Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index This is a list of names of ethnic groupss. A group can have several names (e.g., names in English language and in native language, obsolete names, versions of spelling, etc.) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A 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 - from the Balkans Aleut - natives of Alaska, and the Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories Algonquian - 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 - specific ethnic group in the Caucasus region, Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh Aromanian (or Macedo-Romanians) Aruban - Dutch-colonized island in the Caribbean Asheninka Assiniboine Assyrian - Middle Eastern Atikamekw Atsina Atsugewi Australian aborigine - natives of Australia Awá - an endangered Amazonian tribe of hunter-gatherers Aymara Azeri - Turkic people of the Caucasus, Azerbaijan Aztec - Central American group, descendants widespread in Mexico B Ba Na Baguirmi Bai Bajau - Sea Gypsies of Borneo, Malaysia; touch land only to bury their dead. 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 - Slavic people of eastern Europe, Belarus Bengal - South Asian, Bangladesh Berber Betammaribe Bethio Bhotia Biafran - of Nigeria Bit Blackfeet Bo Y Bonan Bosniak - Muslim Slavic people of southeastern Europe Bouganvillean - island near Papua New Guinea Brau Breton - Celtic group in northwest France Bru-Van Kieu - Vietnam Brule Bulang Bulgars - Slavic people of the Balkans Bulu-Beti Buryat Bushongo Buyi C Caddo Cahuila Caingang Cajun - French-Americans in Louisiana Caprivian Carib - of the Caribbean Caripuna Carrier Catalonian - 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 Créole Croat - Slavic people of southeastern Europe Crow Cupeno Czech - Slavic people of central Europe D Dagestani - Central Russia Dai (Thai, Thai Lue) 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 E De Enxet Eritrean - formerly of Ethiopia, on the Red Sea Eshira Esselen Estonian - Finno-Ugric people of northeastern Europe Evenki F 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 French Canadian - of French Canadian culture (Quebec, Canada) Frisian - Germanic group on a few islands in the North Sea Fula Fulani Fulbe Fulfulde Fulni-o G Gagauz Gaoshan Garifuna Ge - northern South America, Caribbean coast Gelao Georgian - Caucasus region, of Georgia German - northern European Gia Rai Giay Gie Trieng Gongduk Gorani - Slavic people in Serbia Goshute Goulaye Greek - southeastern Europe Greenlander - island in the North Atlantic Gros Ventre Guajajara Guarani Gurage - Ethiopia Gurung H 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 - arguably regional group of Croats and Serbs in Herzegovina 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 - Finno-Ugric people of central Europe Hualapai - Natives of Mesoamerica Hupa Huastec Huron - Eastern United States Native American Hutu - Rwanda I 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 Istro-Romanian - Istria Italian - from the Apennine peninsula in the south of Europe J 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 Jopadhola Jri K Kalispel Karaja Karen - southeast Asia Karok Kashub - northern Europe Katang Kato Katu Katuquina Kavangos Kaw Kaxinawa Kavango Kazakh - Turkic/Mongol people of central Asia 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 - Turkic people of central Asia Klallam Klamath - Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest Klikitat Kolchan Kootenai Korean - from a peninsula in Asia, 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 Turkey, Iraq, Iran Kutenai Kwakiutl - of the Washington/British Columbia area L 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 - Baltic people of northeastern Europe Lavae Laven Lavi Lebou Lenca Lhoba Li Chinese Limbus Lippovans - Danube Delta, Romania Lisu Lithuanian - Baltic people of northeastern Europe Lo Lo Lotuko Low Saxon - Northern Germany Lu Lue Luiseno Lumbee Lummi M M'Baka Ma Macedonian Slavs - Slavic people of southeastern Europe Macuxi Madurese Magar Maidu Makah Makua Makong Malabo Malay - dominant ethnic group in south-east Asia specifically Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines. Maliseet Maltese - syncretist group in the Mediterranean Mam - a Maya people of Guatemala 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 Maya - natives of Central America, widespread Me-Wuk Megleno-Romanians - in Greece Meherrin Menba Menominee - Eastern United States Native American Métis Miami Miao Miccosukee - Eastern United States Native American Mi'kmaq - Eastern United States and Atlantic Canada 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 - Romanians people of Moldova, eastern Europe 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 Montenegrin - Slavic people of southeastern Europe Moor - Descendants of Arab invaders of the Hispanic Pennisula Muckleshoot Mulam Muong Museu Myene N 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 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 P 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 Pitcairn-Norfolk Polish - Slavic people of central-northern Europe Pomaks - in Greece Pomo Ponca Poospatuck Portuguese - extreme southwest of Europe Potawatomi - Eastern United States Native American Potiguara Powhatan - Eastern United States Native American Pu Peo Pueblo people - Native Americans of the Rocky Mountains-area Puelche Puget Sound Salish - of Washington Pumi Puyallup Q Quahatika Quapaw Quechan Qiang Quiché Quileute Quinault R 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 - Slavic people of eastern Europe, originally of Moscow, Kiev area, now widespread through Siberia and the Urals to the Pacific Ocean Ruthenes (also called Rusyns) S 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 - Slavic people of southeastern Europe Serer Serer-Ndut Shangaan Shankella - Ethiopia Shasta tribe 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 Slavic Slovak - Slavic people of central Europe Slovene - Slavic people of central Europe Slovincian - in Pomerania Skokomish Somali - Ethiopia Somba Sorbic - concentrated Slavic minority in Germany Souei Spanish - southwestern Europe Spokane Squaxin Island Tribe Stillaguamish Sundanese Suquamish Swazi - southern Africa, Swaziland Swinomish T Ta Oi Tache Tachi Tagish Tahitian - Pacific Ocean island, Polynesian Taino - natives of the Caribbean Tajik - specific ethnic group of central Asia 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 - Turkic people of the Middle East, Turkey Turkmen - Turkic people of central Asia Tutchone Tutsi - of Rwanda and southern Africa Tuvan - Central Asian group in Russia Tuvaluan - Polynesian island chain in the Pacific Ocean Twa Tzigane U Uighur - large Muslim minority in China Ukrainian - widespread Slavic people north of the Black Sea, Ukraine Umatilla Umpqua Upper Skagit Ute - Native Americans of the Rocky Mountains area Uzbek - Turkic people of central Asia, Uzbekistan W Wa Waccamaw Wailaki Welsh - Celtic nation in the west of Great Britain Walla Walla Wampanoag Wasco Washoe White Mountain Apache Wichita Wintun Wiyot Wolof - Senegal and elsewhere in western Africa Wyandot X Xacriaba Xavante Xerente Xhosa - of Southern Africa Xibe Xinh Mun Xo Dang Xtieng Xucuru Xueda Y 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 Z Zapotec - Central America Zhonghua minzu - Chinese pseudo-ethnic group. Zhuang Zulu - of southern Africa Zuni - of the southwestern United States Related topics 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 Northern indigenous peoples of Russia This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.