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It does exist in the Middle east and North Africa but no where in particular high frequencies, Kurdistan is at 6%
Caucasus region
Region/Haplogroup I R1a R1b G J2 J1 E T L Q N Others Sample size
Abkhazians 3 10 3.5 47.5 26.5 2.5 0.5 0.5 5 0.5 0 0
Adygei 2.5 10.5 2.5 53.5 14.5 7.5 1 1.5 2.5 1.5 1.5 0
Armenians 4.5 5 30 11.5 22 10.5 6 4 3 1 0.5 2
Avars 0 2.5 2.5 0 4.5 66.5 7 4.5 9 0 0 2.5
Azeri 3 7 11 18 30.5 11 5.5 4 7 0 0 3
Chechens 0.5 4 2 5.5 56.5 21 0 0 7 0 0 3
Dargins 0.5 8.5 2 1.5 1.5 84 0 0 0 0 0 2
Georgians 2 9 10 30 27 16 2 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
Ingush 1 3.5 0 2 88 2.5 0 0 3 0 0 0
Kabardino-Balkarians 3.5 21 8.5 38 15.5 5 0.5 0.5 0.5 2 0.5 2
Karachay-Cherkessians 4 19.5 4.5 40.5 18.5 5.5 0.5 1 0 0.5 1.5 2
Kumyks 0 13 20 12 25 21 2.5 1.5 0 0 0 5
Lezgins 2 2.5 21.5 17.5 1.5 43.5 3.5 6 1 0 1 0
Nogays 6 14.5 18 8 13.5 13 0 0.5 0 0.5 9 16.5
Ossetians 6.5 2 10 56 15 2 3.5 2 0.5 1.5 0 1
Middle East
Region/Haplogroup I R1a R1b G J2 J1 E T L Q N Others Sample size
Iran 0.5 15.5 9.5 10 23 8.5 6.5 3 6.5 5.5 1 10.5
Iraq 4 5.5 9.5 2.5 19.5 43 9.5 3.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5
South Iraq (Marsh Arabs)
0 0 3 1.5 3.5 81 6.5 0 0.5 3 0 1.5
Jordan 3.5 1.5 18 4 13 31 26 0.5 0 0 0 2.5
Kurdistan 6 10.5 11 5 23.5 12 12.5 5.5 2 0.1 0 11.5
Lebanon 5 2.5 8 6.5 26 20 17.5 5 5 2 0 2.5
Palestine 0 1.5 8.5 3 17 38.5 19.5 7 0 0 0 5
Saudi Arabia 0 5 2 3 16 40 7.5 5 2 2.5 0 17
Syria 5 10 13.5 3 17 30 11.5 5 3 0 0 2
United Arab Emirates 0 7.5 4 4 10 35 11.5 5 3 2 0 8
Yemen 0 0 0 1.5 8.5 72.5 13 0 0 0 0 0
North Africa
Region/Haplogroup I R1a R1b G J2 J1 E T L Q N Others Sample size
Algeria 0 0.5 9.5 0.5 5 22 59 0 0 0.5 0 3
Egypt 0.5 2 6 5.5 6.5 21 46 6 1 0.5 0 5
Morocco 0 0 4.5 0.5 1.5 6.5 83 0 0 0 0 4
Tunisia 0 0.5 2 0.5 3 16.5 72 1 0 0 0 5.5