page_title: Haplogroup H (mtDNA)
section_title: Distribution
hierarchical_section_title: Haplogroup H (mtDNA) / Distribution
caption_attribution_description: English: Geographic maps of haplogroup frequencies for haplogroups H*, H1, H2a, H3, H4, H5a, H6a, H7, H8, H11. Dots in the map of H* indicate the location of the populations used. Codes for populations are: [1] Galicia, [2] Cantabria, [3] Catalonia (present study); [4] Volga-Ural, [5] Finland, [6] Estonia, [7] Eastern Slavs, [8] Slovakia, [9] France, [10] Balkans, [11] Central Asia [3]; [12] Turkey, [13] Armenia, [14] Georgia, [15] Northwest Caucasus, [16] Daghestan, [17] Ossetia, [18] Karatchians-Balkarians, [19] Syria, [20] Lebanon, [21] Jordan, [22] Arabian Peninsula [4]; [23] Austria [6]; [24] Tuscani [14].
context_page_description: Haplogroup H is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup. The clade is believed to have originated in Southwest Asia, around 20,000 to 25,000 years ago. Mitochondrial haplogroup H is today predominantly found in Europe, and is believed to have evolved before the Last Glacial Maximum. It first expanded in the northern Near East and Southern Caucasus soon, and later migrations from Iberia suggest that the clade reached Europe before the Last Glacial Maximum. The haplogroup has also spread to parts of Africa, Siberia and inner Asia. Today, around 40% of all maternal lineages in Europe belong to haplogroup H.
context_section_description: Haplogroup H is the most common mtDNA clade in Europe. It is found in approximately 41% of native Europeans. The lineage is also common in North Africa and the Middle East.
  The majority of the European populations have an overall haplogroup H frequency of 40–50%, with frequencies decreasing in the southeast. The clade reaches 20% in the Near East and Caucasus, 17% in Iran, and <10% in the Arabian Peninsula, Northern India and Central Asia.
  Undifferentiated haplogroup H has been found among Palestinians (14%), Syrians (13.6%), Druze (10.6%), Iraqis (9.5%), Somalis (6.7%), Egyptians (5.7% in El-Hayez; 14.7% in Gurna), Saudis (5.3–10%), Soqotri (3.1%), Nubians (1.3%), and Yemenis (0–13.9%).
caption: Projected spatial frequency distributions for haplogroups H*, H1, H2a, H3, H4, H5a, H6a, H7, H8 and H11
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