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Kurdish diaspora refers to the Kurdish people outside their ancestral homeland Kurdistan. Kurdish people can be found in several regions.

Distribution

Turkey

There are approximately 35-37 million Kurds in Turkey. They mostly live in Istanbul (about 6.3 million) eventhough ita known that Southeastern Anatolia Region and Eastern Anatolia Region;but they live mostly western of Anatolia and mid Anatolia such as cities Istanbul,Bursa,Izmit,Mugla,Manisa,Izmir,Balikesir,Antalya,Mersin,Samsun,Adana,Ankara,Konya ...

Iran

About 18-23 million^{[citation needed]} Kurdish people live in Iran mainly in north-west region of the country. A large Kurdish enclave outside Kurdistan is the Kurdish region in north Khorasan, in north-eastern Iran. Over two million^{[citation needed]} Kurds are living in this region. These Kurds are descendants of the displaced tribes during Safavid period and their ancestors were from western Iran. Other scattered smaller communities are found in the Alburz mountain range in northern Iran, Guilan province in northern Iran and Sistan and Baluchistan province in southeastern Iran (and also neighboring regions in Pakistan). (See [2]). A great number of Kurds live in Iranian cities like Tabriz and Tehran.

Syria and Iraq

In addition to the fact that these two countries include parts of Kurdistan, there are significant Kurdish communities in metropolitan areas of these countries in Aleppo, Damascus, Baghdad etc. The Kurdish population in Iraq is thought to be in the region of 9 million and about 4-5 million in Syria.

Transcaucasia

Kurds used to constitute the majority in former Kurdistan Okrug prior to mass deportations in the period 1940 - 1944. Today, most of the Kurdish communities in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Kyrgyzstan are results of these deportations. The remaining Kurds in Azerbaijan who numbered about 380,000^{[citation needed]} became refugees following Nagorno-Karabakh war. (See [3]). Most Kurds who comprise a small portion (about 3.2%) of total population arrived in Georgia at the time of the Ottoman Empire, having fled religious repression there. They now live mainly in Tbilisi or Rustavi. Kurds are mostly urbanized and socially integrated, but preserve their ethnic identity, language, and cultural traditions. Most of them are Yazidi^[1].

Lebanon

In Lebanon, there are about 80,000 Kurds, mainly living in Beirut.

Arab World

There are two main groups; Kurmanji speakers who mostly have origins in Turkish Kurdistan and Mhalmoye (Mhallami or Mardinli) who speak a different dialect of Kurdish mixed with Arabic and Syriac, immigrants from Tur Abdin, specifically from the area between Midyat and Mardin. [4] Both groups are Sunnis but there is also a little community of Alevi Kurds from Dersim. Kurds make up an important portion of the population (about 430,000) in Kuwait. Most of them are originally Iraqi Kurds. There are also Kurdish communities in Jordan and Yemen.

There are also many Kurds in the United States of America. However, Kurdish communities are spread throughout the country. The largest number of Kurds are located in Nashville, Tennessee^[2] and San Diego, California. There are also smaller communities in Texas, Virginia and Maryland. Canada is also the home of Kurdish communities located in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary and Hamilton.

Statistics by country

Country	Population Joshua Project	Population Kurdish Institute of Paris^[3]	Related articles	Others
Turkey	14,095,000^[4]			Kurds in Turkey, Kurds in Central Anatolia
Iraq	6,733,000^[5]			Kurds in Iraq
Iran	4.389.000^[6]			Kurds in Iran, Kurds in Khorasan
Syria	1,800,000^[7]			Kurds in Syria
Germany	536,000^[8]	600.000 - 650.000	500.000 (Turkish Kurds)^[9]	Kurds in Germany
Kuwait	293,000^[10]			Kurds in Kuwait
France	81,000^[11]	100.000 - 120.000		Kurds in France
The Netherlands	72,000^[12]	70.000 - 80.000		Kurds in Netherlands
United States	59,700^[13]	15,000 - 20,000		Kurdish American
Israel	54,000^[14]			Kurdish Jews
Afghanistan	28,000^[15]	200,000		Kurds in Afghanistan
Bahrain	28,000^[16]			Kurds in Bahrain
Belgium	27,000^[17]	50.000 - 60.000		Kurds in Belgium
Azerbaijan	25,000^[18]	150,000		Kurds in Azerbaijan
Great Britain	25,000^[19]	20.000 - 25.000		British Kurds
Austria	24,000^[20]	50.000 - 60.000		Kurds in Austria
Lebanon	23,000^[21]	80,000		Kurds in Lebanon
Greece		20.000 - 25.000		Kurds in Greece
Russia	19,000^[22]			Kurds in Russia
Georgia	17,000^[23]	60,000		Kurds in Georgia
Australia	16,000^[24]		10,000^[9]	Kurds in Australia
Armenia	12,000^[25]	45,000		Kurds in Armenia
Italy	12,000^[26]	3.000 - 4.000		Kurds in Italy
Denmark	11,000^[27]	8.000 - 10.000		Kurds in Denmark
Sweden	10,000^[28]	25.000 - 30.000		Kurds in Sweden
Switzerland	7,600^[29]	60.000 - 70.000		Kurds in Switzerland
Turkmenistan	6,900^[30]	40,000		Kurds in Turkmenistan
Finland	6,100^[31]	2,000 - 3,000	1,300 - 2,000^[9]	Kurds in Finland
Canada	?	6,000		Kurds in Canada
Norway	4,800^[32]	4.000 - 5.000		Kurds in Norway
Jordan	4,700^[33]			Kurds in Jordan
Uzbekistan	2,600^[34]			Kurds in Uzbekistan
Spain	800^[35]			Kurds in Spain
Japan	500			Kurds in Japan
Bulgaria	200^[36]			Kurds in Bulgaria
Portugal	200^[37]			Kurds in Portugal

History

There have been many famous Kurdish individuals among the Kurdish diaspora. Although according to Dehkhoda Dictionary, Ardashir I of Persia was son of a Kurdish mother from "Shabānkāreh" tribe in the Fars Province, other sources such as others such as Fars-nama(1107 CE) and Maslik al-absar of al-Umari and Sharafnama do not consider Shabankareh as Kurdish and make a distinction between the two. Kurds were also deported to Kerman and Baluchistan by the Sassanid Kings such as Khosrow I and Khosrow II. In 17th century, Safavid Kings deported thousands of Kurds to Khorasan, where they still can be found (see Iranian Kurdistan and History of the Kurds).

References

^ Forced migration online
^ Alligood, Leon (January 11, 2005). "Local Iraqis ready to vote but worried about process". The Tennessean.
^ The Kurdish Diaspora, Institute Kurde de Paris
^ joshuaproject 8,141,000 + 5,892,000 + 39,000 + 23,000 = 14,095,000 / 74,555,000 (18.91%)
^ joshuaproject 3,068,000 + 3,582,000 + 32,000 + 51,000= 6,733,000 / 31,376,000 (21,46%)
^ joshuaproject 445,000 + 504,000 + 3,394,000 + 20,000 + 26,000 = 4,389,000 / 72,938,000 (6.02%)
^ joshuaproject 1,800,000 / 22,277,000 (8.08%)
^ joshuaproject 536,000 / 81,562,000 (0.66%)
^ ^a ^b ^c [1]
^ joshuaproject 293,000 / 3,030,000 (9.67%)
^ joshuaproject 81,000 / 61,277,000
^ joshuaproject 72,000 / 16,573,000 (0.43%)
^ joshuaproject 51,000 + 8,700 = 59,700 / 313,633,000 (0.02%)
^ joshuaproject 43,000 + 11,000 = 54,000 / 7,281,000 (0.74%)
^ joshuaproject 28,000 / 28,692,000 (0.10%)
^ joshuaproject 28,000 / 803,000 (3.49%)
^ joshuaproject 27,000 / 10,542,000 (0.26%)
^ joshuaproject 25,000 / 8,909,000 (0.28%)
^ joshuaproject 25,000 / 61,579,000 (0.04%)
^ joshuaproject 24,000 / 8,300,000 (0.29%)
^ joshuaproject 23,000 / 4,227,000 = (0.54%)
^ joshuaproject 19,000 / 139,708,000 (0.01%)
^ joshuaproject 17,000 / 4,181,000 (0.41%)
^ joshuaproject 16,000 / 21,457,000 (0.07%)
^ joshuaproject 12,000 / 3,089,000 (0.39%)
^ joshuaproject 12,000 / 59,821,000 (0.02%)
^ joshuaproject 11,000 / 5,477,000 (0.20%)
^ joshuaproject 10,000 / 9,275,000 (0.01%)
^ joshuaproject 7,600 / 7,555,000 (0.10%)
^ joshuaproject 6,900 / 5,145,000 (0.13%)
^ joshuaproject 6,100 / 5,333,000 (0.11%)
^ joshuaproject 4,800 / 4,840,000 (0.01%)
^ joshuaproject 4,700 / 6,446,000 (0.07%)
^ joshuaproject 2,600 / 27,595,000 (0.01%)
^ joshuaproject 800 / 44,654,000
^ joshuaproject 200 / 7,489,000
^ joshuaproject 200 / 10,643,000

[1] Forced migration online

[2] Alligood, Leon (January 11, 2005). "Local Iraqis ready to vote but worried about process". The Tennessean.

[3] The Kurdish Diaspora, Institute Kurde de Paris

[4] shuaproject 8,141,000 + 5,892,000 + 39,000 + 23,000 = 14,095,000 / 74,555,000 (18.91%)

[5] shuaproject 3,068,000 + 3,582,000 + 32,000 + 51,000= 6,733,000 / 31,376,000 (21,46%)

[6] shuaproject 445,000 + 504,000 + 3,394,000 + 20,000 + 26,000 = 4,389,000 / 72,938,000 (6.02%)

[7] shuaproject 1,800,000 / 22,277,000 (8.08%)

[8] shuaproject 536,000 / 81,562,000 (0.66%)

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[10] shuaproject 293,000 / 3,030,000 (9.67%)

[11] shuaproject 81,000 / 61,277,000

[12] shuaproject 72,000 / 16,573,000 (0.43%)

[13] shuaproject 51,000 + 8,700 = 59,700 / 313,633,000 (0.02%)

[14] shuaproject 43,000 + 11,000 = 54,000 / 7,281,000 (0.74%)

[15] shuaproject 28,000 / 28,692,000 (0.10%)

[16] shuaproject 28,000 / 803,000 (3.49%)

[17] shuaproject 27,000 / 10,542,000 (0.26%)

[18] shuaproject 25,000 / 8,909,000 (0.28%)

[19] shuaproject 25,000 / 61,579,000 (0.04%)

[20] shuaproject 24,000 / 8,300,000 (0.29%)

[21] shuaproject 23,000 / 4,227,000 = (0.54%)

[22] shuaproject 19,000 / 139,708,000 (0.01%)

[23] shuaproject 17,000 / 4,181,000 (0.41%)

[24] shuaproject 16,000 / 21,457,000 (0.07%)

[25] shuaproject 12,000 / 3,089,000 (0.39%)

[26] shuaproject 12,000 / 59,821,000 (0.02%)

[27] shuaproject 11,000 / 5,477,000 (0.20%)

[28] shuaproject 10,000 / 9,275,000 (0.01%)

[29] shuaproject 7,600 / 7,555,000 (0.10%)

[30] shuaproject 6,900 / 5,145,000 (0.13%)

[31] shuaproject 6,100 / 5,333,000 (0.11%)

[32] shuaproject 4,800 / 4,840,000 (0.01%)

[33] shuaproject 4,700 / 6,446,000 (0.07%)

[34] shuaproject 2,600 / 27,595,000 (0.01%)

[35] shuaproject 800 / 44,654,000

[36] shuaproject 200 / 7,489,000

[37] shuaproject 200 / 10,643,000

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-About 4-5 million{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} Kurdish people live in Iran mainly in north-west region of the country. A large Kurdish enclave outside Kurdistan is the Kurdish region in north [[north Khorasan Province|Khorasan]], in north-eastern Iran. Over two million{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} Kurds are living in this region. These Kurds are descendants of the displaced tribes during [[Safavid]] period and their ancestors were from western Iran. Other scattered smaller communities are found in the [[Alburz]] mountain range in northern Iran, [[Guilan]] province in northern Iran and [[Sistan and Baluchistan]] province in southeastern Iran (and also neighboring regions in [[Pakistan]]). (See [http://modersmal.skolutveckling.se/nordkurdiska/kurdmap/pages/Geographic%20Distribution%20of%20Kurdish%20and%20other%20Iranic%20Languages_jpg_gif.htm]). A great number of Kurds live in Iranian cities like [[Tabriz]] and [[Tehran]].
+About 18-23 million{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} Kurdish people live in Iran mainly in north-west region of the country. A large Kurdish enclave outside Kurdistan is the Kurdish region in north [[north Khorasan Province|Khorasan]], in north-eastern Iran. Over two million{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} Kurds are living in this region. These Kurds are descendants of the displaced tribes during [[Safavid]] period and their ancestors were from western Iran. Other scattered smaller communities are found in the [[Alburz]] mountain range in northern Iran, [[Guilan]] province in northern Iran and [[Sistan and Baluchistan]] province in southeastern Iran (and also neighboring regions in [[Pakistan]]). (See [http://modersmal.skolutveckling.se/nordkurdiska/kurdmap/pages/Geographic%20Distribution%20of%20Kurdish%20and%20other%20Iranic%20Languages_jpg_gif.htm]). A great number of Kurds live in Iranian cities like [[Tabriz]] and [[Tehran]].
 === [[Syria]] and [[Iraq]] ===