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. 2000 May 9;97(12):6769–6774. doi: 10.1073/pnas.100115997

Table 1.

Y-chromosome haplotype frequencies, %, in 29 populations

Population Haplotype
N 4S 1R Med 1Ha 1U 1C 1D 1L Other
Jews 336 20 5 36 5 8 7 5 10 4
 Ashkenazi 115 24 12 31 2 3 4 9 10 3
 Roman 44 16 45 5 7 5 20 2
 North African 45 20 2 42 18 7 4 4 2
 Near Eastern 32 13 3 28 6 16 31 3
 Kurdish 50 8 4 44 6 18 8 4 8
 Yemenite 30 17 43 7 10 3 17 3
 Ethiopian 20 45 10 5 40
Mid-East non-Jews 230 15 5 50 4 10 2 6 6 3
 Palestinians 73 19 5 51 3 7 1 8 5
 Syrians 91 10 3 57 3 8 1 9 9
 Lebanese 24 29 13 46 4 4 4
 Druze 21 19 38 19 19 5
 Saudi Arabians 21 5 5 33 5 24 5 19 5
Europeans* 337 15 16 11 6 2 1 11 37 1
North Africans* 137 50 1 26 4 1 1 4 12
Sub-Saharan Africans* 199 6 1 1 93
Other
 Turks 98 6 12 26 9 12 3 5 20 6
 Lemba 34 6 6 26 32 29

Only haplotypes common in Jewish populations are shown. 

*See Subjects and Methods for list of populations in each group.