In case you don’t know, Nigeria has more than 350 tribes, and this article reveals the list of all the tribes in Nigeria.
Specifically, this list contains 384 names of different tribes arranged in alphabetical order. In addition, the states in the country where each is found are also included.
The Full List of Tribes in Nigeria
Tribes in Nigeria are so many that it seems pretty impossible to list them all, but we’ve tried our best, and the following are the names of all tribes in Nigeria and their states:
1. Abayon – Cross River State
2. Abua (Odual) – Rivers State
3. Achipa (Achipawa) – Kebbi State
4. Adara (Kadara) – Kaduna State, Niger State
5. Affade – Yobe State
6. Afizere – Plateau State
7. Afo (Eloyi) – Nasarawa State
8. Agbo – Cross River State
9. Akaju-Ndem (Akajuk) – Cross River State
10. Akweya-Yachi – Benue State
11. Alago (Arago) – Nasarawa State
12. Amo – Plateau State
13. Anaguta – Plateau State
14. Anang – Akwa Ibom State
15. Andoni – Akwa Ibom State, Rivers State
16. Ankwei – Plateau State
17. Anyima – Cross River State
18. Atyap (Kataf/Katab, Attakar, Kagoro, Kafanchan, Marwa/Manchok) – Kaduna State
19. Auyoka (Sub-Hausa) – Jigawa State
20. Awori – Lagos State, Ogun State
22. Ayu – Kaduna State
23. Bura-Pabir – Adamawa State, Borno State, Yobe State
24. Bachama – Adamawa State
25. Bachere – Cross River State
26. Bada – Plateau State
27. Bade – Yobe State
28. Baggara Arabs – Borno State
29. Bahumono – Cross River State
30. Bakulung – Taraba State
31. Bali – Taraba State
32. Bambora (Bambarawa) – Bauchi State
33. Bambuko – Taraba State
34. Bajju (Kaje, Kajji) – Kaduna State
35. Banda (Bandawa) – Taraba State
36. Banka (Bankalawa) – Bauchi State
37. Banso (Panso) – Adamawa State
38. Bara (Barawa) – Bauchi State
39. Barke – Bauchi State
40. Baruba (Batonu) – Kwara State, Niger State
41. Bashiri (Bashirawa) – Plateau State
42. Bassa – Kaduna State, Kogi State, Niger State, Plateau State
43. Batta – Adamawa State
44. Baushi – Niger State
45. Baya – Adamawa State
46. Bekwarra – Cross River
47. Bele (Buli, Belewa) – Bauchi State
48. Berom (Birom) – Plateau State
49. Betso (Bete) – Taraba State
50. Bette – Cross River State
51. Bilei – Adamawa State
52. Bille – Rivers State
53. Bina (Binawa) – Kaduna State
54. Bini (Edo) – Edo State
55. Bobua – Taraba State
56. Boki (Nki) – Cross River State
57. Bokkos – Plateau State
58. Boko (Bussawa, Bargawa) – Niger State
59. Bole (Bolewa) – Bauchi State, Gombe State, Yobe State
60. Botlere – Adamawa State
61. Boma (Bomawa, Burmano) – Bauchi State
62. Bomboro – Bauchi State
63. Buduma – Borno State,
64. Buji – Plateau State
65. Buli – Bauchi State
66. Bunu – Kogi State
67. Bura-Pabir – Adamawa State, Borno State, Yobe State
68. Burak – Bauchi State
69. Burma (Burmawa) – Plateau State
70. Buru – Yobe State
71. Buta (Butawa) – Bauchi State
72. Bwall – Plateau State
73. Bwatiye – Adamawa State
74. Bwazza – Adamawa State
75. Challa – Plateau State
76. Chama (Chamawa Fitilai) – Bauchi State
77. Chamba – Taraba State
78. Chamo – Bauchi State
79. Chibok (Kibaku people) – Borno State, Yobe State
80. Chinine – Borno State
81. Chip – Plateau State
82. Chokobo – Plateau State
83. Chukkol – Taraba State
84. Daba – Adamawa State
85. Dadiya – Bauchi State
86. Daka – Adamawa State
87. Dakarkari – Kebbi State, Niger State
88. Danda (Dandawa) – Kebbi State
89. Dangsa – Taraba State
90. Daza (Dere, Derewa) – Bauchi 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. Dundudun (Dunka) – Taraba State
98. Duma (Dumawa) – Bauchi State
99. Ebana (Ebani) – Rivers State
100 Ebira – Edo State, Kogi State, Ondo State
101. Ebu – Edo State, Kogi State
102. Efik – Cross River State
103. Egbema – Rivers State
104. Egede (Igede) – Benue State, Cross River State
105. Eggon – Nasarawa State
106. Egun (Gu) – Lagos State, Ogun State
107. Ejagham – Cross River State
108. Ekajuk – Cross River State
109. Eket – Akwa Ibom
110. Ekoi – Cross River State
111. Ekpeye – Rivers State
112. Engenni (Ngene) – Rivers State
113. Epie – Bayelsa State
114. Esan (Ishan) – Edo State
115. Esit Ekid – Akwa Ibom State
116. Etche -Rivers State
117. Etolu (Etilo) – Benue State
118. Etsako – Edo State
119. Etung – Cross River State
120. Etuno – Edo State
121. Palli – Adamawa State
122. Fulani (Fulbe) – Adamawa State, Bauchi State, Borno State, Gombe State, Jigawa State, Kaduna State, Kano State, Katsina State, Kebbi State, Kwara State, Niger State, Plateau State, Sokoto State, Taraba State, Yobe State, Zamfara State
123. Fyam (Fyem) – Plateau State
124. Fyer (Fer) – Plateau State
125. Ga’anda – Adamawa State
126. Gade – Niger State, Nasarawa State
127. Galambi – Bauchi State
128. Gamergu-Mulgwa – Borno State
129. Ganawuri – Plateau State
130. Gavako – Borno State
131. Gbedde – Kogi State
132. Gengle – Taraba State
133. Geji – Bauchi State
134. Gera (Gere, Gerawa) – Bauchi State
135. Geruma (Gerumawa) – Plateau State, Bauchi State
136. Gingwak – Bauchi State
137. Gira – Adamawa State
138. Gizigz – Adamawa State
139. Goemai – 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, Federal Capital Territory, Naarawa State
154. Gwari (Gbagyi) – Kaduna State, Federal Capital Territory Abuja, Nasarawa State, Niger State, Kogi State
155. Gwong (Kagoma) – Kaduna State
156. Gwom – Taraba State
157. Gwoza (Waha) – Borno State
158. Gyem – Bauchi State
159. Ham (Hyam, Jaba, Jabba) – Kaduna State
160. Hausa – Bauchi State, Borno State, Jigawa State, Kaduna State, Kano State, Katsina State, Kebbi State, Sokoto State, Taraba State, Adamawa State, Gombe State, Plateau State, Yobe State, Zamfara State
161. Holma – Adamawa State
162. Hona – Adamawa State
163. Ibani – Rivers State
164. Ibeno – Akwa Ibom State
165. Ibibio – Akwa Ibom State
166. Ichen – Adamawa State
167. Idoma – Benue State, Cross River State, Kogi State, Nassarawa State
168. Igala – Kogi State
169. Igbo – Abia State, Anambra State, Delta State, Ebonyi State, Enugu State, Imo State, Rivers State
170. Ijumu – Kogi State
171. Ika – Delta State, Edo State
172. Ikom – Cross River State
173. Ikwerre – Rivers State
174. Irigwe – Plateau State
175. Iman – Akwa Ibom State
176. Isoko – Delta State, Bayelsa State
177. Itsekiri (Isekiri) – Delta State, Edo State, Ogun State
178. Itu – Akwa Ibom State
179. Itu Mbio Uso – Akwa Ibom State
180. Iyala (Iyalla) – Cross River State
181. Izon (Ijaw) – Bayelsa State, Delta State, Edo State, Ondo State, Rivers State
182. Jahuna (Jahunawa) – Taraba State
183. Jaku – Bauchi State
184. Jara (Jaar Jarawa Jarawa-Dutse) – Bauchi State
185. Jere (Jare, Jera, Jera, Jerawa) – Bauchi State, Plateau State
186. Jero – Taraba State
187. Jibu – Adamawa State
188. Jidda-Abu – Plateau State
189. Jimbin (Jimbinawa) – Bauchi State
190. Jirai – Adamawa State
191. Joinkrama – Rivers State
192. Jonjo (Jenjo) – Taraba State
193. Jukun – Bauchi State, Benue State, Plateau State, Taraba State
194. Kaba (Kabawa) – Taraba State
195. Kalabari – Rivers State
196. Kajuru (Kajurawa) – Kaduna State
197. Kaka – Adamawa State
198. Kamaku (Karnukawa) – Kaduna State, Kebbi State, Niger State
199. Kambari – Kebbi State, Niger State
200. Kambu – Adamawa State
201. Kamwe – Adamawa State, Borno State
202. Kanakuru (Dera) – Adamawa State, Borno State
203. Kanembu – Borno State
204. Kanikon – Kaduna State
205. Kantana – Plateau State
206. Kanuri – Adamawa State, Borno State, Taraba State, Yobe State
207. Karekare (Karaikarai) – Bauchi State, Yobe State
208. Karimjo – Taraba State
209. Kariya – Bauchi State
210. Ke – Rivers State
211. Kenern (Koenoem) – Plateau State
212. Kenton – Taraba State
213. Kiballo (Kiwollo) – Kaduna State
214. Kilba – Adamawa State
215. Kirfi (Kirfawa) – Bauchi State
216. Kodei – Taraba State
217. Kona – Taraba State
218. Kono – Kaduna State
219. Koro (Kwaro) – Kaduna State, Niger State
220. Kubi (Kubawa) – Bauchi State
221. Kudachano (Kudawa) – Bauchi State
222. Kugama – Taraba State
223. Kugbo – Rivers State
224. Kulere (Kaler) – Plateau State
225. Kunini – Taraba State
226. Kurama(Akurmi) – Kaduna State, Jigawa State
227. Kurdul – Adamawa State
228. Kushi – Bauchi State
229. Kuteb – Taraba State
230. Kutin – Taraba State
231. Kwalla – Plateau State
232. Kwami (Kwom) – Bauchi State
233. Kwanchi – Taraba State
234. Kadung – Bauchi State, Plateau State
235. Kwaro – Plateau State
236. Kwato – Plateau State
237. Kyenga (Kengawa) – Kebbi State
238. Laaru (Larawa) – Niger State
239. Lakka – Adamawa State
240. Lala – Adamawa State
241. Lama – Taraba State
242. Lamja – Taraba State
243. Lau – Taraba State
244. Limono – Bauchi State, Plateau State
245. Lopa (Lupa, Lopawa) – Niger State
246. Longuda (Lunguda) – Adamawa State, Bauchi State
247. Mabo – Plateau State
248. Mada – Kaduna State, Plateau State
249. Mama – Plateau State
250. Mambilla – Adamawa State
251. Mandara (Wandala) – Borno State
252. Manga (Mangawa) – Yobe State
253. Margi (Marghi) – Adamawa State, Borno State
254. Mafa (Mofa) – Adamawa State, Borno State
255. Mbembe – Cross River State, Enugu State
256. Mbol – Adamawa State
257. Mbube – Cross River State
258. Mbula – Adamawa State
259. Mbum – Taraba State
260. Memyang (Meryan) – Plateau State
261. Milighili (Mighili) – Plateau State
262. Miya (Miyawa) – Bauchi State
263. Mobber – Borno State
264. Montol – Plateau State
265. Moruwa (Moro’a, Morwa) – Kaduna State
266. Muchaila – Adamawa State
267. Mumuye – Taraba State
268. Mundang – Adamawa State
269. Munga (Lelau) – Taraba State
270. Munga (Mupang) – Plateau State
271. Mupun – Plateau State
272. Mushere – Plateau State
273. Mwahavul (Mwaghavul) – Plateau State
274. Ndoro – Taraba State
275. Ngas (Angas) – Plateau State, Bauchi State
276. Ngizim – Yobe State
277. Ngweshe – (Ndhang.Ngoshe-Ndhang) Adamawa State, Borno State
278. Nyiffon – Benue State
279. Ningi (Ningawa) – Bauchi State
280. Ninzam (Ninzo) – Kaduna State, Plateau State
281. Njayi – Adamawa State
282. Nkim – Cross River State
283. Nkum – Cross River State
284. Nokere (Nakere) – Plateau State
285. Nunku – Kaduna State, Plateau State
286. Nupe – Kogi State, Kwara State, Niger State
287. Nyam – Taraba State
288. Nyandang – Taraba State
289. Obolo – Rivers State, Akwa Ibom
290. Ododop – Cross River
291. Ogori – Kogi State
292. Ogoni – Akwa Ibom State, Rivers State
293. Ogba – Rivers State
294. Okobo (Okkobor) – Akwa Ibom State
295. Okirika – Rivers State
296. Okpamheri – Edo State
297. Olukumi – Delta State
298. Oron – Akwa Ibom State Cross River State
299. Ososo – Edo State
300. Owan – Edo State
301. Owe – Kogi State
302. Oworo – Kogi State
303. Pa’a (Pa’awa Afawa) – Bauchi State
304. Pai – Plateau State
305. Panyam – Taraba State
306. Pero – Bauchi State
307. Pire – Adamawa State
308. Pkanzom – Taraba State
309. Poll – Taraba State
310. Polchi Habe – Bauchi State
311. Pongo (Pongu) – Niger State
312. Potopo – Taraba State
313. Pyapun (Piapung) – Plateau State
314. Qua – Cross River State
315. Rebina (Rebinawa) – Bauchi State
316. Reshe – Kebbi State, Niger State
317. Rindire (Rendre) – Plateau State
318. Rishuwa – Kaduna State
319. Ron – Plateau State
320. Rubu – Niger State
321. Rukuba – Plateau State
322. Rumada – Kaduna State
323. Rumaya – Kaduna State
324. Sakbe – Taraba State
325. Sanga – Bauchi State
326. Sate – Taraba State
327. Saya (Sayawa Za’ar) – Bauchi State, Kaduna State, Plateau State
328. Segidi (Sigidawa) – Bauchi State
329. Shanga (Shangawa) – Kebbi State
330. Shangawa (ShanKadunagau) – Plateau State
331. Shan-Shan – Plateau State
332. Shira (Shira) – Bauchi State
333. Shomo – Taraba State
334. Shuwa – Adamawa State, Borno State, Kaduna State, Yobe State
335. Sikdi – Plateau State
336. Siri (Sirawa) – Bauchi State
337. Srubu (Surubu) – Kaduna State
338. Sukur – Adamawa State
339. Sura – Plateau State
340. Tangale – Gombe State
341. Tarok (Yergam) – Plateau State, Taraba State, Nasarawa State
342. Teme – Adamawa State
343. Tera (Terawa) – Bauchi State, Borno State
344. Teshena (Teshenawa) – Kano State
345. Tigon – Taraba State
346. Tikar – Taraba State
347. Tiv – Benue State, FCT, Nasarawa State, Niger State, Plateau State, Taraba State
348. Tula – Gombe State
349. Tur – Adamawa State
350. Ubbo – Adamawa State
351. Udekeama – Rivers State
352. Ufia – Benue State
353. Ukelle – Cross River State
354. Ukwani (Kwale) – Delta State
355. Uncinda – Kaduna State, Kebbi State, Niger State,
356. Uneme (Ineme) – Edo State
357. Ura (Ula) – Niger State
358. Urhobo – Delta State, Bayelsa State.
359. Utonkong – Benue State
360. Uwanno (Weppa-Wanno) – Edo State
361. Uyanga – Cross River State
362. Vemgo – Adamawa State
363. Verre – Adamawa State
364. Vommi – Taraba State
365. Wagga – Adamawa State
366. Waja – Bauchi State
367. Waka – Taraba State
368. Warja (Warja) – Bauchi State
369. Warji – Bauchi State
370. Wurbo – Adamawa State
371. Wurkun – Taraba State
372. Yache – Cross River State
373. Yagba – Kogi State
374. Yakurr (Yako) – Cross River State
375. Yalla – Benue State
376. Yandang – Adamawa State, Taraba State
375. Yoruba – Ekiti State, Kogi State, Kwara State, Lagos State, Ogun State, Ondo State, Osun State, Oyo State
376. Yott – Taraba State
377. Yumu – Niger State
378. Yungur – Adamawa State
379. Yuom – Plateau State
380. Zabara – Niger State
381. Zaranda – Bauchi State
382. Zarma (Zarmawa) – Kebbi State
383. Zayam (Zeam) – Bauchi State
384. Zul (Zulawa) – Bauchi State
Conclusion: Tribes in Nigeria
Here you have the complete list of all the tribes in Nigeria. Alongside each tribe listed, you have the state(s) they are found in. So, when you visit any state in Nigeria, don’t be surprised by the number of tribes, festivals, and languages you come across.
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