184	Jimbin (Jimbinawa)	Bauchi State
185	Jirai	Adamawa State
186	Jonjo (Jenjo)	Taraba State
187	Jukun	Bauchi State, Benue State, Taraba State , Plateau State
188	Kaba(Kabawa)	Taraba State
189	Kadara	Taraba State
190	Kafanchan	Kaduna State
191	Kagoro	Kaduna State
192	Kaje (Kache)	Kaduna State
193	Kajuru (Kajurawa)	Kaduna State
194	Kaka	Adamawa State
195	Kamaku (Karnukawa)	Kaduna State , Kebbi State , Niger State
196	Kambari	Kebbi State, Niger State
197	Kambu	Adamawa State
198	Kamo	Bauchi State
199	Kanakuru (Dera)	Adamawa State , Borno State
200	Kanembu	Borno State
201	Kanikon	Kaduna State
202	Kantana	Plateau State
203	Kanufi	Kaduna State , Adamawa State , Borno State , Kano State, Niger State , Jigawa State , Plateau State , Taraba State, Yobe State
204	Karekare (Karaikarai)	Bauchi State , Yobe State
205	Karimjo	Taraba State
206	Kariya	Bauchi State
207	Katab (Kataf)	Kaduna State
208	Kenern (Koenoem)	Plateau State
209	Kenton	Taraba State
210	Kiballo (Kiwollo)	Kaduna State
211	Kilba	Adamawa State
212	Kirfi (Kirfawa)	Bauchi State
213	Koma	Taraba State
214	Kona	Taraba State
215	Koro (Kwaro)	Kaduna State, Niger State
216	Kubi (Kubawa)	Bauchi State
217	Kudachano (Kudawa)	Bauchi State
218	Kugama	Taraba State
219	Kulere (Kaler)	Plateau State
220	Kunini	Taraba State
221	Kurama	Jigawa State , Kaduna State , Niger State , Plateau State
222	Kurdul	Adamawa State
223	Kushi	Bauchi State
224	Kuteb	Taraba State
225	Kutin	Taraba State
226	Kwalla	Plateau State
227	Kwami (Kwom)	Bauchi State
228	Kwanchi	Taraba State
229	Kwanka (Kwankwa)	Bauchi State , Plateau State
230	Kwaro	Plateau State
231	Kwato	Plateau State
232	Kyenga (Kengawa)	Sokoto State
233	Laaru (Larawa)	Niger State
234	Lakka	Adamawa State
235	Lala	Adamawa State
236	Lama	Taraba State
237	Lamja	Taraba State
238	Lau	Taraba State
239	Ubbo	Adamawa State
240	Limono	Bauchi State , Plateau State
241	Lopa (Lupa, Lopawa)	Niger State
242	Longuda (Lunguda)	Adamawa State , Bauchi State
243	Mabo	Plateau State
244	Mada	Kaduna State, Plateau State
245	Mama	Plateau State
246	Mambilla	Adamawa State
247	Manchok	Kaduna State
248	Mandara (Wandala)	Borno State
249	Manga (Mangawa)	Yobe State
250	Margi (Marghi)	Adamawa State , Borno State
251	Matakarn	Adamawa State
252	Mbembe	Cross River State , Enugu State
253	Mbol	Adamawa State
254	Mbube	Cross River State
255	Mbula	Adamawa State
256	Mbum	Taraba State
257	Memyang (Meryan)	Plateau State
258	Miango	Plateau State
259	Miligili (Migili)	Plateau State
260	Miya (Miyawa)	Bauchi State
261	Mobber	Borno State
262	Montol	Plateau State
263	Moruwa (Moro'a, Morwa)	Kaduna State
264	Muchaila	Adamawa State
265	Mumuye	Taraba State
266	Mundang	Adamawa State
267	Munga (Mupang)	Plateau State
268	Mushere	Plateau State
269	Mwahavul (Mwaghavul)	Plateau State
270	Ndoro	Taraba State
271	Ngamo	Bauchi State , Yobe State
272	Ngizim	Yobe State
273	Ngweshe (Ndhang.Ngoshe- Ndhang)	Adamawa State , Borno State
274	Ningi (Ningawa)	Bauchi State
275	Ninzam (Ninzo)	Kaduna State , Plateau State
276	Njayi	Adamawa State
277	Nkim	Cross River State
278	Nkum	Cross River State
279	Nokere (Nakere)	Plateau State
280	Nunku	Kaduna State , Plateau State
281	Nupe	Niger State
282	Nyandang	Taraba State
283	Ododop	Cross River
284	Ogori	Kwara State
285	Okobo (Okkobor)	Akwa lbom State
286	Okpamheri	Edo State
287	Olulumo	Cross River State
288	Oron	Akwa lbom State
289	Owan	Edo State
290	Owe	Kwara State
291	Oworo	Kwara State
292	Pa'a (Pa'awa Afawa)	Bauchi State
293	Pai	Plateau State
294	Panyam	Taraba State
295	Pero	Bauchi State
296	Pire	Adamawa State
297	Pkanzom	Taraba State
298	Poll	Taraba State
299	Polchi Habe	Bauchi State
300	Pongo (Pongu)	Niger State
301	Potopo	Taraba State
302	Pyapun (Piapung)	Plateau State
303	Qua	Cross River State
304	Rebina (Rebinawa)	Bauchi State
305	Reshe	Kebbi State, Niger State
306	Rindire (Rendre)	Plateau State
307	Rishuwa	Kaduna State
308	Ron	Plateau State
309	Rubu	Niger State
310	Rukuba	Plateau State
311	Rumada	Kaduna State
312	Rumaya	Kaduna State
313	Sakbe	Taraba State
314	Sanga	Bauchi State
315	Sate	Taraba State
316	Saya (Sayawa Za'ar)	Bauchi State
317	Segidi (Sigidawa)	Bauchi State
318	Shanga (Shangawa)	Sokoto State
319	Shangawa (Shangau)	Plateau State
320	Shan-Shan	Plateau State
321	Shira (Shirawa)	Kano State
322	Shomo	Taraba State
323	Shuwa	Adamawa State, Borno State
324	Sikdi	Plateau State
325	Siri (Sirawa)	Bauchi State
326	Srubu (Surubu)	Kaduna State
327	Sukur	Adamawa State
328	Sura	Plateau State
329	Tangale	Bauchi State
330	Tarok	Plateau State , Taraba State
331	Teme	Adamawa State
332	Tera (Terawa)	Bauchi State, Borno State
333	Teshena (Teshenawa)	Kano State
334	Tigon	Adamawa State
335	Tikar	Taraba State
336	Tiv	Benue State , Plateau State , Taraba State
337	Tula	Bauchi State
338	Tur	Adamawa State
339	Ufia	Benue State
340	Ukelle	Cross River State
341	Ukwani (Kwale)	Delta State
342	Uncinda	Kaduna State, Kebbi State, Niger State , Sokoto State
343	Uneme (Ineme)	Edo State
344	Ura (Ula)	Niger State
345	Urhobo	Delta State
346	Utonkong	Benue State
347	Uyanga	Cross River State
348	Vemgo	Adamawa State
349	Verre	Adamawa State
350	Vommi	Taraba State
351	Wagga	Adamawa State
352	Waja	Bauchi State
353	Waka	Taraba State
354	Warja (Warja)	Jigawa State
355	Warji	Bauchi State
356	Wula	Adamawa State
357	Wurbo	Adamawa State
358	Wurkun	Taraba State
359	Yache	Cross River State
360	Yagba	Kwara State
361	Yakurr (Yako)	Cross River State
362	Yalla	Benue State
363	Yandang	Taraba State
364	Yergan (Yergum)	Plateau State
365	Yoruba	Kwara State, Lagos State, Ogun State, Ondo State, Oyo State, Osun State, Ekiti State, Kogi State
366	Yott	Taraba State
367	Yumu	Niger State
368	Yungur	Adamawa State
369	Yuom	Plateau State
370	Zabara	Niger State
371	Zaranda	Bauchi State
372	Zarma (Zarmawa)	Kebbi State
373	Zayam (Zeam)	Bauchi State
374	Zul (Zulawa)	Bauchi State