Modern population

Nair

Nair

Nair is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Nair), with 7 samples from India.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Brahmin Tamil Nadu Iyer, Iyer and Poduval Kerala North, and among ancient ones Roopkund A (Medieval, India), Baniya Chettiar Kerala and Katelai (Late Bronze Age).

Period
Modern
Country
India
Origin
India
Sampled near
Karnataka 12.46, 75.86
Samples
7
Catalogue
Nair

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 Tamil Nadu IyerBrahmin_Tamil_Nadu_Iyer1.08
2IyerIyer1.08
3Poduval Kerala NorthPoduval_Kerala_North1.40
4Brahmin Kerala NambudiriBrahmin_Kerala_Nambudiri1.43
5Brahmin Telugu VaidikiBrahmin_Telugu_Vaidiki1.59
6GujaratiGujarati1.61
7Brahmin ChitpavanBrahmin_Chitpavan1.73
8ManiyaniManiyani1.78
9Brahmin Tamil NaduBrahmin_Tamil_Nadu1.99
10Punjabi LahorePunjabi_Lahore2.00
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Roopkund A (Medieval, India)India_RoopkundA2.52
2Baniya Chettiar KeralaBaniya_Chettiar_Kerala2.68
3Katelai (Late Bronze Age)Katelai_LBA4.62
4Shahr I Sokhta BA2 (Bronze Age)Shahr_I_Sokhta_BA24.65
5Indus P (Bronze Age)Indus_P4.94
6Telugu GBRTelugu_GBR5.09
7Shahr ISokhta BA2 (Bronze Age, Iran)Iran_ShahrISokhta_BA25.25
8Rajput Madhya Pradesh NorthRajput_Madhya_Pradesh_North5.28
9Aligrama (Iron Age, Pakistan)Pakistan_Aligrama_IA5.63
10Brahmin Himachal Pradesh WestBrahmin_Himachal_Pradesh_West5.75

Individuals 7

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
Nair1India
Nair2India
Nair3India
Nair4India
Nair5India
Nair6India
Nair7India