| Total population |
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| 200,000 |
| Regions with significant populations |
| London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow |
| Languages |
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British English, Kurdish, Turkish, Georgian, Armenian, Russian, Azeri |
| Religion |
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Islam (majority Sunni, minority Alevi), Yazidi, , Zorastrian, and a significant number of Yarsan, Shabak, Kurdish Jews and Kurdish Christians |
| Related ethnic groups |
British Kurds may refer to people born in or residing in the United Kingdom who are of Kurdish origin.
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According to the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Kurdish community in the UK is about 50,000, among which Iraqi Kurds make up the largest group, exceeding the numbers from Turkey and Iran.[1] They have settled across the country including in major cities such as London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow.[2][3] The number of people who wrote in their ethnic group, language or national identity as Kurdish[4] in the 2011 UK Census is not yet known.
Kurdish people first came to Britain in large numbers in the 1980s[5] , mostly from disputed territories of Kurdistan(Iraq, Turkey, Iran,and Syria) where they fled the suppression of their language and culture[6]
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