Hmmm... for me, when (for example) I'm mastering from stems, or exporiting stems for a live shows, it's more like:
bass (all the tracks that function as a bass)
drums (all the drums tracks)
keys
synths
strings
guitars
backvocals
vocals
bagpipes (all the bagpipes of the world one can fit into a track)
....
but often it's just bass, drums, guitars, vocals, the rest