with an estimated population of over two hundred million people.
There are over 300 tribes in Nigeria,the Hausa and Fulani make up about 29%,the Yoruba 21% and Igbo (Ibo) 18%.
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These tribes speak over 500 different languages,the official language spoken in Nigeria is the Igbo language. ---
This post contains the names of all the tribes in Nigeria and the states where they can be found.
Tribes In Nigeria > State Found
- 1. Bachama = Adamawa State
- 2. Bachere = Cross River
- 3. Bada = Plateau State
- 4. Bade = Yobe State
- 5. Bahumono = Cross River
- 6. Bakulung = Taraba State
- 7. Bali = Taraba State
- 8. Bambora = Bauchi State
- 9. Bambuko = Taraba State
- 10.Banda = Taraba State
- 11.Banka = Bauchi State
- 12. Panso = Adamawa State
- 13. Bara = Bauchi State
- 14. Barke= Bauchi State
- 15. Baruba = Niger State
- 16. Bashiri = Plateau State
- 17. Bassa = Kaduna State, Kogi State
- 18. Batta = Adamawa State
- 19. Baushi = Niger State
- 20. Baya =Adamawa State
- 21. Bekwarra = Cross River
- 22. Bele = Bauchi State
- 23. Betso = Taraba State
- 24. Bette = Cross River
- 25. Bilei = Adamawa State
- 26. Bille = Adamawa State
- 27. Bina = Kaduna State
- 28. Bini = (Edo) Edo State
- 29. Birom = Plateau State
- 30. Bobua = Taraba State
- 31. Boki = Cross River
- 32. Bkkos = Plateau State
- 33. Boko = Niger State
- 34. Bole = Bauchi State, Yobe State
- 35. Botlere = Adamawa State
- 36. Boma = Bauchi State
- 37. Bomboro = Bauchi State
- 38. Burma = Plateau State
- 39. Buru = Yobe State
- 40. Buta = Bauchi State
- 41. Bwall = Plateau State
- 42. Bwatiye = Adamawa Stat
- 43. Bwazza = Adamawa State
- 44. Challa = Plateau State
- 45. Chama = Bauchi State
- 46. Chamba = Taraba State
- 47. Chamo = Bauchi State
- 48. Chibok = Borno State
- 49. Chinine = Borno State
- 50. Chip = Plateau State
- 51. Chokobo = Plateau State
- 52. Chukkol = Taraba State
- 53. Daba = Adamawa State
- 54. Dadiya = Bauchi State
- 55. Daka = Adamawa State
- 56. Dakarkari = Niger State, Kebbi State
- 57. Danda = (Dandawa) Kebbi State
- 58. Abayon = Cross River State
- 59. Abua = Rivers State
- 60. Achipa = Kebbi State
- 61. Adim = Cross River
- 62. Adun = Cross River
- 63. Affade = Yobe State
- 64. Afizere = Plateau State
- 65. Afo = Plateau State
- 66. Agbo = Cross River
- 67. Akaju-Ndem = Cross River
- 68. Akweya = Yachi Benue State
- 69. Alago = Plateau State
- 70. Amo = Plateau State
- 71. Buduma = Borno State, Niger State
- 72. Buji = Plateau State
- 73. Buli = Bauchi State
- 74. Bunu Kogi State
- 75. Bura = Adamawa State, Borno State
- 76. Burak = Bauchi State
- 77. Anaguta = Plateau State
- 78. Anang = Akwa lbom State
- 79. Andoni = Akwa lbom State, Rivers State
- 80. Angas = Bauchi State, Jigawa State, Plateau State
- 81. Ankwei = Plateau State
- 82. Anyima = Cross River
- 83. Diba = Taraba State
- 84. Doemak = Plateau State
- 85. Ouguri = Bauchi State
- 86. Duka = Kebbi State
- 87. Duma = Bauchi State
- 88. Ebana = Rivers State
- 89. Ebira = Edo State, Kogi State, Ondo State
- 90. Ebu = Edo State, Kogi State
- 91. Ebu
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- 92. Efik = Cross River
- 93. Egbema = Rivers State
- 94. Egede = Benue State
- 95. Eggon = Plateau State
- 96. Egun (Gu) = Lagos State, Ogun State
- 97. Yumu = Niger State
- 98. Yungur = Adamawa State
- 99. Yuom Plateau State
- 100. Zabara = Niger State
- 101. Zaranda = Bauchi State
- 102. Zarma = Kebbi State
- 103. Ejagham = Cross River
- 104. Ekajuk = Cross River
- 105. Eket = Akwa Ibom
- 106. Ekoi = Cross River
- 107. Ekpeye = Rivers State
- 108. Engenni = Rivers State
- 109. Epie = Rivers State
- 110. Esan = Edo State
- 111. Etche = Rivers State
- 112. Etolu = Benue State
- 113. Etsako = Edo State
- 114. Etung = Cross River
- 115. Etuno = Edo State
- 116. Palli = Adamawa State
- 117. Fulani = Bauchi State, Borno State,Jigawa etc.
- 118. Fyam (Fyem) = Plateau State
- 119. Fyer(Fer) = Plateau State
- 120. Ga'anda = Adamawa State
- 121. Gade = Niger State
- 122. Galambi = Bauchi Stat
- 123. Gamergu-Mulgwa = Borno State
- 124. Qanawuri = Plateau State
- 125. Gavako = Borno State
- 126. Gbedde = Kogi State
- 127. Gengle = Taraba State
- 128. Geji = Bauchi State
- 129. Gera = Bauchi State
- 130. Geruma = Plateau State
- 131. Gerumawa = Bauchi State
- 132. Gingwak = Bauchi State
- 133. Gira = Adamawa State
- 134. Gizigz = Adamawa State
- 135. Goernai = Plateau State
- 136. Igbo = Enugu,Imo,Abia,Anambra etc
- 137. Gombi = Adamawa State
- 138. Gornun = Taraba State
- 139. Gonia = Taraba State
- 140. Gubi = Bauchi State
- 141. Gude = Adamawa State
- 42. Gudu = Adamawa State
- 143. Gure = Kaduna State
- 144. Gurmana = Niger State
- 145. Gururntum = Bauchi State
- 146. Gusu = Plateau State
- 147. Attakar = Kaduna State
- 148. Auyoka = Jigawa State
- 149. Awori = Lagos State, Ogun State
- 150. Ayu = Kaduna State
- 151. Babur = Adamawa State, Borno State,Taraba State, Yobe State
- 152. Dangsa = Taraba State
- 153. Daza = Bauchi State
- 154. Degema = Rivers State
- 155. Deno = Bauchi State
- 156. Dghwede = Borno State
- 157. Gwa = Adamawa State
- 158. Gwamba = Adamawa State
- 159. Gwandara = Kaduna State, Niger State
- Gwari = Kaduna State, Niger State, Plateau State
- 160. Igala = Kogi State, Anambra State , Edo State
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- 161. Ijumu = Kogi State
- 162. Ika = Delta State
- 163. Ikom = Cross River State
- 164. Ikwerre = Rivers State
- 165. Irigwe = Plateau State
- 166. Isoko = Delta State
- 167. Isekiri = Delta State
- 168. Iyala = Cross River State
- 169. Izondjo = Bayelsa State, Delta State, Ondo State
- 170. Jahuna = Taraba State
- 171. Jaku = Bauchi State
- 172. Jara = Bauchi State
- 173. Jere = Bauchi State , Plateau State
- 174. Jero = Taraba State
- 175. Jibu = Adamawa State
- 176. Gwom = Taraba State
- 177. Gwoza = Borno State
- 178. Gyem = Bauchi State
- 179. Ham = Kaduna State
- 180. Hausa = Bauchi State, Borno State, Jigawa etc
- 181. Higi = Borno State, Adamawa State
- 182. Holma = Adamawa State
- 183. Hona = Adamawa State
- 184. Ibeno = Akwa lbom State
- 185. Ibibio = Akwa lbom State
- 186. Ichen = Adamawa State
- 187. Idoma = Benue State, Nassarawa State
- 188. Jimbin = Bauchi State
- 189. Jirai = Adamawa State
- 190. Jonjo = Taraba State
- 191. Jukun = Bauchi State, Benue State, Taraba State
- 192. Kaba = Taraba State
- 193. Kadara = Taraba State
- 194. Waja = Bauchi State
- 195. Waka = Taraba State
- 196. Warja = Jigawa State
- 197. Warji = Bauchi State
- 198. Wula = Adamawa State
- 199. Wurbo = Adamawa State
- 200. Wurkun = Taraba State
- 201. Yache = Cross River State
- 202. Yagba = Kogi State
- 203. Yakurr = Cross River State
- 204. Yalla = Benue Stat
- 205. Yandang = Taraba State, Adamawa State
- 206. Yergan = Plateau State
- 207. Yoruba = Ekiti State, Kogi State, Kwara State etc
- 208. Yott = Taraba State
- 209. Zayam = Bauchi State
- 210. Zul = Bauchi State
- 211. Kafanchan = Kaduna State
- 212. Kagoro = Kaduna Stat
- 213. Kaje = Kaduna State
- 214. Kajuru = Kaduna State
- 215. Kaka = Adamawa State
- 216. Kamaku = Kaduna State , Kebbi State , Niger State
- 217. Kambari = Kebbi State, Niger State
- 218. Kambu = Adamawa State
- 219. Kamwe
- 210. Kirfi = Bauchi State
- 211. Koma = Taraba State
- 212. Kona = Taraba State
- 213. Koro = Kaduna State, Niger State
- 214. Kubi = Bauchi State
- 215. Kudachano = Bauchi State
- 216. Kugama = Taraba State
- 217. Kulere (Kaler) = Plateau State
- 218. Kunini = Taraba State
- 219. Kurama = Jigawa State , Kaduna State
- 220. Kurdul = Adamawa State
- 221. Kushi = Bauchi State
- 222. Kuteb = Taraba State
- 223. Kutin = Taraba State
- 224. Kwalla = Plateau State
- 225. Kwami = Bauchi State
- 226. Kwanchi = Taraba State,Bauchi State
- 227. Kamwe = Adamawa State
- 228. Kanakuru = Adamawa State , Borno State
- 229. Kanembu = Borno State
- 230. Kanikon = Kaduna State
- 231. Kantana = Plateau State
- 232. Kanuri = Kaduna State , Adamawa State
- 233. Karekare = Bauchi State , Yobe State
- 234. Karimjo = Taraba State
- 235. Kariya = Bauchi State
- 236. Katab = Kaduna State
- 237. Kenern = Plateau State
- 238. Kenton = Taraba State
- 239. Kiballo = Kaduna State
- 240. Kilba = Adamawa State
- 241. Kwanka = Bauchi State,Plateau State
- 242. Kwaro = Plateau State
- 243. Kwato = Plateau State
- 244. Kyenga = Sokoto State
- 245. Laaru = Niger State
- 246. Lakka = Adamawa State
- 247. Lala = Adamawa State
- 248. Lama = Taraba State
- 249. Lamja= Taraba State
- 250. Lau = Taraba State
- 251. Ubbo = Adamawa State
- 252. Limono = Bauchi State , Plateau State
- 253. Mbube Cross River State
- 254. Mbula = Adamawa State
- 255. Mbum = Taraba State
- 256. Memyang = Plateau State
- 257. Miango = Plateau State
- 258. Miligili = Plateau State
- 259. Miya = Bauchi State
- 260. Mobber = Borno State
- 261. Montol = Plateau State
- 262. Moruwa = (Moro'a, Morwa) Kaduna State
- 263. Muchaila = Adamawa State
- 264. Mumuye = Taraba State
- 265. Mundang = Adamawa State
- 266. Munga = (Mupang) Plateau State
- 267. Mushere = Plateau State
- 268. Mwahavul = (Mwaghavul) Plateau State
- 269. Ndoro = Taraba State
- 270. Ngas = Plateau State
- 271. Ngizim = Yobe State
- 272. Ngweshe = Adamawa State , Borno State
- 273. Nyam = Taraba State
- 274. Ningi = Bauchi State
- 275. Ninzam = 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 , Kwara State , Kogi State
- 282. Nyandang = Taraba State
- 283. Lopa = Niger State
- 284. Longuda = Adamawa State , Bauchi State
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- 285. Mada = Kaduna State, Plateau State
- 286. Mama = Plateau State
- 287. Mambilla = Adamawa State
- 288. Manchok = Kaduna State
- 289. Mandara = Borno State
- 290. Manga = Yobe State
- 291. Margi = Adamawa State , Borno State
- 292. Matakarn = Adamawa State
- 293. Mbembe = Cross River State
- 294. Mbol = Adamawa State
- 295. Ododop = Cross River
- 296. Ogori = Kogi State
- 297. Ogba = Rivers State
- 298. Okobo = Akwa lbom State
- 299. Okpamheri = Edo State
- 300. Olulumo = Cross River State
- 301. Olukumi = Delta State
- 302. Oron = Akwa lbom State
- 303. Owan = Edo State
- 304. Owe = Kogi State
- 305. Uncinda = Kaduna State, Kebbi State, Niger State
- 306. Uneme = Edo State
- 307. Ura = (Ula) Niger State
- 308. Urhobo = Delta State
- 309. Utonkong = Benue State
- 310. Uyanga = Cross River State
- 311. Vemgo = Adamawa State
- 312. Verre = Adamawa State
- 313. Vommi = Taraba State
- 314. Wagga = Adamawa State
- 315. Oworo = Kogi State
- 316. Pa'a = Bauchi State
- 317. Pai = Plateau State
- 318. Panyam = Taraba State
- 319. Pero = Bauchi State
- 320. Pire = Adamawa State
- 321. Pkanzom = Taraba State
- 322. Poll = Taraba State
- 323. Polchi Habe = Bauchi State
- 324. Pongo (Pongu) = Niger State
- 325. Rishuwa = Kaduna State
- 326. Ron = Plateau State
- 327. Rubu = Niger State
- 328. Rukuba = Plateau State
- 329. Rumada = Kaduna State
- 330. Rumaya = Kaduna State
- 331. Sakbe = Taraba State
- 332. Sanga = Bauchi State
- 333. Sate = Taraba State
- 334. Saya = Bauchi State, Kaduna State
- 335. Segidi = Bauchi State
- 336. Shanga = Sokoto State
- 337. Potopo = Taraba State
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- 338. Pyapun = Plateau State
- 339. Qua = Cross River State
- 340. Rebina= (Rebinawa) Bauchi Stat
- 341. Reshe = Kebbi State, Niger State
- 342. Rindire = Plateau State
- 343. Shangawa = Plateau State
- 344. Shan-Shan = Plateau State
- 345. Shira = (Shirawa) Kano State
- 346. Shomo = Taraba State
- 347. Shuwa = Adamawa State, Borno State
- 348. Sikdi = Plateau State
- 349. Siri = Bauchi State
- 350. Srubu = Kaduna State
- 351. Sukur = Adamawa State
- 352. Sura = Plateau State
- 353. Tangale = Gombe State
- 354. Tarok = Plateau State ,Taraba State
- 355. Teme = Adamawa State
- 356. Tera = Bauchi State, Borno State
- 357. Teshena = Kano State
- 358. Tigon = Adamawa State
- 359. Tikar = Taraba State
- 360. Tiv = Benue State , Plateau State , Taraba State
- 361. Tula = Bauchi State
- 362. Tur = Adamawa State
- 363. Ufia = Benue State
- 364. Ukelle = Cross River State
- 365. Ukwani = (Kwale) Delta State
- 366. Kana = Rivers State
- 367. Mabo = Plateau State
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