National surveys conducted in the early 21st century estimated that some 80% of the population of China, which is more than a billion people, practice some kind of Chinese folk religion; 10–16% are Buddhists; 10% are Taoist; 2.53% are Christians; and 3.83% are Muslims.

The Hui people are one of 56 ethnic groups recognized by China. The government defines the Hui people to include all historically Muslim communities not included in China’s other ethnic groups; they are therefore distinct from other Muslim groups such as the Uyghurs.

39,135 mosques

Muslims and Bosniaks are considered as a two separate ethnic groups, and both of them have their own separate National Councils. Also to mention, many Muslims consider themselves as Montenegrins of Islamic faith.

172 million people

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. South Asian ethnic groups are ethnolinguistic composition of the diverse population of South Asia, including the nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka.

While the Indo-Aryan linguistic group occupies mainly northern parts of India, genetically, all South Asians across the Indian subcontinent are descendants from a mix of South Asian hunter-gatherers, Iranian hunter-gatherers, and Central-Asian steppe pastoralists in varying proportion.

Punjabis are an ethno-linguistic group with Indo-Aryan roots, and are culturally related to the other Indo-Aryan peoples of the Indian subcontinent. There are an estimated 102 million Punjabi speakers around the world. If regarded as an ethnic group, they are among the world’s largest.

Punjabi (Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, Shahmukhi: پن٘جابی /pʌnˈdʒɑːbi/; Punjabi pronunciation: [pənˈdʒaːbːi]; sometimes spelled Panjabi) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Punjabi people and native to the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.

Mazhabis

Kashyap is originally one of the eight primary gotras (clans) of the Brahmins, being derived from Kashyapa, the name of a rishi (hermit) from whom the eponymous gotra Brahmins believe to have descended.

Kashyapa (Sanskrit: कश्यप, romanized: IAST: Kaśyapa) is a revered Vedic sage of Hinduism. He is one of the Saptarishis, the seven ancient sages of the Rigveda, as well as numerous other Sanskrit texts and Indian Religious books. He is the most ancient Rishi listed in the colophon verse in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.

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Migration to Rajput kingdoms Along with Maheshwari, Khandelwal and Oswals, they form the Marwari farmer community. During the era of Islamic administrative rule in India, some Agarwal, as with the Saraogi, migrated to the Bikaner State.

Agrawal Jains are an Indian Jain community who originated from Hisar, Haryana….

Maheshwari, also spelled Maheshvari, is a Hindu caste of India, originally from what is now the state of Rajasthan. Their traditional occupation is that of commerce and as such they form part of the wider Bania occupation-based community that also includes castes such as the Khandelwals, Oswals and Agrawals.

Agarwals and Guptas usually belong to the Hindu Baniya caste—communities traditionally involved in trade and commerce, and known for their business acumen. In fact, the Mint newspaper reported in 2011, that many Indian billionaires were Baniyas.

Gupta (/ˈɡuːptə/) is a common surname of Indian origin, the surname is derived from Sanskrit word Goptri, means Protector or Governor. Majumdar, the surname Gupta was adopted by several different communities in northern and eastern India at different times.

Banias are classed as vaisyas, the third of the four great categories of Hindu society, and stand below Brahmans and Ksatriyas in caste ranking. Their surnames include Aggarwal,Gupta, Lala, Seth, Vaish, Mahajan, Sahu and Sahukar.