Modern population

Brahmin Iyengar

Brahmin_Iyengar

Brahmin Iyengar is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Brahmin_Iyengar), with 1 sample from India.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Brahmin Kerala Nambudiri, Nair and Punjabi Lahore, and among ancient ones Baniya Chettiar Kerala, Roopkund A (Medieval, India) and Katelai (Late Bronze Age).

Period
Modern
Country
India
Origin
India
Samples
1
Catalogue
Brahmin_Iyengar

Nearest populations

Distance between population averages in scaled G25 space, ×100. Lower is closer. It says who resembles this population, not who descends from it; an nMonte model tests that.

Modern
#PopulationDistance
1Brahmin Kerala NambudiriBrahmin_Kerala_Nambudiri2.11
2NairNair2.14
3Punjabi LahorePunjabi_Lahore2.31
4Brahmin Tamil Nadu IyerBrahmin_Tamil_Nadu_Iyer2.39
5IyerIyer2.39
6Poduval Kerala NorthPoduval_Kerala_North2.42
7Brahmin ChitpavanBrahmin_Chitpavan2.48
8ManiyaniManiyani2.53
9Brahmin Tamil NaduBrahmin_Tamil_Nadu2.65
10Brahmin Telugu VaidikiBrahmin_Telugu_Vaidiki2.78
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Baniya Chettiar KeralaBaniya_Chettiar_Kerala2.70
2Roopkund A (Medieval, India)India_RoopkundA3.92
3Katelai (Late Bronze Age)Katelai_LBA4.30
4Shahr I Sokhta BA2 (Bronze Age)Shahr_I_Sokhta_BA25.03
5Aligrama (Iron Age, Pakistan)Pakistan_Aligrama_IA5.22
6Butkara (Historical)Butkara_H5.26
7Barikot 2 (Medieval, Pakistan)Pakistan_Barikot_Medieval_25.30
8Rajput Madhya Pradesh NorthRajput_Madhya_Pradesh_North5.31
9Indus P (Bronze Age)Indus_P5.31
10Shahr ISokhta BA2 (Bronze Age, Iran)Iran_ShahrISokhta_BA25.33

Individuals 1

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
BIYG002India