In Europe, E-M81 is found everywhere but mostly in the [[Iberian Peninsula]], where unlike in the rest of Europe it is more common than E-M78, with an average frequency around 5%. The highest frequencies of this clade found so far in Europe were observed in the [[Valles Pasiegos|Pasiegos]] from [[Cantabria]], ranging from 18% (8/45) to 41% (23/56). An average frequency of 8.28% (54/652) has also been reported in the Spanish [[Canary Islands]] with frequencies over 10% in the three largest islands of [[Tenerife]] (10.68%), [[Gran Canaria]] (11.54%) and [[Fuerteventura]] (13.33%).