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This is a list of names of ethnic groups . A group can have several names (e.g., names in English language and in native language, obsolete names, versions of spelling, etc.)
A Abenaki - Native Americans of Quebec , Vermont , New Hampshire , and possibly Maine (Algonquin people )Abkhaz - Minority in Georgia, Turkey and Russia , Abkhazia Acadian - French-Canadians of the Canadian Maritimes Accohannock - Native Americans of Maryland Achang - Yunnan , China Achomawi - Native Americans of California Acoma - Native Americans of the southwest United States and Mexico Adja - Minority in Benin Adyghe - Minority in Russia , in the north Caucasus region.Afar - Minority in Ethiopia , Eritrea and Djibouti . Also known as Danakil African-American - Descendants of African slaves brought to North America Afrikaners - Descendents of Dutch settlers / French Huguenot refugees & German Protestants of southern Africa Agni - minority group in Côte d'Ivoire Aguls - Dagestani minority group Ahtna - Native Alaskans , along the Copper River Aimaks - Minority group in Afghanistan Aimaq - Minority group in Afghanistan Ainu - Natives of Hokkaido, much of Sakhalin , the Kuriles , and at one time northern Honshu , the Kamchatka Peninsula , and the Amur River basinAja - Minority group in Benin Ak Chin - Native American group now resident in Pinal County, Arizona on the Tohono O'odham reservation Akan - People of West Africa, inhabiting principally Ghana , Côte d'Ivoire and Togo Akha Alabama - Native American people from whom the state takes its name; now sharing a reservation in Texas with the Coushatta Alak - from Laos Albanians - Natives of the south-west Balkans , principally residing in Albania , Macedonia , Serbia and Montenegro and Greece .Aleut - Natives of Alaska, and the Yukon , Nunavut and Northwest Territories Algonquian - Native Americans of the eastern United States and Canada Altaic peoples - Non-homogeneous peoples of the Altai Mountains region American - Heterogeneous population of primarily English and Spanish speaking people with a similar culture living in the United States.Americo-Liberians - Descendants of African slaves repatriated to Liberia Amhara - Indigenous people of central Ethiopia Amish - North American religious minority, of German descentAmungme Andorrans - Inhabitants of a small nation between France and Spain Anglo-Celtic Australian - Inhabitants of Australia with British descent Anglo-Indian - Offspring of mixed Indian and British parents resident in India Anglo-Saxon - Often used to mean a person of English ancestryAnnamites - A people of Mongolian descent living in Vietnam. Apaches - groups of Native Americans in the western plains of the United States Apinaje Arab - originally from Arabia , now widespread throughout the Middle East and North Africa Aramean - Semitic people of the Middle East , chiefly resident in Syria Arapaho - Native American people, formerly inhabiting Colorado and Wyoming , now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming Araucanian - Non-homogenous peoples of South America , inhabiting Chile and western Argentina Arawak - natives of the Caribbean Arikara - Native American people from the upper MidwestArmenians - natives of the Caucasus region, Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh , with a large worldwide diaspora Aromanians (or Macedo-Romanians ) - a population living as a minority in Northern Greece, Serbia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania and BulgariaArubans - Dutch -colonized island in the Caribbean Asheninka Assiniboine - Native American people living in Alberta , Saskatchewan , and Montana ; one of the Sioux peoplesAssyrians - Middle Eastern , principally in Syria Atikamekw Atsina - Native American people inhabiting Montana and formerly Saskatchewan Atsugewi Australian aborigine - generic name for native inhabitants of Australia Avars - inhabitants of the Russian republic of Dagestan Awá - an endangered Amazonian tribe of hunter-gatherers Aymaras - South American people of Bolivia and Peru Azeris - Turkic people of the Caucasus , Azerbaijan Aztecs - Central American people, descendants widespread in Mexico
B Ba Na Baggara or Baqqarah - Sudan Baguirmi - inhabitants of Chad Bai - national minority of China , inhabiting Yunnan provinceBajau - Sea Gypsies of Borneo ; touch land only to bury their dead. Baka - one of the Pygmy peoples of central Africa . See also Twa , Aka , Mbuti , Binga and Gelli Efé.Bakongo - majority population of the Republic of the Congo ; also living in Angola Balkars - people of the northern Caucasus , mainly inhabiting the Russian republic of Kabardino-BalkariaBaloch (also Baluch ) - traditionally nomadic Muslim people of Baluchistan Bambara - group living chiefly in Mali and Guinea Bamileke - majority inhabitants of Cameroon Banawa Banda - one of the peoples of the Central African Republic Bandjabi Bantu - ethnic group widespread in central and southern Africa Baoule - major ethnic group in Côte d'IvoireBapou Bariba - national minority in Benin Basarwa - ethnic minority in Botswana Bashkirs (or Bashkhirs ) - people of east central Russia , inhabiting principally Bashkortostan Basotho - inhabitants of Lesotho Basques - group unrelated to other known ethnicities, located in the Pyrenees between Spain and France Bassa - people of Liberia Bassari Baster (also known as Baaster) - people descended from the offspring of Dutch speaking whites and black African womenBate Boiko Bateke - minority group in the Republic of the Congo Batswana - largest ethnic group in Botswana Bavarians - inhabitant of the German state of Bavaria , with a distinctive dialect of High GermanBaya-Mandjia Bedouins - nomadic group throughout North Africa and western Middle East Beja - nomadic group in northern Eritrea, southern Egypt, and northeastern SudanBelarusians - Slavic people of eastern Europe , Belarus Bengalis - South Asian people, inhabiting Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal Berbers - a North African people, living in Morocco , Algeria , Tunisia , Libya and Egypt Betammaribe Bethio Beti-Pahuin - group of peoples from Central Africa Bhotia - majority population of Bhutan , of Tibetan descent Biafrans - inhabitant of eastern Nigerian region (see also Ibo )Bit Blackfeet (or Blackfoot ) - group of Native American peoples of the Great Plains , comprising the Blackfoot, Blood, and Piegan tribes.Bo Y Bonan Bosniak - Muslim Slavic people of southeastern Europe , inhabiting chiefly Bosnia and Serbia Bouganvilleans - inhabitants of island near Papua New Guinea Brau Bretons - Celtic group in northwest France Bru-Van Kieu - Vietnam Brulé - Native American people inhabiting parts of Nebraska and South Dakota ; one of the Sioux peoplesBubi minority ethnic group in Equatorial Guinea Majority Ethnic group on the island of Bioko Bulang Bulgars - an ancient people of central Asia Bulgarians - Slavic people of southeastern Europe Bunjevci - Slavic people of the Balkans Buryats - people of the eastern Russian republic of Buryatia Bushongo - inhabitants of the Congo region Buyi - national minority of China
C Caddo - Native American peoples formerly residing in Louisiana , Arkansas and Texas , now located in central Oklahoma .Cahuilla Caingang Cajuns - French -Americans in Louisiana . See also Acadian .Cape Coloured - mixed-race population of the Western Cape Province of South Africa Cape Malay - Malay -descended population of the Western Cape Province of South Africa Caprivian - inhabitants of the Caprivi Strip in northeastern Namibia Caribs - group of Native American peoples of northern South America , the Lesser Antilles , and the east coast of Central America ; now mostly extinctCaripuna Carrier - Native American people of Canada , one of the Athabaskan group of peoplesCatalans - inhabitants of north-eastern Spain and southwestern France Catawba - Native Americans from the Carolina region of the United States , now resident in western South Carolina Cayuga - Native American people of New York state , now resident in Wisconsin and Oklahoma ; one of the Iroquois group of peoplesCayuse - Native American people of northeast Oregon and southeast Washington Cham - a people of Indonesian stock living in Cambodia and central Vietnam Chechens - inhabitants of northern Caucasus , chiefly in Chechnya in Russia Chehalis Chemakum Chemehuevi - Native American people of the southwest United States Chepang Chere Cherokee - Native American people originally of Tennessee and North Carolina , now mostly living in Oklahoma Cheyenne - Native American people of the Great Plains of the United States Chicano - a United States citizen of Mexican originChickahominee Chickasaw - Native American people formerly of northeast Mississippi and northwest Alabama , now living in Oklahoma Chilcotin - Native American inhabitants of British Columbia Chinookan - members of a number of Native American peoples living in the Columbia River valley in Washington and Oregon Chipewyan - Native American people of northwest Canada Chippewa - Native American people inhabiting the Great Lakes region of Canada and also living in Minnesota , North Dakota , Wisconsin , Michigan and Montana Chitimacha Cho Ro Choctaw - Native American people formerly of Mississippi and Alabama , now mostly living in Oklahoma Chukchansi Chumash - Group of Native American peoples inhabiting coastal southern CaliforniaChut Ciboney - Mesoamerican inhabitants of Cuba , now extinctClayoquot - Native American people of Vancouver Island , British Columbia Co Co Ho Co Lao Co Tu Coast Salish - Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest Cochiti - Native American people of the southwestern United States Cocopah Coeur d'Alene - Native American people of the Rocky Mountains Coharie Coloured - term used to denote mixed-race inhabitants of South Africa . See also Cape Coloured Colville - Native American people inhabiting Washington ; one of the Salish tribesComanche - Native American people inhabiting Oklahoma , Texas , California and New Mexico Cong Coquille Cornish - Celtic group in the southwest of England Corsicans - inhabitants of island off the south coast of France Costanoan - Native American people of central California, one of the Mission Indian peoplesCoushatta - Native American now resident in Texas . See also Alabama Cowichan - Native American inhabitants of Vancouver Island , British Columbia Cowlitz - Native American people of western Washington ; one of the Salish peoples Cree - widely dispersed Native American people inhabiting the northern United States and Canada Creek - Native American people originally of Alabama but now mostly residing in Oklahoma Créole - referring either to people of Iberian or French ancestry in the Americas , or people of mixed Native American and European ancestry in Alaska Croats - Slavic people of southeastern Europe Crow - Native American people of the northern Great Plains , now chiefly residing in southeast Montana ; one of the Sioux peoples Cupeno Czechs - Slavic people of central Europe
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