• PEOPLE NAME: MAM OF UNITED STATES

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Maya

Language: Mam - (mam)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion

Country: United States

Also found in: Guatemala; Mexico

Population: 76,500

Global Population: 420,000


PEID: 47319

ROP: 107450

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Mam of United States, numbering 76,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Maya people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 420,000 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Mam. The primary religion practiced by the Mam is ethnoreligion. Ethnoreligion is deeply rooted in a people's ethnic identity and conversion essentially equates to cultural assimilation.


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