page_title: Haplogroup L2 (mtDNA)
section_title: Distribution
hierarchical_section_title: Haplogroup L2 (mtDNA) / Distribution
caption_attribution_description: English: Interpolation maps for L2 haplogroup in the sub-Saharan pool observed in each sample.
context_page_description: Haplogroup L2 is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup with a widespread modern distribution, particularly in Subequatorial Africa. Its L2a subclade is a somewhat frequent and widely distributed mtDNA cluster on the continent, as well as among African Americans.
context_section_description: L2 is the most common haplogroup in Africa, and it has been observed throughout the continent. It is found in approximately one third of Africans and their recent descendants.
  The highest frequency occurs among the Mbuti Pygmies (64%). Important presence in Western Africa, especially in Senegal (43-54%). Also important in Non-Bantu populations of East Africa (44%), in Sudan and Mozambique.
  It is particularly abundant in Chad and the Kanembou (38% of the sample), but is also relatively frequent in Nomadic Arabs (33%) [Cerny et al. 2007]
   and Akan people (~33%)
caption: Projected spatial distribution of haplogroup L2 in Africa.
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