| Name of ethnic group[1] | State |
|---|
| Abayon | Cross River State |
| Abua (Odual) | Rivers State |
| Achipa (Achipawa) | Kebbi State |
| Adara (Kadara) | Kaduna State,Niger State |
| Affade | Yobe State |
| Afizere | Plateau State |
| Afo (Eloyi) | Nasarawa State |
| Agbo | Cross River State |
| Akaju-Ndem (Akajuk) | Cross River State |
| Akweya-Yachi | Benue State |
| Alago (Arago) | Nasarawa State |
| Amo | Plateau State |
| Anaguta | Plateau State |
| Anang (Annang), Ibibio group | Akwa Ibom State |
| Andoni | Akwa Ibom State,Rivers State |
| Ankwei | Plateau State |
| Anyima | Cross River State |
| Atyap (Kataf/Katab, Attakar, Kagoro, Kafanchan, Marwa/Manchok) | Kaduna State |
| Auyoka (Sub-Hausa) | Jigawa State |
| Ayu | Kaduna State |
| Bura-Pabir | Adamawa State,Borno State,Yobe State |
| Bachama | Adamawa State |
| Bachere | Cross River State |
| Bada | Plateau State |
| Bade | Yobe State |
| Bahumono | Cross River State |
| Bakulung | Taraba State |
| Bali | Taraba State |
| Bambora (Bambarawa) | Bauchi State |
| Bambuko | Taraba State |
| Bajju (Kaje, Kajji) | Kaduna State |
| Banda (Bandawa) | Taraba State |
| Banka (Bankalawa) | Bauchi State |
| Banso (Panso) | Adamawa State |
| Bara (Barawa) | Bauchi State |
| Barke | Bauchi State |
| Baruba (Batonu) | Kwara State,Niger State |
| Bashiri (Bashirawa) | Plateau State |
| Bassa | Kaduna State,Kogi State,Niger State,Plateau State |
| Batta | Adamawa State |
| Baushi | Niger State |
| Baya | Adamawa State |
| Bekwarra | Cross River |
| Bele (Buli, Belewa) | Bauchi State |
| Berom (Birom) | Plateau State |
| Betso (Bete) | Taraba State |
| Bette | Cross River State |
| Bille | Adamawa State |
| Bille | Rivers State |
| Bina (Binawa) | Kaduna State |
| Bini (Edo) | Edo State |
| Bobua | Taraba State |
| Boki (Nki) | Cross River State |
| Bokkos | Plateau State |
| Boko (Bussawa, Bargawa) | Niger State |
| Bole (Bolewa) | Bauchi State,Gombe State,Yobe State |
| Botlere | Adamawa State |
| Boma (Bomawa, Burmano) | Bauchi State |
| Bomboro | Bauchi State |
| Buduma | Borno State, |
| Buji | Plateau State |
| Buli | Bauchi State |
| Bunu | Kogi State |
| Bura-Pabir | Adamawa State,Borno State,Yobe State |
| Burak | Bauchi State |
| Burma (Burmawa) | Plateau State |
| Buru | Yobe State |
| Buta (Butawa) | Bauchi State |
| Bwall | Plateau State |
| Bwatiye | Adamawa State |
| Bwazza | Adamawa State |
| Challa | Plateau State |
| Chama (Chamawa Fitilai) | Bauchi State |
| Chamba | Adamawa StateTaraba State, |
| Chamo | Bauchi State |
| Chibok (Kibaku people) | Borno State,Yobe State |
| Chinine | Borno State |
| Chip | Plateau State |
| Chokobo | Plateau State |
| Chukkol | Taraba State |
| Daba | Adamawa State |
| Dadiya | Bauchi State |
| Daka | Adamawa State |
| Dakarkari | Kebbi State,Niger State |
| Danda (Dandawa) | Kebbi State |
| Dangsa | Taraba State |
| Daza (Dere, Derewa) | Bauchi State |
| Deno (Denawa) | Bauchi State |
| Dghwede | Borno State |
| Diba | Taraba State |
| Doemak (Dumuk) | Plateau State |
| Ouguri | Bauchi State |
| Duka (Dukawa) | Kebbi State |
| Dundudun (Dunka) | Taraba State |
| Duma (Dumawa) | Bauchi State |
| Ebana (Ebani) | Rivers State |
| Ebira | Edo State,Kogi State,Ondo State |
| Ebu | Edo State,Kogi State |
| Efik | Cross River State |
| Egede (Igede) | Benue State, Cross River State |
| Eggon | Nasarawa State |
| Egun (Gu) | Lagos State,Ogun State |
| Ejagham | Cross River State |
| Ekajuk | Cross River State |
| Eket (Ibibio group) | Akwa Ibom |
| Ekoi | Cross River State |
| Engenni (Ngene) | Rivers State |
| Epie | Bayelsa State |
| Esan (Ishan) | Edo State |
| Esit Ekid (Ibibio group) | Akwa Ibom State |
| Etolu (Etilo) | Benue State |
| Etsako | Edo State |
| Etung | Cross River State |
| Etuno | Edo State |
| Palli | Adamawa State |
| 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 |
| Fyam (Fyem) | Plateau State |
| Fyer (Fer) | Plateau State |
| Ga'anda | Adamawa State |
| Gade people | Niger StateNasarawa State |
| Galambi | Bauchi State |
| Gamergu-Mulgwa | Borno State |
| Ganawuri | Plateau State |
| Gavako | Borno State |
| Gbedde | Kogi State |
| Gengle | Taraba State |
| Geji | Bauchi State |
| Gera (Gere, Gerawa) | Bauchi State |
| Geruma (Gerumawa) | Plateau State |
| Gingwak | Bauchi State |
| Gira | Adamawa State |
| Gizigz | Adamawa State |
| Goemai | Plateau State |
| Gokana (Kana) | Rivers State |
| Gombi | Adamawa State |
| Gornun (Gmun) | Taraba State |
| Gonia | Taraba State |
| Gubi (Gubawa) | Bauchi State |
| Gude | Adamawa State |
| Gudu | Adamawa State |
| Gure | Kaduna State |
| Gurmana | Niger State |
| Gururntum | Bauchi State |
| Gusu | Plateau State |
| Gwa (Gurawa) | Adamawa State |
| Gwamba | Adamawa State |
| Gwandara | Kaduna State,Niger State,Federal Capital Territory,Nasarawa State |
| Gwari (Gbagyi) | Kaduna State,Federal Capital Territory Abuja,Nasarawa State,Niger State, Kogi State |
| Gwong (Kagoma) | Kaduna State |
| Gwom | Taraba State |
| Gwoza (Waha) | Borno State |
| Gyem | Bauchi State |
| Ham (Hyam, Jaba, Jabba) | Kaduna State |
| Hausa | Bauchi State,Jigawa State,Kaduna State,Kano State,Katsina State,Kebbi State,Sokoto State,Taraba State,Gombe State,Yobe State,Zamfara State |
| Holma | Adamawa State |
| Hona | Adamawa State |
| Ibani | Rivers State |
| Ibeno | Akwa Ibom State |
| Ibibio | Akwa Ibom State,Abia State,Cross River State |
| Ichen | Adamawa State |
| Idoma | Benue State,Cross River State,Kogi State,Nassarawa State |
| Igala | Kogi State |
| Igbira | Kogi state |
| Igbo | Abia State,Anambra State,Delta State,Ebonyi State,Enugu State,Imo State,Rivers State |
| Igede | Benue State,Cross River State |
| Ijumu | Kogi State |
| Ika | Delta State,Edo State |
| Ikom | Cross River State |
| Ikwerre | Rivers State |
| Irigwe | Plateau State |
| Iman | Akwa Ibom State |
| Isoko | Delta State,Bayelsa State |
| Itsekiri (Isekiri) | Delta State |
| Itu (Ibibio group) | Akwa Ibom State |
| Itu Mbon Uso (Ibibio group) | Akwa Ibom State |
| Iyala (Iyalla) | Cross River State |
| Izon (Ijaw) | Akwa-Ibom State,Bayelsa State,Delta State,Edo State,Ondo State,Rivers State |
| Jahuna (Jahunawa) | Taraba State |
| Jaku | Bauchi State |
| Jara (Jaar Jarawa Jarawa-Dutse) | Bauchi State |
| Jere (Jare, Jera, Jera, Jerawa) | Bauchi State,Plateau State |
| Jero | Taraba State |
| Jibu | Adamawa State |
| Jidda-Abu | Plateau State |
| Jimbin (Jimbinawa) | Bauchi State |
| Jipal | Plateau State |
| Jirai | Adamawa State |
| Joinkrama | Rivers State |
| Jonjo (Jenjo) | Taraba State |
| Jukun | Bauchi State,Benue State,Plateau State,Taraba State |
| Kaba (Kabawa) | Taraba State |
| Kalabari | Rivers State |
| Kajuru (Kajurawa) | Kaduna State |
| Kaka | Adamawa State |
| Kamaku (Karnukawa) | Kaduna State,Kebbi State,Niger State |
| Kambari | Kebbi State,Niger State |
| Kambu | Adamawa State |
| Kamwe | Adamawa State andBorno State (Republic of Cameroon) |
| Kanakuru (Dera) | Adamawa State,Borno State |
| Kanembu | Borno State |
| Kanikon | Kaduna State |
| Kantana | Plateau State |
| Kanuri | Adamawa State,Borno State,Taraba State,Yobe State,Nasarawa state. |
| Karai-karai (Karekare) | Bauchi State,Yobe State |
| Karimjo | Taraba State |
| Kariya | Bauchi State |
| Ke | Rivers State |
| Kenern (Koenoem) | Plateau State |
| Kenton | Taraba State |
| Kiballo (Kiwollo) | Kaduna State |
| Kilba | Adamawa State |
| Kirfi (Kirfawa) | Bauchi State |
| Kodei | Taraba State |
| Kona | Taraba State |
| Kono | Kaduna State |
| Koro (Kwaro) | Kaduna State,Niger State |
| Kubi (Kubawa) | Bauchi State |
| Kudachano (Kudawa) | Bauchi State |
| Kugama | Taraba State |
| Kugbo | Rivers State |
| Kulere (Kaler) | Plateau State |
| Kunini | Taraba State |
| Kurama (Akurmi) | Kaduna State,Jigawa State |
| Kurdul | Adamawa State |
| Kushi | Bauchi State |
| Kuteb | Taraba State |
| Kutin | Taraba State |
| Kwalla | Plateau State |
| Kwale | Delta State |
| Kwami (Kwom) | Bauchi State |
| Kwanchi | Taraba State |
| Kadung | Bauchi State,Plateau State |
| Kwaro | Plateau State |
| Kwato | Plateau State |
| Kyenga (Kengawa) | Kebbi State |
| Laaru (Larawa) | Niger State |
| Lakka | Adamawa State |
| Lala | Adamawa State |
| Lama | Taraba State |
| Lamja | Taraba State |
| Lau | Taraba State |
| Limono | Bauchi State,Plateau State |
| Lopa (Lupa, Lopawa) | Niger State |
| Longuda (Lunguda) | Adamawa State,Bauchi State |
| Mabo | Plateau State |
| Mada | Kaduna State,Plateau State |
| Mama | Plateau State |
| Mambilla | Adamawa State |
| Mandara (Wandala) | Borno State |
| Manga (Mangawa) | Yobe State |
| Margi (Marghi) | Adamawa State,Borno State |
| Mafa | Adamawa State,Borno State |
| Mbembe | Cross River State,Enugu State |
| Mbol | Adamawa State |
| Mbube | Cross River State |
| Mbula | Adamawa State |
| Mbum | Taraba State |
| Memyang (Meryan) | Plateau State |
| Milighili (Mighili) | Plateau State |
| Miya (Miyawa) | Bauchi State |
| Mobber | Borno State |
| Montol | Plateau State |
| Moruwa (Moro'a, Morwa) | Kaduna State |
| Muchaila | Adamawa State |
| Mumuye | Taraba State |
| Mundang | Adamawa State |
| Munga (Lelau) | Taraba State |
| Munga (Mupang) | Plateau State |
| Mupun | Plateau State |
| Mushere | Plateau State |
| Mwahavul (Mwaghavul) | Plateau State |
| Ndoro | Taraba State |
| Ngas (Angas) | Plateau State,Bauchi State |
| Ngizim | Yobe State |
| Ngweshe (Ndhang.Ngoshe-Ndhang) | Adamawa State,Borno State |
| Nyiffon | Benue State |
| Ningi (Ningawa) | Bauchi State |
| Ninzam (Ninzo) | Kaduna State,Plateau State |
| Njayi | Adamawa State |
| Nkim | Cross River State |
| Nkum | Cross River State |
| Nokere (Nakere) | Plateau State |
| Nunku | Kaduna State,Plateau State |
| Nupe | Kogi State,Kwara State,Niger State |
| Nyam | Taraba State |
| Nyandang | Taraba State |
| Obolo | Rivers State,Akwa Ibom |
| Ododop | Cross River |
| Ogba | Rivers State |
| Ogori | Kogi State |
| Okobo (Okkobor) | Akwa Ibom State |
| Okirika | Rivers State |
| Okpamheri | Edo State |
| Olukumi | Delta State |
| Oron | Akwa Ibom State Cross River State |
| Orring | Benue State Cross River StateEbonyi State |
| Ososo | Edo State |
| Owan | Edo State |
| Owe | Kogi State |
| Oworo | Kogi State |
| Pa'a (Pa'awa Afawa) | Bauchi State |
| Pai | Plateau State |
| Panyam | Taraba State |
| Pero | Bauchi State |
| Pire | Adamawa State |
| Pkanzom | Taraba State |
| Poll | Taraba State |
| Polchi Habe | Bauchi State |
| Pongo (Pongu) | Niger State |
| Potopo | Taraba State |
| Pyapun (Piapung) | Plateau State |
| Qua | Cross River State |
| Rebina (Rebinawa) | Bauchi State |
| Reshe | Kebbi State,Niger State |
| Rindire (Rendre) | Plateau State |
| Rishuwa | Kaduna State |
| Ron | Plateau State |
| Rubu | Niger State |
| Rukuba | Plateau State |
| Rumada | Kaduna State |
| Rumaya | Kaduna State |
| Sakbe | Taraba State |
| Sanga | Bauchi State |
| Sate | Taraba State |
| Saya (Sayawa Za'ar) | Bauchi State,Kaduna State,Plateau State |
| Segidi (Sigidawa) | Bauchi State |
| Shanga (Shangawa) | Kebbi State |
| Shangawa (ShanKadunagau) | Plateau State |
| Shan-Shan | Plateau State |
| Shira (Shira ) | Bauchi State |
| Shomo | Taraba State |
| Shuwa (Baggara Arabs) | Adamawa State,Borno State,Kaduna State,Yobe State |
| Sikdi | Plateau State |
| Siri (Sirawa) | Bauchi State |
| Srubu (Surubu) | Kaduna State |
| Sukur | Adamawa State |
| Sura | Plateau State |
| Tangale | Gombe State |
| Tarok (Yergam) | Plateau State,Taraba State,Nasarawa State |
| Teme | Adamawa State |
| Tera (Terawa) | Bauchi State,Borno State |
| Teshena (Teshenawa) | Kano State |
| Tigon | Taraba State |
| Tikar | Taraba State |
| Tiv | Benue State,FCT,Nasarawa State,Niger State,Plateau State,Taraba State |
| Tula | Gombe State |
| Tur | Adamawa State |
| Ubbo | Adamawa State |
| Udekeama | Rivers State |
| Ufia | Benue State |
| Ukelle | Cross River State,Ebonyi state,Benue state |
| Ukwuani | Delta State,Rivers State |
| Uncinda | Kaduna State,Kebbi State,Niger State, |
| Uneme (Ineme) | Edo State |
| Ura (Ula) | Niger State |
| Urhobo | Delta State,Edo State,Bayelsa State. |
| Utonkong | Benue State |
| Uwanno (Weppa-Wanno) | Edo State |
| Uyanga | Cross River State |
| Vemgo | Adamawa State |
| Verre | Adamawa State |
| Vommi | Taraba State |
| Wagga | Adamawa State |
| Waja | Bauchi State |
| Waka | Taraba State |
| Warja (Warja) | Bauchi State |
| Warji | Bauchi State |
| Wurbo | Adamawa State |
| Wurkun | Taraba State |
| Yache | Cross River State |
| Yagba | Kogi State |
| Yakurr (Yako) | Cross River State |
| Yalla | Benue State |
| Yandang | Adamawa State,Taraba State |
| Yoruba | Ekiti State,Edo State,Kogi State,Kwara State,Lagos State,Ogun State,Ondo State,Osun State,Oyo State |
| Yott | Taraba State |
| Yumu | Niger State |
| Yungur | Adamawa State |
| Yuom | Plateau State |
| Zabara | Niger State |
| Zaranda | Bauchi State |
| Zarma (Zarmawa) | Kebbi State |
| Zayam (Zeam) | Bauchi State |
| Zul (Zulawa) | Bauchi State |