HLA Alleles Numbers

Assigned as of March 2024

The numbers below represent the number of named alleles for each gene. This number includes alleles that have been named but whose sequences are still confidential. This means that the number of sequences found in some files on this site may differ from the number of sequences indicated in this table. Details of the alleles that are still confidential can be seen in the latest version reports on the IPD-IMGT/HLA Database web site. The numbers below do not include the names of any deleted alleles - further details of deleted alleles can be found here. If you wish to cite these numbers in a publication, please see our citations page for further details.


Numbers of HLA Alleles
HLA Class I Alleles 27,301
HLA Class II Alleles 11,674
HLA Alleles 38,975
Other non-HLA Alleles 911
Number of Confidential Alleles 0
HLA Class I
Gene A B C E F G
Alleles 8,288 9,877 8,361 353 91 160
Proteins 4,848 5,883 4,604 140 17 50
Nulls 432 384 376 10 2 6
HLA Class I - Pseudogenes
Gene H J K L N P S T U V W Y
Alleles 72 33 7 6 5 5 7 9 7 4 13 3
Proteins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nulls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HLA Class II
Gene DRA DRB DQA1 DQA2 DQB1 DQB2 DPA1 DPA2 DPB1 DPB2 DMA DMB DOA DOB
Alleles 73 4,639 773 42 2,549 41 678 6 2,569 7 59 82 93 63
Proteins 17 3063 384 11 1,543 9 328 0 1,473 0 9 9 14 16
Nulls 0 202 21 0 112 1 26 0 132 0 0 0 1 0
HLA Class II - DRB Alleles
Gene DRB1 DRB2 DRB3 DRB4 DRB5 DRB6 DRB7 DRB8 DRB9
Alleles 3,671 1 497 254 203 4 2 1 6
Proteins 2,374 0 377 160 152 0 0 0 0
Nulls 125 0 25 27 25 0 0 0 0
Other non-HLA Genes
Gene HFE MICA MICB TAP1 TAP2
Alleles 6 533 247 19 106
Proteins 4 281 47 11 13
Nulls 0 9 25 1 0