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List of ethnic groups
This is a list of
ethnic groups
.
Abenaki
-
Native Americans
once widespread in eastern
North America
Abkhaz[?]
- Minority in
Georgia
,
Turkey
and
Russia
,
Abkhazia
Acadian
-
French-Canadians
of the
Canadian Maritimes
Accohannock[?]
-
Native Americans
of
Maryland
Achang[?]
-
Yunnan
,
China
Achomawai[?]
-
Native Americans
of
California
Acoma[?]
-
Native Americans
of the southwest
United States
and
Mexico
Adja
Afar[?]
-
Ethiopia
African-American
- Descendants of
African
slaves brought to
North America
Afrikaan[?]
-
Dutch
-descended settlers of southern
Africa
Agni
Ahtna[?]
- Native
Alaskans
, along the
Copper River[?]
Aimaks[?]
- Minority group in
Afghanistan
Aimaq[?]
- Minority group in
Afghanistan
Ainu
- Natives of
Japan
and
Sakhalin
Aja
Ak Chin[?]
Akan[?]
Akha[?]
Alabama-Coushatta[?]
Alak[?]
Albanian
-
Balkan Penninsula
Aleut
- natives of Alaska, and the
Yukon
,
Nunavut
and
Northwest Territories
Algonquin
-
Native Americans
of the eastern
United States
and
Canada
Altay
- of
Siberian
Russia
Americo-Liberians[?]
- descendants of African slaves repatriated to
Liberia
Amhara[?]
-
Ethiopia
Amish
-
North American
religious minority, of
German
descent
Amungme
Andorran
- small nation between
France
and
Spain
Anglo-Celtic Australian[?]
Anglo-Indian[?]
Anglo-Saxon
Apache
- western plains
Native American
group of the
United States
Apinaje[?]
Arab
- widespread throughout the
Middle East
and
North Africa
Araucanian[?]
Arapaho
Arawak
- natives of the
Caribbean
Arikara[?]
- natives of the
Caribbean
Armenian
- of the
Caucasus
region, formerly of the
USSR
Aromanian[?]
Aruban
-
Dutch
-colonized island in the
Caribbean
Asheninka[?]
Assiniboine[?]
Assyrian[?]
-
Middle Eastern
Atikamekw
Atsina[?]
Atsugewi[?]
Australian aborigine
- natives of
Australia
Awa
Aymara
Azerbaijani
- group of the
Caucasus
, formerly of the
USSR
Azeri
Aztec
-
Central American
group, descendants widespread in Mexico
Ba Na[?]
Baguirmi[?]
Bai[?]
Baka
Bakongo[?]
Baloch
Bambara
Bamileke[?]
Banawa
Banda
Bandjabi[?]
Bantu
- ethnic group widespread in central
Africa
Baoule[?]
Bapou[?]
Bariba[?]
Basarwa[?]
Bashkhir
Bashkort[?]
Basotho[?]
Basque
- group unrelated to other known ethnicities, located in the
Pyrenees
between
Spain
and
France
Bassa[?]
Bassari[?]
Bateke[?]
Batswana
- largest ethnic group in
Botswana
Bavarian
- region in
Germany
, northern
Europe
Baya-Mandjia[?]
Bedouin
- nomadic group throughout
North Africa
and western
Middle East
Belarusian
-
Eastern European
, formerly of the
USSR
Bengal
-
South Asian
,
Bangladesh
Berber
Betammaribe[?]
Bethio
Bhotia[?]
Biafran
- of
Nigeria
Bit
Blackfeet
Bo Y[?]
Bohemian
- a region in southern
Germany
Bonan[?]
Bouganvillean[?]
- island near
Papua New Guinea
Brau[?]
Breton
-
Celtic
group in northwest
France
Bru-Van Kieu[?]
-
Vietnam
Brule[?]
Bulang[?]
Bulu-Beti[?]
Buryat
Bushongo[?]
Buyi[?]
Caddo[?]
Cahuila[?]
Caingang[?]
Cajun
-
French
-
Americans
in
Louisiana
Caprivian[?]
Carib
- of the
Caribbean
Caripuna[?]
Carrier
Catalonian
- historical nation on eastern
Spain
and southeastern
France
Catawba[?]
-
Native Americans
from the Carolina-region of the
United States
Cayuga
- Eastern
North American
Native Americans
Cayuse[?]
Chehalis[?]
Chemakum[?]
Chemehuevi
- Southwest US
Native Americans
Cham
Chechnyan
- large minority in
Russia
, northern
Caucasus
Chepang
Chere[?]
Cherokee
- Eastern
United States
Native American
Cheyenne[?]
- western plains
Native Americans
of the
United States
Chilcotin[?]
Chickahominee[?]
Chikasaw[?]
Chinookan[?]
Chipewyan[?]
Chippewa Cree
Chitimacha[?]
Choctaw
- Eastern
United States
Native American
Cho Ro[?]
Chukchansi[?]
Chumash
Chut[?]
Ciboney[?]
-
Mesoamerican
Clayoquot[?]
Co
Co Ho[?]
Co Lao[?]
Cochiti[?]
Cocopah
Coeur d'Alene[?]
-
Rocky Mountains
-area
Native American
group
Commanche[?]
Cong
Cornish
-
Celtic
group in the southwest of
England
Cham
Chicano
Cho Ro[?]
Co Tu[?]
Coast Salish[?]
-
Native Americans
of the
Pacific Northwest
Coharie
Colville[?]
Coquille[?]
Corsican
- island off the coast of
France
Costanoan[?]
Coushatta[?]
Cowichan[?]
Cowlitz[?]
Cree
Creek
Croatian
-
Balkan penninsula
, formerly of
Yugoslavia
Crow[?]
Cupeno[?]
Czech
-
Central European
, formerly of
Czechoslovakia
Dagestani[?]
- Central
Russia
Dai
Dakota[?]
Damara
Dao
Daur[?]
De'ang[?]
Delaware
- Eastern
United States
Native American
Dendi[?]
Danish
-
Scandinavian
country in northern
Europe
Diegueno[?]
Dinka[?]
Diola
Dominican
- from the
Dominican Republic
,
Hispaniola
Dong
Dongxiang[?]
Drung[?]
Du[?]
Dutch
- Northern
European
, one of the
Low Countries
E De[?]
Enxet
Eritrean
- formerly of
Ethiopia
, on the
Red Sea
Eshira[?]
Esselen[?]
Estonian
-
Eastern European
, formerly of the
USSR
Evenki
Fang[?]
- Western
Africa
Farsi
- Small minority of
Zoroastrians
in
Iran
and
Afghanistan
Fijian
-
Polynesian
group
Finnish
-
Ural-Altaic[?]
group in
Scandinavia
, west of
Russia
Flemish
- Minority in the
Netherlands
Fon[?]
French
- western
European
French Creole[?]
- of
Haiti
Frisian
- Germanic group on a few islands in the
North Sea
Fula
Fulani
Fulbe
Fulfulde
Fulni-o[?]
Gagauz[?]
Gaoshan
Garifuna[?]
Ge
- northern
South America
,
Caribbean
coast
Gelao[?]
Georgian
-
Caucasus
region, formerly of the
USSR
German
- northern
European
Gia Rai[?]
Giay[?]
Gie Trieng[?]
Gongduk[?]
Goshute[?]
Goulaye[?]
Greek
- Southern tip of the
Balkan Penninsula
Greenlander
- island in the North Atlantic
Gros Ventre[?]
Guajajara[?]
Guarani
Gurage[?]
-
Ethiopia
Gurung[?]
H'Re[?]
Ha-Nhi[?]
Haida
-
Pacific Northwest
Native Americans
Hakka
Haliwa-Sapponi[?]
Han Chinese
- dominant ethnic group of
China
Hani[?]
Havasupai[?]
Haw[?]
Hawaiian
- native
Polynesians
of the island chain
Hazara
Hercegovinian[?]
-
Balkan Penninsula
, formerly of
Yugoslavia
Herero[?]
Hesquiat[?]
Hezhen[?]
Hidatsa[?]
Himba
Hmong
- Southeast
Asia
Ho-Chunk[?]
Hoa[?]
Houma
Hoh[?]
Hohokam[?]
Holikachuk[?]
Hopi
-
Native American
, of the southwest
United States
Hui Chinese
Hungarian
-
Eastern European
Hualapai[?]
- Natives of
Mesoamerica
Hupa[?]
Huastec
Huron
- Eastern
United States
Native American
Hutu
-
Rwanda
Icelandic
- North
Atlantic
island
Illinois[?]
Incan
- Of western
South America
, along the
Andes
and particularly
Peru
Ingalik[?]
- Natives of
Alaska
Innu
-
Native Americans
of eastern
Canada
Inuit
- Widespread in
Alaska
and northern
Canada
Iowa[?]
Irish
- Island west of
Britain
,
Celtic
Iroquois
-
Native Americans
once widespread in the eastern
United States
and
Canada
Isleta[?]
- Natives from
New Mexico
Isoko[?]
Italian
- penninsula in the south of
Europe
Jamaican
- mixture of
African
slaves,
Central American
natives and
English
settlers,
Caribbean
Japanese
- islands off the east coast of
Asia
Javanese[?]
- island in
Indonesia
Jemez[?]
Jewish
- widespread
religion
and
nation
, also concentrated in
Israel
Jing[?]
Jingpo[?]
Jino[?]
Jivaroan[?]
Jola[?]
Jri[?]
Kalispel[?]
Karaja[?]
Karen[?]
- southeast
Asia
Karok[?]
Kashub
- northern
Europe
Katang[?]
Kato[?]
Katu[?]
Katuquina[?]
Kavangos[?]
Kaw
Kaxinawa[?]
Kavango
Kazakh
- Central
Asia
,
Kazakhstan
, formerly of the
USSR
Keresan[?]
Khang[?]
Khmer
- southeast
Asia
,
Cambodia
Khmu[?]
Kho Mu[?]
Khoikhoi[?]
- Southern
Africa
Kickapoo
Kinh[?]
Kiowa[?]
-
Native Americans
of the
Great Plains
of the
United States
Kirghiz
-
Caucasus
-region,
Kirghizistan
formerly of the
USSR
Klallam[?]
Klamath
-
Native Americans
of the
Pacific Northwest
Klikitat[?]
Kolchan[?]
Kootenai[?]
Korean
-
Asian
penninsula, south of
Manchuria
(
China
) and across the sea from
Japan
Koskimo[?]
Koyukon[?]
- Natives of
Alaska
Kpelle[?]
- Group from
Guinea
, western
Africa
Kraho[?]
- Natives of northwestern
Brazil
Kri[?]
- Group from
Sierra Leone
, western
Africa
Kui
Kumeyaay-Digueno
Kurd
- large minority in
Iraq
,
Iran
,
Turkey
Kutenai[?]
Kwakiutl
- of the
Washington
/
British Columbia
area
La Chi[?]
La Ha[?]
La Hu[?]
Laguna
Lahu[?]
Lakota
-
Native Americans
of the
Great Plains
of the
United States
and
Canada
Lamet[?]
Lao Sung[?]
Lao Theung[?]
Laotian
- southeast
Asia
Latino
- Mixed native
South
or
Central American
,
Spanish
or
Portuguese
and
African
Latvian
-
Eastern European
, formerly of the
USSR
Lavae[?]
Laven[?]
Lavi[?]
Lebanese
-
Middle Eastern
group, between
Turkey
and
Israel
Lebou
Lenca[?]
Lhoba
Li Chinese
Limbus[?]
Lisu[?]
Lithuanian
-
Eastern European
, formerly of the
USSR
Lo Lo[?]
Lotuko[?]
Low Saxon
- Northern
Germany
Lu[?]
Lue[?]
Luiseno[?]
Lumbee[?]
Lummi[?]
M'Baka[?]
Ma
Macedonian Slavs[?]
- of the
Balkan Penninsula
Macuxi[?]
Madurese[?]
Magar[?]
Maidu[?]
Makah[?]
Makua[?]
Makong[?]
Malabo
Malay[?]
- dominant ethnic group in
Malaysia
Maliseet[?]
Maltese
- syncretist group in the
Mediterranean
Mam[?]
Manchu
-
Manchuria
, now part of
China
, north of
Korea
Mandan[?]
Mang[?]
Manx[?]
-
Celts
of the
Isle of Man
Maonan[?]
Maricopa[?]
Maori
- natives of
New Zealand
Mashantucket Pequots
-
Native Americans
of
New England
Mattaponi[?]
Maubere[?]
Mayan
- natives of
Central America
, widespread
Me-Wuk[?]
Meherrin[?]
Menba[?]
Menominee[?]
- Eastern
United States
Native American
Métis
Miami[?]
Miao
Miccosukee[?]
- Eastern
United States
Native American
Micmac[?]
- Eastern
United States
Native American
Mina[?]
Mingo
Mission
Miwok[?]
Mixtec
-
Central American
natives
Mnong[?]
Modoc[?]
Mohave
-
Native Americans
of the southwest
United States
Mohawk
- Eastern
United States
Native American
Mohican
-
Native Americans
from
New England
Moldovan
-
Eastern European
, formerly of the
USSR
Mon
- southeast
Asia
, particularly
Thailand
Monacan[?]
-
Native American
ethnic group, not to be confused with a person from
Monaco
Mongol
- Central
Asia
, between
Russia
and
China
Mono
Montaukett[?]
Montenegran
- of the
Balkan Penninsula
Moor
- Descendants of
Arab
invaders of the
Hispanic Pennisula
Muckleshoot
Mulam[?]
Muong[?]
Museu[?]
Myene[?]
Nahanni[?]
Nama[?]
Nansemond[?]
Narragansett[?]
- natives of
New England
Nauruan
-
Polynesian
group of islands in the
Pacific Ocean
Navajo
-
Native Americans
of the southwest
United States
Naxi
Ndau[?]
Nepalese
- south
Asia
, between
India
and
China
Nespelim[?]
Newars[?]
Nez Perce
-
Native Americans
of the
Rocky Mountains
area
Ngae[?]
Nhahuen[?]
Nhuon[?]
]
Ni-Vanuatu[?]
- of
Vanuatu
, an island chain in the
Pacific Ocean
Niominka[?]
Nipmuc[?]
Nishka[?]
Nisqually[?]
Nomlaki[?]
Nooksack[?]
-
Native Americans
of
Washington
Nootka[?]
-
Native American
group in the northwestern
United States
Nu
Nung[?]
O Du
Oglala[?]
-
Native Americans
of the central
United States
Oi
Ojibwa
Okamba[?]
Okande[?]
Olmec
Omaha[?]
Oneida[?]
Onondangua[?]
Oromo
-
Ethiopia
Oroqin[?]
Osage[?]
Otoe-Missouria[?]
Ottawa[?]
Ovambo[?]
Pa Then[?]
Paiute
Pakoh[?]
Palestinian
- much-disputed ethnic group of the
Middle East
Pamunkey[?]
Panoan[?]
Pashtun
- large group in
Afghanistan
Passamaquoddy[?]
Patagonian
- southern tip of
South America
,
Argentina
Pataxo[?]
Paugusset[?]
Pawnee
- Eastern
United States
Native American
Penobscot[?]
- Eastern
United States
Native American
Peoria[?]
Persian
- modern-day
Iran
Phong[?]
Phu La[?]
Phu Noi[?]
Phu Thai[?]
Piegan[?]
Pima[?]
Pit River Indians[?]
Polish
- northern
European
Pomo[?]
Ponca[?]
Poospatuck[?]
Portuguese
- extreme southwest of
Europe
Potawatomi[?]
- Eastern
United States
Native American
Potiguara[?]
Powhatan[?]
- Eastern
United States
Native American
Pu Peo[?]
Pueblo
-
Native Americans
of the
Rocky Mountains
-area
Puelche[?]
Puget Sound Salish[?]
- of
Washington
Pumi[?]
Puyallup[?]
Quahatika[?]
Quapaw[?]
Quebecois
-
French-Canadians
of
Quebec
Quechan
Qiang[?]
Quiche
Quileute[?]
Quinault[?]
R.Berserker[?]
Ra Glai[?]
Rais[?]
Ramapough Mountain Indians[?]
Rappahannock[?]
- of the mid-Atlantic region of the
United States
Ro Mam
Roma
- one of the two groups more commonly known as Gypsies
Romanian
-
Eastern European
Russian
-
Eastern European
, originally of
Moscow
,
Kiev
area, now widespread through
Siberia
and the
Urals
to the
Pacific Ocean
S'Klallam[?]
Saami
- (Lapplanders), northern extreme of
Scandinavia
(
Sweden
,
Norway
,
Finland
)
Sadang[?]
Saek[?]
Salar[?]
Salish[?]
- of
Washington
and
British Columbia
Samaritan
Samtao[?]
San
San Chay[?]
San Diu[?]
Sardinian
- island near
Italy
Sarsi[?]
Sauk
Sauk-Suiattle[?]
Scandinavian
-
Norway
and
Sweden
Scottish
- Celtic group in the north of
Britain
Sekani[?]
Seminole
- natives of
Florida
Semitic
Sena[?]
Seneca
-
Native Americans
of the
New York
area
Serbian
- of the
Balkan Penninsula
, of
Serbia
Serer
Serer-Ndut
Shangaan[?]
Shankella[?]
-
Ethiopia
Shasta[?]
Shawnee[?]
She[?]
Sherpa
- group in
Nepal
and the
Himalayas
Shinnecock[?]
Shoalwater Bay Tribe[?]
Shoshone[?]
Shui[?]
Si La
Sicilian
- island south of
Italy
Sidamo[?]
-
Ethiopia
Siksika[?]
Siletz[?]
Singmun[?]
Sinhalese
- group widespread in southern
India
and
Sri Lanka
Sinti
- one of the two main groups of Gypsies
Sioux
- Northern Central
United States
Siuslaw[?]
Slavik[?]
Slovak
-
Central European
, formerly of
Czechoslovakia
Slovene
-
Central European
, formerly of
Yugoslavia
Skokomish[?]
Somali[?]
-
Ethiopia
Somba[?]
Sorbic
- concentrated minority in
Germany
Souei[?]
Spanish
- southwestern
Europe
Spokane[?]
Squaxin Island Tribe[?]
Stillaguamish[?]
Sundanese[?]
Suquamish[?]
Swazi[?]
- southern
Africa
,
Swaziland
Swinomish[?]
Ta Oi[?]
Tache[?]
Tachi
Tagish[?]
Tahitian
-
Pacific Ocean
island,
Polynesian
Taino
- natives of the
Caribbean
Tajik
-
central Asia
, formerly of the
USSR
Taliang[?]
Tamil
- of
Sri Lanka
, an island south of
India
Tanaina[?]
Tanana[?]
Taos
Tapuia[?]
Tarascan
Tatar
Tay[?]
Tehuelche[?]
Tejano
-
Latino
immigrants to
Texas
Teotihuacan
Terena[?]
Teton[?]
-
Native Americans
of the
Rocky Mountains
area
Tewa[?]
Thai
- southeast
Asia
Tharu[?]
Thin[?]
Tho[?]
Tibetan
- currently under
Chinese
rule, central
Asia
Ticuna[?]
Tigre
-
Ethiopia
Tigua[?]
Tlakluit[?]
Tlingit
-
Native Americans
of the
Pacific Northwest
Tohono O'odham
Tolowa[?]
Toltec
-
Central America
Tonkawa[?]
Tongva
Topachula[?]
Totonac[?]
Tsetsaut[?]
Tsimishian[?]
-
Pacific Northwest
Native Americans
Tsonga[?]
Tswana
Tualalip[?]
Tuareg
Tujia
]
Tukanoan[?]
Tukolor[?]
Tulutni[?]
Tum
Tumbuka[?]
Tungus[?]
Tunica-Biloxi[?]
Tupian[?]
Turkish
-
Middle Eastern
group,
Turkey
Turkmen
-
central Asia
,
Turkmenistan
Tutchone[?]
Tutsi
- of
Rwanda
and southern
Africa
Tuvan
-
Central Asian
group in
Russia
Tuvaluan[?]
-
Polynesian
island chain in the
Pacific Ocean
Twa
Tzigane
Uighur
- large
Muslim
minority in
China
Ukrainian
- widespread ethnic group north of the
Black Sea
, formerly of the
USSR
Umatilla[?]
Umpqua[?]
Upper Skagit[?]
Ute
-
Native Americans
of the
Rocky Mountains
area
Uzbek
-
central Asia
,
Uzbekistan
Wa
Waccamaw[?]
Wailaki[?]
Welsh
-
Celtic
nation in western
England
Walla Walla[?]
Wampanoag[?]
Wasco[?]
Washoe[?]
White Mountain Apache[?]
Wichita[?]
Wintun[?]
Wiyot[?]
Wolof
-
Senegal
and elsewhere in western
Africa
Wyandot
Xacriaba[?]
Xavante[?]
Xerente[?]
Xhosa
- of Southern
Africa
Xibe
Xinh Mun[?]
Xo Dang[?]
Xtieng[?]
Xucuru
Xueda[?]
Yae[?]
Yakama[?]
Yakima[?]
Yakut[?]
- in eastern
Russia
Yang
Yanomami
- the
Amazon river
basin,
Brazil
Yao[?]
Yavapai
Yawanawa[?]
Yi[?]
Yocha-Dehe[?]
Yokut[?]
Yoruba
- western
Africa
Yugur[?]
Yuki[?]
-
Native Americans
of northwestern
California
Yupik
Yuma
Yumbri[?]
Yurok[?]
Zapotec
-
Central America
Zhuang
Zulu
- of southern
Africa
Zuni[?]
- of the southwestern
United States
See also:
Native American
List of Chinese ethnic groups
,
Ethnic groups in Chinese history
Indigenous people of Brazil
Indigenous cultures, kingdoms and ethnic groups of Senegal
List of ethnic groups in Vietnam
List of ethnic groups in Laos
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