L-M20 L
L-M20 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 1,893 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Orstkhoy (reported as Italy · Aosta Valley) (59% of kits), Russia (Republic of Chechnya) (19% of kits), Sri Lanka (17% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 24k years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 21k to 28k years ago.
Where it is found #
Countries and regions given by the branch's carriers. “Share of branch” is the part of the branch's kits that belongs to the country. “Share of country” is the part of that country's kits that falls into the branch; it is computed only for countries with at least 50 kits.
| Country / region | kits | Share of branch | Share of country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia (Republic of Chechnya)Russian Federation | 326 | 19% | |
| India | 156 | 11% | |
| Turkey | 140 | 5.6% | |
| Saudi Arabia | 136 | 1.1% | |
| Orstkhoy (reported as Italy · Aosta Valley) | 113 | 59% | |
| Iraq | 75 | 2.4% | |
| Kuwait | 71 | 3.2% | |
| United Arab Emirates | 53 | 3.9% | |
| Germany | 49 | 0.3% | |
| Italy | 46 | 0.8% | |
| Russian Federation | 46 | 0.6% | |
| Greece | 37 | 2.8% | |
| United States | 35 | 0.1% | |
| Pakistan | 30 | 7.9% | |
| Georgia | 27 | 4.3% | |
| Iran | 27 | 3.6% | |
| Russia (Republic of Dagestan)Russian Federation | 27 | 2.8% | |
| Sri Lanka | 25 | 17% | |
| Lebanon | 24 | 3.6% | |
| Switzerland | 24 | 0.8% |
74 more
The remaining countries and regions (74), 426 kits in total: Syrian Arab Republic 24, Qatar 22, Armenia 20, Azerbaijan 19, Ukraine 19, Spain 16, Tajikistan 16, Bahrain 15, England 15, Indonesia 14, Russia (Republic of Ingushetia) 14, Afghanistan 12, Oman 12, Portugal 11, Austria 10, France 10, Kazakhstan 9, Egypt 8, Slovenia 7, Georgia (Republic of Abkhazia) 6, Jordan 6, Pakistan (Azad Kashmir) 6, Poland 6, Sweden 6, Yemen 6, Hungary 5, Ireland 5, Mexico 5, Sudan 5, United Kingdom 5, Uzbekistan 5, Algeria 4, Czech Republic 4, Russia (Republic of Adygea) 4, Russia (Republic of Tatarstan) 4, Scotland 4, Belgium 3, Brazil 3, Bulgaria 3, China 3, Cuba 3, Cyprus 3, Palestinian Territory 3, Romania 3, South Africa 3, Belarus 2, Colombia 2, Croatia 2, Italy (Sicily) 2, Kenya 2, Libya 2, Macedonia 2, Moldova 2, Norway 2, Singapore 2, United States (Native American) 2, Albania 1, Argentina 1, Bangladesh 1, Costa Rica 1, Ethiopia 1, Finland 1, Honduras 1, Iceland 1, Jamaica 1, Malaysia 1, Montenegro 1, Netherlands 1, Portugal (Azores) 1, Russia (Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria) 1, Slovakia 1, Spain (Canary Islands) 1, Spain (Valencia) 1, Turkmenistan 1.
Most common among these peoples #
From YFull samples that gave a mother tongue: the part of a people's samples that falls into this branch. Peoples with at least 3 samples in the branch are listed.
- Kurds (Kurmanji): 33% of samples (10 of 30)
- Western Armenians: 27% of samples (7 of 26)
- Pontic Greeks: 24% of samples (12 of 50)
- Punjabis: 14% of samples (3 of 21)
- Chechens: 13% of samples (138 of 1,050)
- Pashtuns: 7.8% of samples (4 of 51)
- Georgians: 7.3% of samples (6 of 82)
- Abkhazians: 6.2% of samples (4 of 65)
Sub-branches #
Sub-branches that have their own page (50 kits or more). The bar is the kits in the sub-branch with its own sub-branches; the age is when its common ancestor lived.
1 small sub-branch more without a page: 23 kits. On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 311 kits.
Surnames #
Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 47 distinct among 145 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.
- Good 16
- Fargiev 10
- Alimkhanov 9
- Korigov 9
- Alkhast 5
- Bulguchev 5
- Eskiev 4
- Khan 4
- Chandler 3
- Cutts 3
- Grewal 3
- Kurtoev 3
- Voikhansky 3
- Abu Al-Hasan 2
- Agrba 2
In the site's findings #
- Distinctive branch for Sri Lanka: 17% of kits, 24.2 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for India: 11% of kits, 15.3 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Tajikistan: 9.6% of kits, 13.9 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Pakistan: 7.9% of kits, 11.4 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Afghanistan: 7.3% of kits, 10.6 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Iran: 3.6% of kits, 5.2 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Indonesia: 2.3% of kits, 3.3 times the world share