List of contemporary ethnic groups
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 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
- Altaic peoples - non-homogeneous peoples of the Altai Mountains region
- 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
- Belarussian - 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) historically self-identified as Canadiens, then later as Canadiens-français and today as Québécois.
- 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
- Kavango
- Kaw
- Kaxinawa
- 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
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
X
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