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Nilotic People Group Tree
Major Peoples with High Percentages of Christians
People % Christian Countries
Lwo - Sudan, Uganda
Acoli 80% Uganda, Sudan
Lang'o (with Lang'o Lwo language) - Uganda
Luo 89% Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
Shilluk 25% Sudan
Lotuko-Teso
Karamojong 40% Uganda
Lang'o (different Lang'o language) - Sudan
Maasai 35% Kenya
Teso 20-30% Kenya, Uganda
Kalenjin (major tribes) Kenya
Endo (Marakwet) 43% Kenya
Keiyo 40% Kenya
Kipsigis 68% Kenya
Nandi 59% Kenya
Pokoot (some say higher %) 15-17% Kenya, Uganda
Sabaot/Sebei 87% Kenya, Uganda
Tugen 41% Kenya, Uganda
Lowest Percentage Christian (By People, not Language)
People % Christian Countries
Bari
Bari - Sudan, Uganda, Zaire
Kakwa - Sudan, Uganda, Zaire
Mandari - Sudan
Nuer 1% Sudan, Ethiopia
Nuer 25% Zaire
Lwo
Alur 10% Uganda
Anuak 4% Sudan, Ethiopia
Atuot - Sudan
Bor (Belanda) 10% Sudan
Burun - Sudan
Dinka (numerous peoples, 5 languages) 4% Sudan
JumJum - Sudan
Lokoro - Sudan
Luwo (Jur) - Sudan
Kuman/Kumam - Uganda
Padhola - Uganda
Pari - Sudan
Thuri - Sudan
Maban - Sudan
Lotuko-Teso
Karamojong
Dodoth 20% Uganda
Jie - Uganda
Jiye 1% Sudan
Mening - Uganda
Latuko (Lotuko) 6% Sudan
Maa
Chamus 12% Kenya
Maasai 5% Tanzania
Mukogodo 10% (?) Kenya
Samburu 9% Kenya
Toposa 1% Uganda, Sudan
Nyangatom 1% Sudan, Ethiopia
Donyiro ?% Sudan
Turkana 15% Kenya (Uganda)
Kalenjin (by language or other affiliation)
Aramanick (Dorobo) 1% Tanzania
Dorobo/Okiek ?% Kenya
Kisankasa (Dorobo) 1% Tanzania
Mosiro (Dorobo) 1% Tanzania
Mediak 1% Tanzania
Pok (Sabaot) (some question high % reported above)
?% Kenya (Uganda)
Pokoot (some say higher %) 15-17% Kenya, Uganda
Southern Nilotes
Dadog (Tatog/Datoga) - Tanzania
Omotik (Dorobo) - Tanzania
There may be smaller ethnic subdivisions of the Nilotes that some can specify further. For instance, Alur have about 12 sub-tribes.
Where % of Christian was available, this is included. Statistics were unavailable on many.
Unreached are defined as those ethnic/language groups with 20% or less Christian.
Orville Boyd Jenkins
January 1997
Last revised 15 April 2002
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