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Afrikaners - South African descendants of mostly Dutch ancestry, but also including the descendants of FrenchHuguenot and GermanProtestant refugees, who intermarried with the Dutch settlers and adopted Afrikaans as their mother tongue - e.g., the French name 'Le Clerque' became the Afrikaans name 'De Klerk.'
Anglo-Saxon - Historically, a collective name for the Germanic tribes resident Great Britain since the 5th century, especially prior to the Norman Conquest. Became the largest group to form the English people.
Annamites or Vietnamese or Kinh or Jing - Majority ethnic group of Vietnam.
Indo-Iranians/Aryans - ancient inhabitants of South Asia (excluding Southern India), Central Asia and the Iranian plateau, ("Aryan" can also refer to Indo-Aryans, who are inhabiting the majority of South Asia, as well as Afghanistan
French Canadian - of French Canadian culture, historically self-identified as Canadiens, then later as Canadiens-français and those today living in the province of Quebec as Québécois. See also French-speaking Quebecer, Métis and Acadians.
Hausa - an ethnic group that occupies a large portion of West Africa, including the Northern part of Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, and in varying mumbers throughout the Sahel and West Africa
Italians - majority ethnic group of Italy, as well as Argentina in diaspora. Also found in states surrounding Italy, as well as many other countries in diaspora.
Khazars - Turkic people , whose leaders converted to Judaism in order to maintain neutralality in religious conflict. The Khazar empire fell to Kievan Rus in the 11th century.
Lhotshampa - people of Nepali ancestry in Bhutan. Can be of any ethnic or religious group, but are mostly Pahari-speaking Hindus. Found mostly in the south of the country.
Luhya - an ethnic group of Kenya comprising of several closely-related ethnic groups. A few other related ethnicities are located in two of Kenya's neighboring countries: Uganda and Tanzania.
Maya - collective term for diverse groups of indigenous peoples of south-east Mexico and northern Central America, widespread although most live in Mexico and Guatemala
Pennsylvania Dutch - members of Plain sects who conduct religious services in Pennsylvania German, a dialect very similar to the German spoken in the lower Rhine area, from which they came.
Ryukyuans - the native inhabitants of the Ryukyus, a chain of islands starting about 200 km (124 mi) southwest of the Japanese mainland. They are usually subgrouped as follows: Northern Ryukyuans are further subdivided into Amamians and Okinawans, and Southern Ryukyuans are further subdivided into Miyakoans, Yaeyamans, and Yonagunians
Sephardi - Jews who entered Spain with the Arabs, who after the exodus from Spain settled in North Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, the Balkans, and Amsterdam. Sephardim who remained in Spain and Portugal hiding their Jewish identity are known as Crypto Jews.
Ukrainian - widespread Slavic people north of the Black Sea, in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Serbia, Greece and other several countries.
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