Social Structure:
The Tobou community is estimated to consist of more than 300,000 people, and this is just an estimative census that used to be circulated among the Tobous in the late 20th century; however, the number of tribes amounts to thirty one or even more , as follows:
1. Arna; 2. Aderga; 3. Aḍobayya; 4. Amawiyah; 5. Ahid- 38 dah; 6. Bishrah; 7. Taoyah; 8. Tedimyya; 9. Tramāh; 10. Trindira; 11. Tersyah; 12. Tezeryah; 13. Tozobah; 14. Tshowadah; 15. Tega; 16. Tomara; 17. Tomortyah; 18. Dordakishi; 19. Zoyah; 20. Sardogya .21. Ḍirsina; 22. Ġobadah; 23. Kasseh; 24. Kraseh; 25. Kosodah; 26. Gonnah; 27. Madhah; 28. Maḍana; 29. Mogadah; 30. Hortonah; 31. Hoktiya.
The Tobous are divided into two large groups in which these tribes fuse; and it is socially common among these two groups to say that they belong to “one single stock” namely: Teda and Daza
