Frontier Peoples: 100,000 and above Overview
People Groups
1,096
Population
1,869,554,000
% of Unreached
People Groups
14.8 %
% of Unreached Population
57.9 %
% of World's
People Groups
6.3 %
% of World Population
24.1 %
Frontier Peoples are unreached groups most needing pioneer church planting. Frontier Peoples are less than or equal to 0.1% Christian and an approximation of groups without a known self-sustaining gospel movement.
| Photo ▼ | People Group | Country | All Countries |
Population | Primary Language | Primary Religion | Progress Scale |
% Christian Adherent |
Est. Workers Needed * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) | Bangladesh | Listing | 210,000 | Bengali | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 4 |
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Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 418,000 | Bengali | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.02 % | 8 |
|
Susu | Sierra Leone | Listing | 187,000 | Susu | Islam | ☀ | 0.06 % | 4 |
|
Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Bangladesh | Listing | 636,000 | Bengali | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 13 |
|
Sumbawa | Indonesia | Listing | 457,000 | Sumbawa | Islam | ☀ | 0.03 % | 9 |
|
Sudhan | Pakistan | Listing | 169,000 | Hindko, Northern | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
|
Sri Lanka Moor | Sri Lanka | Listing | 676,000 | Tamil | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 14 |
|
Soninke | Côte d'Ivoire | Listing | 203,000 | Soninke | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 4 |
|
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Soninke | Mali | Listing | 1,735,000 | Soninke | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 35 |
|
Sondhia | India | Listing | 558,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 11 |
|
Sonar (Sikh traditions) | India | Listing | 188,000 | Punjabi, Eastern | Other / Small | ☀ | 0.00 % | 4 |
|
Sonar (Muslim traditions) | Pakistan | Listing | 350,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 7 |
|
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 7,711,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 154 |
|
Somvanshi | India | Listing | 496,000 | Marathi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 10 |
|
Somali Bantu | Kenya | Listing | 110,000 | Maay | Islam | ☀ | 0.05 % | 2 |
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Somali Bantu | Somalia | Listing | 769,000 | Maay | Islam | ☀ | 0.05 % | 15 |
|
Somali Ajuran | Kenya | Listing | 232,000 | Somali | Islam | ☀ | 0.10 % | 5 |
|
Somali | Yemen | Listing | 447,000 | Somali | Islam | ☀ | 0.05 % | 9 |
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Socotran | Yemen | Listing | 110,000 | Soqotri | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 2 |
|
Sirvi | India | Listing | 311,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 6 |
|
Sinhalese | Australia | Listing | 113,000 | Sinhala | Buddhism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 2 |
|
Sindhi Sumra | Pakistan | Listing | 217,000 | Sindhi | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 4 |
|
Sindhi Samon | Pakistan | Listing | 180,000 | Sindhi | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 4 |
|
Sindhi Sama | Pakistan | Listing | 2,456,000 | Sindhi | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 49 |
|
Sindhi Mohana | Pakistan | Listing | 611,000 | Sindhi | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 12 |
|
Sindhi Khaikheli | Pakistan | Listing | 416,000 | Sindhi | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 8 |
|
Sindhi (Muslim traditions) | India | Listing | 142,000 | Sindhi | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
|
Shirazi | Tanzania | Listing | 643,000 | Swahili | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 13 |
|
Shenva (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 118,000 | Gujarati | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.02 % | 2 |
|
Shaikh Siddiqi | India | Listing | 7,500,000 | Urdu | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 150 |
|
Shaikh Qureshi | India | Listing | 8,060,000 | Urdu | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 161 |
|
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Shaikh Qureshi | Pakistan | Listing | 747,000 | Sindhi | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 15 |
|
Shaikh | Bangladesh | Listing | 135,226,000 | Bengali | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 2705 |
|
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Shaikh | Sri Lanka | Listing | 200,000 | Tamil | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 4 |
|
Shaikh | India | Listing | 85,376,000 | Urdu | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 1708 |
|
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Shaikh | Nepal | Listing | 780,000 | Urdu | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 16 |
|
Shaikh | Pakistan | Listing | 13,327,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 267 |
|
Shabak | Iraq | Listing | 250,000 | Shabak | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 5 |
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Semendo | Indonesia | Listing | 258,000 | Malay, Central | Islam | ☀ | 0.02 % | 5 |
|
Sayyid | Bangladesh | Listing | 1,186,000 | Bengali | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 24 |
|
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Sayyid | India | Listing | 7,819,000 | Urdu | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 156 |
|
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Sayyid | Pakistan | Listing | 8,015,000 | Punjabi, Western | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 160 |
|
Satani | India | Listing | 434,000 | Telugu | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 9 |
|
Sasak | Indonesia | Listing | 3,348,000 | Sasak | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 67 |
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Sargara | India | Listing | 145,000 | Marwari | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 3 |
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Sansi (Hindu traditions) | India | Listing | 221,000 | Hindi | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.05 % | 4 |
|
Sama, Southern | Philippines | Listing | 249,000 | Sama, Southern | Islam | ☀ | 0.00 % | 5 |
|
Sali | India | Listing | 1,042,000 | Kannada | Hinduism | ☀ | 0.00 % | 21 |
|
Salar | China | Listing | 151,000 | Salar | Islam | ☀ | 0.01 % | 3 |
|
Saini (Sikh traditions) | India | Listing | 588,000 | Punjabi, Eastern | Other / Small | ☀ | 0.00 % | 12 |
| Totals: | 1,096 Peoples | 1,869,554,000 | 37,376 |
