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List of contemporary ethnic groups
List of contemporary ethnic groups (W)
Ethnic groups
The groups commonly identified as "ethnic groups" (as opposed to ethno-linguistic phyla, national groups, racial groups or similar). Smaller groups (i.e. less than 100,000) are often indigenous peoples.
| Name |
Native language (primary language) |
Primary homeland |
Population (millions; estimate) |
Subgroups |
Majority (plurality) religion and sect |
| Abazins |
Northwest Caucasian → Abazgi → Abaza |
Abazinia (Russia) |
0.2 million |
Askharua, Tapanta |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Abkhazians |
Northwest Caucasian → Abazgi → Abkhaz |
Abkhazia (Georgia) |
0.2 million |
Bzyb, Abzhui, Zamurzakan |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Acoli |
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Acholi |
Acoliland (Uganda, South Sudan) |
1.2 million |
|
Christianity |
| Afar |
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Afar |
Afaria (Ethiopia), Djibouti, Eritrea |
2.3–4.2 million |
|
Islam |
| African Americans |
Indo-European → Germanic → English → African-American English |
United States |
40.9 million |
Gullah, Black Hebrew Israelites, Americo-Liberians, Black Nova Scotians (specifically descendants of Black Loyalists), Krio, Black Seminoles |
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Afrikaners |
Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch → Afrikaans |
South Africa (Northern Cape, Western Cape), Namibia |
3.5 million |
Boers, Coloureds (including Cape Coloureds, Griqua, Basters, Oorlam, and Goffal) |
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Agaw |
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Agaw |
Agew Awi (Ethiopia) |
0.9 million |
Bilen, Awi, Qemant |
Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy |
| Ahom |
Kra–Dai → Tai → Ahom |
Assam (India) |
3 million |
|
Hinduism |
| Akan |
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Potou-Tano → Akan |
Ghana, Ivory Coast |
20 million |
Asante, Akuapem, Akyem, Wassa, Abron, Anyi, Baoulé, Sefwi, Nzema, Ahanta, Tchaman, Abbé, along with numerous slave descendants in Jamaica (including Afro-Costa Ricans) and Suriname (including Saramaka and Ndyuka) |
Christianity |
| Albanians |
Indo-European → Albanian |
Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro (Ulcinj and Gusinje), Kosovo |
7–11.6 million |
Ghegs, Tosks, Kosovars, Cham Albanians, Arbëreshë, along with other significant populations in Turkey, Italy, Greece (including Arvanites), Germany, Switzerland and United States |
Islam |
| Ambundu |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Kimbundu |
Angola |
4 million |
Angolares, along with numerous slave descendants in Brazil (including Pardo Brazilians) |
Christianity |
| Amhara |
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Amharic |
Amharia (Ethiopia) |
30 million |
|
Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy |
| Anuak |
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Anuak |
Anuakia (Ethiopia), Boma (South Sudan) |
0.3 million |
|
Christianity |
| Apache |
Dené–Yeniseian → Na-Dene → Apachean |
United States (Yavapai-Apache Nation, Apache Nation) |
0.1 million |
Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Salinero, Plains Apache, Western Apache |
Native American religion → Native American Church |
| Arabs |
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Arabic |
Arabia (Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) |
450 million |
Bedouins, Druze, Bahrainis, Shirazi (including Zanzibaris), Iraqis (including Marsh Arabs), Jordanians, Kuwaitis, Lebanese (including Maronites), Omanis, Qataris, Saudis, Syrians (including Alawites), Emiratis, Yemenis (including Hadhrami), along with significant poulations in Brazil, Indonesia, Sudan, Chad, Iran, Turkey, India, Venezuela, and the United States |
Islam |
| Armenians |
Indo-European → Armenian |
Armenia, Republic of Artsakh |
7 million |
Hemshin, Cherkesogai, along with significant populations in Russia, United States, France, Georgia (including the Javakheti Armenians), Lebanon, and Germany |
Christianity |
| Aromanians |
Indo-European → Romance → Aromanian |
Southern Balkans |
0.3 million |
significant populations in Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Assyrians |
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic |
Assyria (Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey) |
2–3.3 million |
Mandaeans, Iraqis (including Marsh Arabs), Syrians (including Alawites), Rûm, along with significant populations in the United States and Sweden |
Christianity |
| Austrians |
Indo-European → Germanic → Austro-Bavarian |
Austria |
8-8.5 million |
South Tyroleans, along with significant populations in United States, Canada, and Australia |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Avars |
Northeast Caucasian → Avar–Andic → Avar |
Avaristan (Russia) |
1.5 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Aymara |
Aymaran → Aymara |
Bolivia, Peru, Chile |
1.8 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Azerbaijanis |
Turkic → Oghuz → Azerbaijani |
Azerbaijan, Iranian Azerbaijan (Iran) |
28–35 million |
Qarapapaqs, Bayat, Shahsevan, Karadaghis, Ayrums, along with significant populations in Georgia and Russia |
Islam → Shia Islam |
| Balanta |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bak → Balanta |
Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and The Gambia |
0.4 million |
|
Islam, Traditional African religions |
| Balinese |
Austronesian → Sunda–Sulawesi → Balinese |
Bali (Indonesia) |
4.2 million |
|
Hinduism → Balinese Hinduism |
| Balkars |
Turkic → Kipchak → Karachay-Balkar |
Kabardino-Balkaria (Russia) |
0.1 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Balochis |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Iranian → Balochi |
Balochistan (Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan) |
10 million |
significant populations in the United Arab Emirates and Turkmenistan |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Balti |
Sino-Tibetan → Tibetic → Ladakhi-Balti → Balti |
Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan) |
0.5 million |
|
Islam → Shia Islam |
| Bamars |
Sino-Tibetan → Lolo-Burmese → Burmish → Burmese |
Myanmar |
30 million |
Anglo-Burmese |
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism |
| Bambara |
Niger–Congo → Mande → Manding → Bambara |
Mali |
2.7 million |
Haratin |
Islam |
| Banda |
Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Banda |
Central African Republic, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
1.3 million |
|
Christianity |
| Bari |
Nilo-Saharan → Eastern Sudanic → Nilotic → Bari |
South Sudan, Uganda |
1 million |
Pojulu, Kakwa, Nyangwara, Mandari, Kuku |
Christianity |
| Bariba |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Savannas → Bariba |
Borgu (Benin, Nigeria) |
1.4 million |
|
Islam |
| Bassa |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Kru → Bassa |
Bassaland (Liberia) |
0.6 million |
|
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Bashkirs |
Turkic → Kipchak → Bashkir |
Bashkortostan (Russia) |
2 million |
|
Islam |
| Basques |
Basque |
Basque Country (Spain, France) |
2.4 million |
signiifcant populations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, and Uruguay |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Beja |
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Beja |
Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea |
1.2 million |
Bishari, Ababda, Hadendoa, Hedareb, Amarar, Beni-Amer |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Belarusians |
Indo-European → Slavic → Belarusian |
Belarus |
9.5–10 million |
significant populations in the United States, Ukraine, and Russia |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodox |
| Bembe |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Lega–Binja → Bembe |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania |
0.6 million |
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Bengalis |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Indo-Aryan → Bengali |
Bangladesh, India (West Bengal, Tripura, Barak Valley) |
300 million |
Sylhetis, Bangladeshis, along with significant populations in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and the United States |
Islam, Hinduism |
| Berbers |
Afroasiatic → Berber |
Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisa, Libya, Mauritania, Western Sahara) |
25–30 million –50 million |
Tuaregs, Kabyle, Chaoui, Arab-Berbers (including Algerians, Libyans, Moroccans, Sahrawi, Tunisians), along with significant populations in France (including Arabs in France), Belgium (including Moroccans in Belgium), and the Netherlands (including Moroccan-Dutch) |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Berta |
Nilo-Saharan → Berta |
Benishangul-Gumuz Region (Ethiopia) |
0.2 million |
|
Islam |
| Beti |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Beti |
Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea |
3 million |
Fang, Ewondo, Eton, Bulu, Bebil, Bebele |
Christianity |
| Bissa |
Niger–Congo → Mande → Bissa |
Burkina Faso |
0.7 million |
|
Islam |
| Bodo |
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Bodo-Garo → Bodo |
Bodoland (India) |
1.5 million |
|
Bathouism |
| Bosniaks |
Indo-European → Slavic → Serbo-Croatian → Bosnian |
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sandžak (Serbia, Montenegro) |
3–4.5 million |
significant populations in Serbia, Turkey, Austria, Germany and the United States |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Brahui |
Dravidian → Brahui |
Pakistan |
2.4 million |
|
Islam |
| Bretons |
Indo-European → Celtic → Brittonic → Breton |
Brittany (France) |
6–8 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Bubi |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Bube |
Bioko (Equatorial Guinea) |
0.1 million |
Fernandino |
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Bulgarians |
Indo-European → Slavic → Bulgarian |
Bulgaria, Western Outlands (Serbia), Budjak (Ukraine) |
9–11.3 million |
Pomaks, along with significant populations in Turkey, Ukraine and Moldova, Romania and Serbia, Germany, Spain and the United States |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Catalans |
Indo-European → Romance → Catalan |
Catalan Countries (Spain, France) |
8–10 million |
Valencians, Balearics, Andorrans |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Chamorro |
Austronesian → Sunda-Sulawesi → Chamorro |
Mariana Islands (United States) |
0.2 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Chechens |
Northeast Caucasian → Nakh → Vainakh → Chechen |
Chechnya (Russia) |
1.5-2 million |
Kists |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Cherokee |
Iroquoian → Cherokee |
United States (North Carolina, Tennessee) |
0.3 million |
Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band, United Keetoowah Band |
Christianity |
| Chin |
Sino-Tibetan → Kuki-Chin–Naga → Chin |
Chin State (Myanmar) |
2.1 million |
Kukis, Thadou, Paite, Simte, Zou, Lamkang, Kom, Lushai, Hmar, Anal, Koireng, Zomi, Mizo |
Christianity |
| Choctaw |
Muskogean → Choctaw |
Choctaw Nation (United States) |
0.2 million |
|
Native American religion |
| Chokwe |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Chokwe |
Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia |
1.3 million |
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Chutiya |
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Bodo-Garo → Deori |
Assam (India) |
2.5 million |
Deori |
Hinduism |
| Chuvash |
Turkic → Oghur → Chuvash |
Chuvashia (Russia) |
2 million |
Virjal, Anatri |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Circassians |
Northwest Caucasian → Circassian |
Circassia (Russia) |
4–8 million |
Adygeans, Kabardians, Cherkess, Shapsugs |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Chewa |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nyasa → Chewa |
Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique |
12 million |
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Cornish |
Indo-European → Celtic → Brittonic → Cornish |
Cornwall (United Kingdom) |
6–11 million |
significant populations in the United States and Australia |
Christianity |
| Corsicans |
Indo-European → Romance → Corsican |
Corsica (France) |
0.3 million |
|
Christianity |
| Cree |
Algic → Algonquian → Cree |
Creeland (Canada), Montana |
0.4 million |
Métis (including Métis in Canada), Oji-Cree |
Christianity |
| Croats |
Indo-European → Slavic → Serbo-Croatian → Croatian |
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
7.5–8.5 million |
Bunjevci, Krashovani, Janjevci, Sokci, along with significant populations in Italy (including Molise Croats), Austria, United States, Chile, Argentina, Germany, Australia and Canada |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Czechs |
Indo-European → Slavic → Czech |
Czech Republic |
10–12 million |
Bohemians, Moravians, Silesians, along with significant populations in United States and Canada |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Dagaaba |
Niger–Congo → Gur → Oti–Volta → Dagaare |
Ghana, Burkina Faso |
1 million |
|
Traditional African religions, Islam, Christianity |
| Danes |
Indo-European → Germanic → Danish |
Denmark |
7 million |
significant populations in the United States, Canada, Greenland, and Germany. |
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Dargins |
Northeast Caucasian → Dargin → Dargwa |
Darginstan in Dagestan (Russia) |
0.7 million |
|
Islam |
| Dinka |
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Dinka |
Dinkaland (South Sudan) |
5 million |
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Duala |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sawabantu → Duala |
Littoral Region (Cameroon) |
0.4 million |
Kole, Mboko, Kwe, Wovea, Subu, Mungo, Limba |
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Dutch |
Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch |
Netherlands, Flanders (Belgium) |
16–29 million |
Flemings, Arubans, Mennonites, Afro-Surinamese creoles, Dutch Indonesians, along with significant populations in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand |
Christianity |
| Dyula |
Niger–Congo → Mande → Manding → Dyula |
Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali |
2.2 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Efik |
Niger–Congo → Cross River → Ibibio-Efik → Efik |
Cross River State (Nigeria) |
0.6 million |
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions → Efik mythology |
| Egyptians |
Afroasiatic → Egyptian → Coptic |
Egypt |
100 million |
Sa'idis, Copts |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| English |
Indo-European → Germanic → Anglic → English |
England (United Kingdom) |
100 million |
Australians, English Canadians, English Americans, Anglo-Burmese |
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Estonians |
Uralic → Finnic → Estonian |
Estonia |
1.2 million |
Võros, Setos |
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Ewe |
Niger–Congo → Gbe → Ewe |
Togo, Ghana |
6.7 million |
|
Christianity |
| Fijians |
Austronesian → Oceanic → Central Pacific → Fijian |
Fiji |
0.6 million |
|
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Finns |
Uralic → Finnic → Finnish |
Finland, Meänmaa (Sweden), Ingria (Russia) |
6.5 million |
Kvens, Forest Finns, along with significant populations in Sweden (including Tornedalians), Russia, United States, and Canada. |
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Fon |
Niger–Congo → Gbe → Fon |
Dahomey (Benin) |
4.1 million |
Saramaka, along with numerous slave descendants in Cuba (including Arará) and Haiti (including Louisiana Creoles) |
Traditional African religions → West African Vodun |
| French |
Indo-European → Romance → French |
France, Romandy (Switzerland), Wallonia-Brussels (Belgium), Aosta Valley (Italy) |
100 million |
Walloons, Romands, Arpitans, Pieds-Noirs, Waldensians, Quebecers, Acadians (including Cajuns), Métis (including Métis in Canada), French West Indians, French Guianese, along with significant populations in the United States (including Louisiana Creoles), Madagascar, and Australia |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Frisians |
Indo-European → Germanic → Frisian |
Frisia (Netherlands, Germany) |
1.5 million |
West Frisians, East Frisians, North Frisians |
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Friulians |
Indo-European → Romance → Rhaeto-Romance → Friulian |
Friuli (Italy) |
0.6 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Fula |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic-Congo → Senegambian → Fula |
West Africa (Guinea, Senegal, Mali) |
20-25 million |
Wodaabe, Haratin, Toucouleur |
Islam |
| Fur |
Nilo-Saharan → Darfuran → Fur |
Darfur (Sudan) |
1 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Ga-Adangbe |
Niger–Congo → Kwa → Ga-Dangme |
Greater Accra (Ghana) |
2 million |
Ga, Adangbe |
Christianity |
| Gagauz |
Turkic → Oghuz → Gagauz |
Gagauzia (Moldova), Budjak (Ukraine) |
0.2 million |
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Galicians |
Indo-European → Romance → Galician |
Galicia (Spain) |
3.2 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Ganda |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Ganda |
Buganda (Uganda) |
6.3 million |
Abayudaya |
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Garifuna |
Arawakan → Igneri → Garifuna |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
0.6 million |
Black Caribs |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Gbagyi |
Niger–Congo → Volta–Niger → Nupoid → Gwari |
Nigeria |
0.4 million |
|
Christianity, Islam, Traditional African religions |
| Georgians |
Kartvelian → Georgian |
Georgia |
5–7 million |
Adjarians, Mingrelians, Svans, Bats |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
|
| Germans |
Indo-European → Germanic → German |
Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Alsace (France) |
100–150 million |
Bavarians, Franconians, Hessians, Swabians, Alsatians, German Swiss, Liechtensteiners, Pomeranians, Volga Germans, Baltic Germans, Silesian Germans, Carpathian Germans, Danube Swabians, Transylvanian Saxons, Amish, Hutterites, Mennonites, along with significant populations in the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Kazakhstan, Belgium, and Denmark. |
Christianity |
| Gorontaloan |
Austronesian → Gorontalo-Mongondow → Gorontaloan |
Gorontalo (Indonesia) |
1.9 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Greeks |
Indo-European → Greek |
Greece, Cyprus |
14–17 million |
Greek Cypriots, Pontic Greeks, Cappadocian Greeks, Sarakatsani, Urums, Griko, along with significant populations in Albania (including Northern Epirotes), Ukraine, Georgia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Canada |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Guaraní |
Tupian → Tupi-Guarani → Guarani |
Paraguay, Misiones (Argentina), Bolivia (Gran Chaco, Luis Calvo, Cordillera, Germán Busch), Brazil |
0.3-4.9 million |
Paraguayans, Chiriguanos |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Gujarati |
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Gujarati |
Gujarat (India) |
50–60 million |
Gujarati Americans, Zarabes |
Hinduism |
| Gumuz |
Nilo-Saharan → Komuz → Gumuz |
Benishangul-Gumuz Region (Ethiopia) |
0.2 million |
|
Traditional African religion |
| Gurage |
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Gurage |
Guragia (Ethiopia) |
3.6 million |
|
Christianity |
| Gurma |
Niger–Congo → Gur → Oti–Volta → Gurma |
Gurmaland (Burkina Faso), Niger |
3.3 million |
|
Islam |
| Gurunsi |
Niger–Congo → Gur → Gurunsi |
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo |
0.9 million |
Kabye, Tem, Lamba, Nuna, Kassena |
Traditional African religions, Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Hadiya |
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Hadiyya |
Ethiopia (Hadiya and Gurage Zones) |
1 million |
|
Christianity |
| Hajongs |
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Bodo–Garo → Hajong |
India (Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal), Bangladesh |
0.2 million |
|
Hinduism |
| Han |
Sino-Tibetan → Sinitic → Chinese |
China, Taiwan |
1,300 million |
Cantonese (including Taishanese, Hongkongers, and Macanese), Chuanqing, Fujianese (including Fuzhounese, Hainanese, Hoklo, Hui'an maidens, Putianese, and Teochew), Gaoshan Han, Gan, Hakka (including Ngái), Hebei, Hunanese, Jianghuai, Shandong, Sichuanese, Tankas (including Fuzhou Tankas), Wu (including Shanghainese, Ningbonese, and Wenzhou), Han Taiwanese, Hui (including Dungan), along with significant populations in the United States, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar (including Panthays), Canada, the Philippines (including Sangley), Peru, Australia, Vietnam, Japan, Russia, France (including Chinois), the United Kingdom, South Africa, Italy, Germany, Korea, Spain, India, Laos, Brazil, the Netherlands, and Panama |
Chinese folk religion |
| Harari |
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopian → Harari |
Hararia (Ethiopia) |
0.2 million |
|
Islam |
| Hausa |
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Hausa |
Hausaland (Niger, Nigeria) |
50 million |
|
Islam |
| Hawaiians |
Austronesian → Polynesian → Hawaiian |
Hawaii (United States) |
0.5 million |
|
Christianity |
| Hazaras |
Indo-European → Iranian → Persian → Hazaragi |
Afghanistan |
7–8 million |
|
Islam → Shia Islam |
| Herero |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Herero |
Hereroland (Namibia), Angola |
0.3 million |
OvaHimba, Ovambanderu |
Christianity |
| Hmong |
Hmong–Mien → Hmongic → Hmong |
China (Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Hainan, Guangdong, Hubei), Vietnam, Laos, Thailand |
14-15 million |
Miao, Hmong Americans |
Hmong folk religion |
| Huli |
Trans–New Guinea → Engan → Huli |
Southern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) |
0.3 million |
|
Christianity |
| Hungarians |
Uralic → Ugric → Hungarian |
Hungary, Székely Land (Romania), Felvidék (Slovakia) |
13.1–14.7 million |
Jasz, Palóc, along with significant populations in Romania (including Székelys and Csangos), Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine, Germany, the United States, and Canada |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Hutu |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Rwanda-Rundi |
Rwanda, Burundi, Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
18.5 million |
|
Christianity |
| Ibibio |
Niger–Congo → Cross River → Ibibio-Efik → Ibibio |
Akwa Ibom State (Nigeria) |
5 million |
|
Christianity |
| Icelanders |
Indo-European → Germanic → Icelandic |
Iceland |
0.5 million |
|
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Igbo |
Niger–Congo → Igboid → Igbo |
Igboland (Nigeria) |
34 million |
[[[African diaspora in the Americas|numerous slave descendants]] in Trinidad and Tobago (including Dougla) |
Christianity |
| Ijaw |
Niger–Congo → Ijaw |
Nigeria (Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta States) |
10 million |
|
Christianity |
| Ingushes |
Northeast Caucasian → Nakh → Vainakh → Ingush |
Ingushetia (Russia) |
0.7 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Inuit |
Eskimo–Aleut → Inuit |
Greenland (Denmark), Canada (Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, NunatuKavut), Alaska (United States) |
0.2 million |
Greenlandic Inuit (including Kalaallit), Iñupiat, Inuktitut |
Christianity |
| Irish |
Indo-European → Celtic → Goidelic → Irish |
Ireland (Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom) |
70–80 million |
Irish Travellers and significant populations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Argentina, Mexico and New Zealand |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Iroquois |
Iroquoian |
Haudenosauneega (United States, Canada) |
0.2 million |
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora |
Longhouse Religion |
| Italians |
Indo-European → Romance → Italian |
Italy |
60–140 million |
Sicilians, Waldensians, Argentines, along with significant populations in Brazil, the United States, Venezuela, Canada, France, Peru, Uruguay, Australia, Germany, Chile and the United Kingdom |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Japanese |
Japonic → Japanese |
Japan |
133 million |
Kantō, Kansai, Hokkaido, Tōhoku, Hōnichi, Satsugū, Chūgoku, Echigo, Tōkai, Shinshuu, Hokuriku, Hachijō, Nikkei |
Shinto |
| Javanese |
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Javanese |
Java (Indonesia) |
105 million |
Cirebonese, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Banyumasan, Javanese Malaysians |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Jews |
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Canaanite → Hebrew |
Israel |
17-20 million |
Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Mizrahim, Teimanim, Etiopim, Italkim, Romaniotes, Juhurim, Krymchaks, Bene Israel (see also Jewish ethnic divisions). Significant populations in the United States, France, Canada, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Russia, Germany, and Australia |
Judaism |
| Jingpo |
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Jingpho |
Kachin State (Myanmar), Yunnan (China) |
1.1 million |
|
Animism |
| Jola |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic-Congo → Bak-Bijago → Jola |
Jolaland (Senegal) |
0.5 million |
|
Traditional African religions |
| Kalanga |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Kalanga |
Zimbabwe, Botswana |
0.9 million |
Nambya |
Traditional African religion, Christianity |
| Kalenjin |
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Nandi–Markweta |
Rift Valley Province (Kenya) |
5 million |
Keiyo, Tugen, Marakwet, Nandi, Kipsigis, Sabaot, Pökoot, Sebei, Okiek |
Christianity |
| Kannadigas |
Dravidian → Kannada |
Karnataka (India) |
37–55 million |
|
Hinduism |
| Kanuri |
Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Kanuri |
Kanuriland (Nigeria), Niger, Chad, Cameroon |
10 million |
Kanembu |
Islam |
| Karachays |
Turkic → Kipchak → Karachay-Balkar |
Karachay-Cherkessia (Russia) |
0.2 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Karakalpaks |
Turkic → Kipchak → Karakalpak |
Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan) |
0.6 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Karen |
Sino-Tibetan → Karen |
Karen State (Myanmar), Thailand |
7 million |
Karen, Pwo Karen |
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism |
| Karenni |
Sino-Tibetan → Karenni |
Kayah State (Myanmar) |
0.2 million |
Kayan |
Animism, Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism |
| Kashmiris |
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Dardic → Kashmiri |
Kashmir (India, Pakistan) |
5.6 million |
Kashmiri Pandits, Kashmiris of Punjab |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Kashubians |
Indo-European → Slavic → Pomeranian → Kashubian |
Kashubia (Poland) |
0.6 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Kazakhs |
Turkic → Kipchak → Kazakh |
Kazakhstan |
17 million |
significant populations in China, and Russia |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Khas |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Indo-Aryan → Nepali |
Nepal |
12.9 million |
Chhetri, Bahun, Gurkha |
Hinduism |
| Khakas |
Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Khakas |
Khakassia (Russia) |
0.1 million |
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodox |
| Khamti |
Kra–Dai → Tai → Khamti |
Myanmar, India |
0.2 million |
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism |
| Khmer |
Austroasiatic → Khmer |
Cambodia |
15–17 million |
Cambodian Americans |
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism |
| Kikuyu |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Northeast Bantu → Kikuyu |
Kenya |
9.9 million |
|
Christianity |
| Komi |
Uralic → Permic → Komi |
Komi Republic, Permyakia (Russia) |
0.6 million |
Komi-Zyrians, Komi-Permyaks, Izhma Komi |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodox |
| Konkani |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Indo-Aryan → Konkani |
Goa (India) |
7.4 million |
|
Hinduism |
| Kongo |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Kongo |
Kongoland (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Angola) |
10 million |
Lari, Vili, Mayombe, Saramaka, along with numerous slave descendants in Cuba, Brazil (including Pardo Brazilians), the Dominican Republic, and in Trinidad and Tobago (including Dougla) |
Christianity, Traditional African religions → Kongo religion |
| Konjo |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Konjo |
Rwenzori Mountains (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda) |
1.5 million |
Nande |
Christianity |
| Koreans |
Koreanic → Korean |
Korea |
82.5 million |
significant populations in the United States, China, Russia, Japan, Canada, Australia, Vietnam, and the Philippines |
Buddhism, Christianity |
| Kumyks |
Turkic → Kypchak → Kumyk |
Kumykia (Russia) |
0.5 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Kunama |
Nilo-Saharan → Kunama |
Eritrea, Ethiopia |
0.3 million |
|
Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy |
| Kurds |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Iranian → Kurdish |
Kurdistan (Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria) |
30–38 million |
Kurmanjis, Sorans, Zazas, Yazidis, Shabak, along with significant populations in France and Germany. |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Kyrgyz |
Turkic → Kipchak → Kyrgyz |
Kyrgyzstan |
4.5 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Laks |
Northeast Caucasian → Lak |
Lakia in Dagestan (Russia) |
0.2 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Lango |
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Lango |
Uganda |
1.8 million |
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Lao |
Kra–Dai → Tai → Lao |
Laos |
4 million |
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism |
| Latvians |
Indo-European → Baltic → Latvian |
Latvia |
1.5–1.6 million |
Latgalians, Kursenieki, Selonians |
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Laz |
Kartvelian → Zan → Laz |
Lazistan (Turkey, Georgia) |
0.2–1 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Lega |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Lega–Binja → Lega |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
0.5 million |
|
Traditional African religions |
| Lezgins |
Northeast Caucasian → Lezgic → Lezgian |
Lezgistan (Russia, Azerbaijan) |
1 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Lithuanians |
Indo-European → Baltic → Lithuanian |
Lithuania |
3.7–4.1 million |
Samogitians, Aukstaitians, Lietuvninkai |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Luba |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Luban |
Lubaland (Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
13 million |
Luba-Kasai, Luba-Katanga, Hemba, Songe |
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Luo |
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo → Luo |
Kenya, Tanzania |
7 million |
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Luxembourgers |
Indo-European → Germanic → High German → Luxembourgish |
Luxembourg, Arelerland (Belgium) |
0.5 million |
significant populations in Brazil, and United States |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Lurs |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Iranian → Luri |
Iran |
5 million |
|
Islam → Shia Islam |
| Maasai |
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Eastern Nilotic → Maasai |
Maasailand (Tanzania, Kenya) |
1.7 million |
Samburu |
Maasai faith |
| Macedonians |
Indo-European → Slavic → South Slavic → Macedonian |
Republic of Macedonia |
2.5 million |
Torbesh, Mijaks, along with significant populations in Australia and Greece |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodox |
| Madi |
Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Moru–Madi → Ma'di |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Uganda |
0.4 million |
|
Christianity |
| Mafa |
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Biu–Mandara → Mafa |
Cameroon |
0.8 million |
|
Christianity |
| Makassarese |
Austronesian → Makassaric → Makassarese |
South Sulawesi (Indonesia) |
3 million |
|
Sunni Islam |
| Malays |
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Malay |
Malay world (Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia) |
30 million |
Kedahans, Pattani, Kelantanese, Terengganuans, Pahang, Perakians, Berau, Bruneians, Cape Malays |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Malayali |
Dravidian → Malayalam |
Kerala (India) |
40–60 million |
significant populations in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain |
Hinduism |
| Maldivians |
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Maldivian |
Maldives |
0.4 million |
Mahls |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Maltese |
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Arabic → Siculo-Arabic → Maltese |
Malta |
0.7 million |
Gozitans |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Manchu |
Tungusic → Manchu |
Manchuria (China) |
10.4 million |
|
Manchu shamanism, Buddhism |
| Mandinka |
Niger–Congo → Mande → Manding |
Mali, The Gambia, Guinea, Senegal, Ivory Coast |
13 million |
Cape Verdeans, along with [[[African diaspora in the Americas|numerous slave descendants]] in Trinidad and Tobago (including Dougla) |
Islam |
| Manx |
Indo-European → Celtic → Gaelic → Manx |
Isle of Man |
0.1 million |
significant populations in Australia, United States, and Canada |
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Māori |
Austronesian → Polynesian → Māori |
New Zealand |
0.9 million |
Cook Islanders |
Christianity |
| Mapuche |
Araucanian → Mapudungun |
Patagonia (Chile, Argentina) |
1.7 million |
Huilliche |
Christianity |
| Marathi |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Indo-Aryan → Marathi |
Maharashtra (India) |
87 million |
Mahar |
Hinduism |
| Mari |
Uralic → Mari |
Mari El (Russia) |
0.6 million |
Meadow Mari, Hill Mari |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodox |
| Masa |
Afroasiatic → Chadic → Masa |
Cameroon, Chad |
0.5 million |
|
Christianity, Islam |
| Masalit |
Nilo-Saharan → Maban → Masalit |
Sudan, Chad |
0.5 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Mayans |
Mayan |
Guatemala, Belize, Mexico (Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Chiapas), Honduras, El Salvador |
7 million |
Achi, Chuj, Ch'orti', Itza, K'iche', Q'eqchi', Xinca, Tektitek, Huastecan, Mopan, Lacandon, Chontal, Akatek, Jakaltek, Q'anjob'al, Tzeltal, Mocho', Tojolab'al, Mam, Ixil, Tzotzil, Poqomam, Yucatecan, Motozintlecos, Awakatek, Kaqchikel, Sakapultek, Sipakapense, Uspantek, Ch'ol, Tz'utujil, Hispanic Belizeans, Guatemalans |
Christianity → Catholicism, Maya religion |
| Mbaka |
Niger–Congo → Ubangian → Ngbaka → Mbaka |
Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
0.3 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism, Traditional African religions |
| Mende |
Niger–Congo → Mande → Southwestern Mande → Mende |
Sierra Leone (Southern and Eastern Provinces) |
1.9 million |
|
Islam |
| Merina |
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Malagasy |
Antananarivo Province (Madagascar) |
5 million |
|
Christianity |
| Mijikenda |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sabaki → Mijikenda |
Coast Province (Kenya), Tanga Region (Tanzania) |
2 million |
Chonyi, Giriama, Digo, Segeju |
Christianity |
| Minahasan |
Austronesian → Philippine → Minahasan |
Minahassa Peninsula (Indonesia) |
1.4 million |
|
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Minangkabau |
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Minangkabau |
Indonesia |
8 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Mishing |
Sino-Tibetan → Tani → Mishing |
India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh) |
0.7 million |
|
Donyi-Polo |
| Miskito |
Misumalpan → Miskito |
Mosquito Coast (Nicaragua, Honduras) |
0.2 million |
|
Christianity → Protestantism, Animism |
| Mixtec |
Oto-Manguean → Mixtecan → Mixtec |
Mexico |
0.9 million |
Trique, Cuicatecs |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Mon |
Austroasiatic → Monic → Mon |
Mon State (Myanmar) |
1.1 million |
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism |
| Mongo |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Bangi-Ntomba → Mongol |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
12 million |
Iyaelima, Mbole, Mpama, Nkutu, Dengese, Tetela |
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Mongols |
Mongolic |
China (Inner Mongolia, Dzungaria), Mongolia, Russia (Buryatia, Kalmykia) |
11 million |
Buryats, Oirats (including Kalmyks), Daur, Moghol, Hamnigan, Monguor, Yugur, Khatso, Santa, Bonan, Sart Kalmyks, Soyot, Sichuan Mongols, Sogwo Arig, Altai Uriankhai, Ordos, Kanja |
Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism |
| Montenegrins |
Indo-European → Slavic → Serbo-Croatian → Montenegrin |
Montenegro |
0.6 million |
significant populations in Serbia, and United States |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Mordvins |
Uralic → Mordvinic |
Mordovia (Russia) |
0.8 million |
Erzyas, Mokshas, Teryukhans, Qaratays |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodox |
| Mossi |
Niger–Congo → Gur → Oti–Volta → Mossi |
Mossiland (Burkina Faso) |
7.6 million |
|
Islam |
| Murut |
Austronesian → Southwest Sabahan → Murutic |
Murutia (Malaysia) |
0.1 million |
Okolod, Keningau, Tagal, Paluan, Selungai, Timugon, Serudung, Sembakung, Tidong, Kalabakan, Bulungan, Bookan |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Muscogee |
Muskogean → Muscogee |
Muscogee (Creek) Nation (United States) |
0.1 million |
Coushatta, Alibamu, Hitchiti, Natchez, Seminole (including Black Seminoles), Yuchi, Shawnee, Creoles of color |
Native American religion → Creek mythology |
| Naga |
Sino-Tibetan → Kuki-Chin–Naga |
India (Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam), Myanmar |
4 million |
Angami, Ao, Chakhesang, Chang, Konyak, Lotha, Mao, Maram, Poumai, Rongmei, Sangtam, Sumi, Tangkhul, Tangsa, Zeliang |
Christianity |
| Nahuas |
Uto-Aztecan → Nahuan → Nahuatl |
Mexico (Mexico City, State of Mexico, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo (state), Guerrero, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz) |
2.5 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Nama |
Khoe → Khoekhoe |
Namaland (Namibia), South Africa |
0.3 million |
Damara, Coloureds (including Cape Coloureds, Griqua, Basters, Oorlam, and Goffal) |
Christianity |
| Navajo |
Dené–Yeniseian → Na-Dené → Athabaskan → Navajo |
Navajo Nation (United States) |
0.3 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Ngalop |
Sino-Tibetan → Tibetic → Dzongkha |
Bhutan |
0.7 million |
Kheng, Bumthang |
Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism |
| Nias |
Austronesian → Northwest Sumatran → Nias |
Nias island (Indonesia) |
1 million |
|
Christianity |
| Nogais |
Turkic → Common Turkic → Kipchak → Nogai |
Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, Chechnya, Stavropol District, Astrakhan Oblast (Russia) |
0.1 million |
Ak Nogai, Karagash |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Norwegians |
Indo-European → Germanic → Norwegian |
Norway |
12 million |
significant populations in the United States, and Norwegian Canadians |
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Nubians |
Nilo-Saharan → Nubian |
Nubia (Egypt, Sudan) |
2–15 million |
Hill Nubians |
Islam |
| Nuer |
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Western Nilotic → Nuer |
Nuerland (South Sudan) |
5 million |
|
Traditional African religions |
| Nuristanis |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Nuristani |
Nuristan (Afghanistan) |
0.3 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Occitans |
Indo-European → Italic → Romance → Occitan |
Occitania (France, Italy, Spain) |
16 million |
Aranese |
Christianity |
| Odia |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Indo-Aryan → Odia |
Odisha (India) |
32 million ] |
|
Hinduism |
| Ojibwe |
Algic → Algonquian → Ojibwe |
Anishinaabeland (Canada, United States) |
0.2 million |
Oji-Cree, Odawa, Potawatomi, Mississaugas |
Midewiwin |
| Oromo |
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Oromo |
Oromia (Ethiopia), Kenya |
35–45 million |
Boran, Barentoo |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Ossetians |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Iranian → Ossetian |
South Ossetia (Georgia), North Ossetia-Alania (Russia) |
0.8 million |
Iron, Digor |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Otomi |
Oto-Manguean → Otomian → Otomi |
Mexico |
0.7 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism, Mesoamerican religion |
| Ovambo |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Oshiwambo |
Ovamboland (Namibia), Angola |
1.6 million |
|
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Ovimbundu |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Umbundu |
Angola |
6 million |
|
Christianity |
| Pamiris |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Iranian → Pamir |
Pamir Mountains (Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China) |
0.3 million |
|
Islam → Shia Islam |
| Pa'O |
Sino-Tibetan → Karenic → Pa'O |
Myanmar |
1.8 million |
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism |
| Pashtuns |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Iranian → Pashto |
Pashtunistan (Afghanistan, Pakistan) |
40–60 million |
Pashtun Americans |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Persians |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Iranian → Persian |
Iran |
49 million |
|
Islam → Shia Islam |
| Poles |
Indo-European → Slavic → West Slavic → Polish |
Poland |
58–60 million |
significant populations in the United States, Brazil, Germany, Canada, Iceland, Sweden, France, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Belarus, Russia, Australia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Ireland, and Norway |
Christianity → Catholicism |
|
| Portuguese |
Indo-European → Romance → Portuguese |
Portugal |
42-125 million |
Azoreans, Madeirans, Brazilians, Cape Verdeans, Luso-Indians, Macanese, along with significant populations in the United States, Venezuela, France, Canada, South Africa, Angola, the United Kingdom, and Portuguese Luxembourger. |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Punjabis |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Indo-Aryan → Punjabi |
East and West Punjab (Pakistan, India) |
121 million |
Sikhs, along with significant populations in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. |
Islam |
| Purépecha |
Purépecha |
Michoacán (Mexico) |
0.2 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Qashqai |
Turkic → Oghuz → Qashqai |
Iran |
1 million |
|
Islam → Shia Islam |
| Quechua |
Quechuan |
Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador |
10 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Rajbongshi |
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Rangpuri |
India (Assam, West Bengal) |
3.8 million |
|
Hinduism |
| Rakhine |
Sino-Tibetan → Tibeto-Burman → Burmish → Rakhinenese |
Rakhine State (Myanmar) |
3.5 million |
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism |
| Rejangese |
Austronesian → Bidayuh → Rejang |
Rejang Lebong Regency (Indonesia) |
1.2 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Rohingyas |
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Rohingya |
Rakhine State (Myanmar) |
2.4 million |
|
Islam |
| Roma |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Indo-Aryan → Romani |
Europe (Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Finland, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom) |
12 million |
Roma, Iberian Kale, Finnish Kale, Welsh Kale, Romanichal, Sinti, Manush, Romanisæl, Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians, Boyash, Lom, Dom, along with significant populations in Turkey, the United States, and Brazil. |
Christianity |
| Romanians |
Indo-European → Romance → Romanian |
Romania, Moldova, Chernivtsi Oblast and Budjak (Ukraine) |
24 million |
Moldovans, along with significant populations in Italy, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and France. |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Russians |
Indo-European → Slavic → East Slavic → Russian |
Russia |
130–150 million |
Cossacks, Pomors, Lipovans, along with significant populations in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Germany, the United States, Uzbekistan, Israel, Brazil, Belarus, Canada, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Estonia, Turkmenistan, France, Lithuania and Azerbaijan. |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Ryukyuans |
Japonic → Ryukyuan |
Ryukyu islands (Japan) |
1.9 million |
Amami, Miyako, Yonaguni, Yoron, Ishigaki, Yaeyama, Kikai |
Ryukyuan religion |
| Rusyns |
Indo-European → Slavic → Rusyn |
Carpathian Ruthenia (Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland) |
0.1 million |
Pannonian Rusyns, Lemkos, Hutsuls, Boykos |
Christianity |
| Saho |
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Saho |
Eritrea |
0.5 million |
|
Islam |
| Samoans |
Austronesian → Polynesian → Samoan |
Samoan Islands (Samoa, American Samoa) |
0.6 million |
American Samoans |
Christianity |
| San |
Kx'a |
Southern Africa (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Angola) |
0.1 million |
ǃKung, Coloureds (including Cape Coloureds, Griqua, Basters, Oorlam, and Goffal) |
Traditional African religions → San religion |
| Sangirese |
Austronesian → Philippine → Sangiric → Sangirese |
Sangihe Islands (Indonesia) |
0.6 million |
|
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Sami |
Uralic → Finno-Ugric → Sami |
Sápmi (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia) |
0.1 million |
Inari Sami, Kildin Sami, Lule Sami, Northern Sami, Pite Sami, Skolt Sami, Southern Sami, Ter Sami, Ume Sami |
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Sara |
Nilo-Saharan → Central Sudanic → Sara |
Chad, Central African Republic |
3–4 million |
|
Traditional African religions |
| Sardinians |
Indo-European → Romance → Sardinian |
Sardinia (Italy) |
1.7 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Scottish |
Indo-European → Celtic → Goidelic → Scottish Gaelic |
Scotland (United Kingdom) |
28–40 million |
Ulster Scots, Orcadians, Shetlanders, Highlanders, along with significant populations in the United States (including Scotch-Irish Americans), Canada, Australia, and Argentina |
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Senufo |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Senufo |
Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso |
3 million |
Nafana |
Traditional African religions |
| Serbs |
Indo-European → Slavic → Serbo-Croatian → Serbian |
Serbia, Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Montenegro |
9.6–12.5 million |
Kosovo Serbs, Triestine Serbs, along with significant populations in Croatia, Germany, Austria, France, and Sweden |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Serer |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Senegambian → Serer |
Senegal |
1.8 million |
Noon, Laalaa, Ndut, Niominka, Palor, Saafi, Toucouleur |
Islam |
| Shan |
Kra–Dai → Tai → Southwestern Tai → Shan |
Shan State (Myanmar) |
4—6 million |
|
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism |
| Shilluk |
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Luo Nilotic → Shilluk |
South Sudan |
1.5 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Shona |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Shona |
Mashonaland (Zimbabwe) |
10.7–11.7 million |
Manyika, Ndau |
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Sidama |
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Sidaama |
Sidamia (Ethiopia) |
8.5 million |
|
Christianity |
| Silesian |
Indo-European → Slavic → Lechitic → Silesian |
Silesia (Poland), Czech Silesia (Czech Republic) |
2 million |
Cieszyn Vlachs, Silesian Gorals |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Siddi |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Swahili → Sidi |
Pakistan (Baluchistan, Sindh), India (Karnataka, Gujarat, Hyderabad) |
0.4 million |
|
Islam |
| Silt'e |
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopian Semitic → Silt'e |
Siltia (Ethiopia) |
1 million |
|
Islam |
| Sindhis |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Indo-Aryan → Sindhi |
Sindh (Pakistan) |
40 million |
Indian Sindhis |
Islam |
| Sinhalese |
Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Sinhalese |
Sri Lanka |
16 million |
British Sri Lankans |
Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism |
| Sioux |
Siouan → Sioux |
Lakota (United States) |
0.2 million |
Lakota, Dakota, Nakoda, Assiniboine |
Native American religion |
| Slovaks |
Indo-European → Slavic → Slovak |
Slovakia |
6 million |
significant populations in Czech Republic, Serbia, Hungary, United States and Canada |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Slovenes |
Indo-European → Slavic → South Slavic → Slovene |
Slovenia |
2.5 million |
Carinthian Slovenes, Italy Slovenes |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Soga |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Great Lakes Bantu → Soga |
Busoga (Uganda) |
2.1 million |
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Somalis |
Afroasiatic → Cushitic → Somali |
Greater Somalia (Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya) |
16–20 million |
Hawiye, Darod, Isaaq, Dir, Rahanweyn, Madhiban, Yibir, along with significant populations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Canada |
Islam |
| Songhai |
Nilo-Saharan → Songhai |
Mali, Niger |
4.5 million |
Zarma |
Islam |
| Soninke |
Niger–Congo → Mande → Soninke |
Mali |
1 million |
Haratin |
Islam |
| Sotho |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sotho-Tswana → Sotho |
Free State (South Africa), Lesotho |
5.3–6.4 million |
Pedi |
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Spaniards |
Indo-European → Romance → Spanish |
Spain |
47 –500 million |
Castilians, Andalusians, Asturians, Leonese, Cantabrians, Aragonese, Extremadurans, Mirandese, Canary Islanders (including Isleños), Mexicans, Colombians, Argentines, Peruvians, Venezuelans, Chileans, Ecuadorians, Guatemalans, Cubans, Bolivians, Dominicans, Hondurans, Paraguayans, Salvadorans, Nicaraguans, Costa Ricans, Panamanians, Uruguayans, Hispanic Belizeans, Fernandino along with significant populations in France, Brazil, and the United States (including Hispanic and Latino Americans, Californios, Tejanos, Hispanos of New Mexico, and Puerto Ricans) |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Sundanese |
Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian → Sundanese |
Java |
40 million |
Bantenese, Baduy, Cirebonese |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Sukuma |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sukuma |
Tanzania |
5.5 million |
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Swahili |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sabaki → Swahili |
Swahili coast (Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Comoros) |
0.5 -1.8 million |
Shirazi (including Zanzibaris) |
Islam |
| Swazi |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nguni → Swazi |
Mpumalanga (South Africa), Swaziland |
2.4 million |
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Swedes |
Indo-European → Germanic → North Germanic → Swedish |
Sweden |
14.2 Million |
Scanians, Jamtish, Gutnish, along with significant populations in Finland (including Åland Swedes), the United States, Canada, Argentina and the United Kingdom |
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Tabasaran |
Northeast Caucasian → Samur → Tabasaranese |
Tabasaranstan (Russia) |
0.2 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Tagalogs |
Austronesian → Philippine → Tagalog |
Philippines |
30 million |
Filipino Americans |
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Tahitians |
Austronesian → Polynesian → Tahitian |
Tahiti (France) |
0.2 million |
|
Christianity |
| Tajiks |
Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Iranian → Tajik |
Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
18–27 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Tama |
Nilo-Saharan → Eastern Sudanic → Taman → Tama |
Chad, Sudan |
0.3 million |
|
Islam |
| Tamils |
Dravidian → Tamil |
Tamil Nadu (India), Sri Lanka (Northern and Eastern Provinces) |
78 million |
Indian Tamils, Sri Lankan Tamils, along with significant populations in Malaysia, South Africa, the United States, Singapore, Canada, the United Kingdom, and France (including Malbars). |
Hinduism |
| Tatars |
Turkic → Kipchak → Tatar |
Tatarstan (Russia), Crimea |
6.8 million |
Volga Tatars, Crimean Tatars, Lipka Tatars, Siberian Tatars, Mishar Tatars, Finnish Tatars, Dobruja Tatars, Chinese Tatars, Nagaybak, Kryashens |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Telugu |
Dravidian → Telugu |
India (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana) |
90 million |
|
Hinduism |
| Temne |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Mel → Temne |
Sierra Leone |
2.2 million |
|
Islam |
| Thais |
Kra–Dai → Thai |
Thailand |
59 million |
Southern, Khorat, Lanna, Isans, Tai Lü, Thai Americans |
Buddhism |
| Tibetans |
Sino-Tibetan → Tibeto-Kanauri → Bodish → Tibetic |
Tibet (China) |
6.2 million |
|
Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism |
| Tigrayans |
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Tigrinya |
Eritrea, Tigrayia (Ethiopia) |
9 million |
|
Christianity → Oriental Orthodoxy |
| Tigre |
Afroasiatic → Semitic → Ethiopic → Tigre |
Eritrea |
1.8 million |
|
Islam |
| Tiv |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic-Congo → Tivoid → Tiv |
Nigeria |
7 million |
|
Christianity |
| Tiwa |
Sino-Tibetan → Sal → Bodo-Garo → Tiwa |
India (Assam, Meghalaya) |
0.2 million |
|
Hinduism |
| Toraja |
Austronesian → Sunda–Sulawesi → Toraja |
Indonesia (North Toraja Regency, Sulawesi) |
1.1 million |
|
Christianity |
| Toubou |
Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Tebu |
Toubouland (Chad, Niger, Sudan, Libya) |
0.7 million |
Daza, Teda |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Tsonga |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Tswa-Ronga → Tsonga |
Mozambique, South Africa |
6 million |
|
Traditional African religions |
| Tswana |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Sotho-Tswana → Tswana |
South Tswanaland (South Africa), Botswana |
6 million |
Balete, Mangwato, Bangwaketse, Rolong |
Christianity |
| Turkana |
Nilo-Saharan → Nilotic → Eastern Nilotic → Turkana |
Turkanaland (Kenya) |
1 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Turks |
Turkic → Oghuz → Turkish |
Turkey, Northern Cyprus |
63–72 million |
Turkish Cypriots, Meskhetian Turks, Yörüks, along with significant populations in Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Sweden, the United States, Syria, and Iraq |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Turkmens |
Turkic → Oghuz → Turkmen |
Turkmenistan |
6 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Tutsi |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Rwanda-Rundi |
Rwanda, Burundi, Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
3 million |
Banyamulenge |
Christianity, Islam |
| Tuvans |
Turkic → Siberian → Tuvan |
Tuva (Russia) |
0.3 million |
Tozhu Tuvans, Todzhans Tuvans |
Buddhism → Tibetan Buddhism |
| Twa |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Rwanda-Rundi |
Rwanda, Burundi, Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
0.1 million |
|
Traditional African religions |
| Udmurts |
Uralic → Permic → Udmurt |
Udmurtia (Russia) |
0.6 million |
Besermyan |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodox |
| Ukrainians |
Indo-European → Slavic → East Slavic → Ukrainian |
Ukraine |
38–59 million |
Boykos, Hutsul, Poleshuks, Cossacks, along with significant populations in the United States, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Argentina, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, and Romania |
Christianity → Eastern Orthodox |
| Uyghurs |
Turkic → Karluk → Uyghur |
Uyghuristan (China) |
10 million |
Uyghurs in Kazakhstan |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Uzbeks |
Turkic → Karluk → Uzbek |
Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
25 million |
Uzbeks in Russia |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Venda |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Bantu → Tshivenda |
Vendaland (South Africa) |
1 million |
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Vietnamese |
Austroasiatic → Vietic → Vietnamese |
Vietnam |
84 million |
significant populations in the United States, Cambodia, France, Australia, Canada, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Germany and Laos |
Buddhism → Mahayana, Vietnamese folk religion |
| Wa |
Austroasiatic → Palaungic → Waic → Wa |
Wa State (Myanmar) |
1.2 million |
|
Buddhism, Animism |
| Welayta |
Afroasiatic → Omotic → Ometo → Wolayitta |
Wolayitia (Ethiopia) |
2 million |
|
Christianity |
| Welsh |
Indo-European → Celtic → Brittonic → Welsh |
Wales (United Kingdom) |
6–16.3 million |
significant populations in Argentina, the United States, Canada, and Australia. |
Christianity → Protestantism |
| Wolof |
Niger–Congo → Atlantic–Congo → Senegambian → Wolof |
Senegambia (Senegal, The Gambia) |
6.2 million |
Haratin, along with numerous slave descendants in the Americas |
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Xhosa |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nguni → Xhosa |
Xhosaland (South Africa) |
8 million |
|
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
| Yakuts |
Turkic → Siberian Turkic → Yakut |
Yakutia (Russia) |
0.5 million |
|
Christianity → Eastern Orthodox |
| Yoruba |
Niger–Congo → Volta-Niger → Edekiri → Yoruba |
Yorubaland (Nigeria, Benin) |
43 million |
Egun, Ijesha, Egba, Yewa, Igbomina, Awori, Akoko, Okun, Ana, Ekiti, Ilaje, Oku, along with numerous slave descendants in Cuba (including Lucumí), and Brazil (including Pardo Brazilians) |
Christianity, Islam |
| Zaghawa |
Nilo-Saharan → Saharan → Zaghawa |
Chad |
0.4 million |
|
Islam → Sunni Islam |
| Zande |
Niger–Congo → Zande |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan |
1.1 million |
|
Christianity |
| Zapotec |
Oto-Manguean → Zapotecan |
Oaxaca (Mexico) |
1.1 million |
|
Christianity → Catholicism |
| Zhuang |
Kra–Dai → Tai → Zhuang |
Zhuangia (China) |
18 million |
|
Moism |
| Zulu |
Niger–Congo → Bantu → Nguni → Zulu |
KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) |
10–11 million |
Northern Ndebele |
Christianity, Traditional African religions |
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