Memphis, Tennessee — Nationalities & Ancestry

Nationalities & Ancestry

Breakdown of the population of Memphis, Tennessee by nationality. Data represents only those respondents who voluntarily listed an ancestry on their response form. Sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Nationalities & Ancestry
# Ancestry Population Percentage
1.Irish335745.15%
2.English318744.89%
3.Mexican311734.78%
4.German274514.21%
5.Italian102261.57%
6.Scotch-Irish99681.53%
7.Scottish77881.19%
8.French (Except Basque)71891.10%
9.European41390.63%
10.Polish37150.57%
11.Vietnamese30450.47%
12.Dutch28880.44%
13.Asian Indian26670.41%
14.Honduran22320.34%
15.Chinese , Except Taiwanese21510.33%
16.Swedish19240.30%
17.Welsh16790.26%
18.Russian15770.24%
19.British15740.24%
20.Puerto Rican14760.23%
21.Norwegian12760.20%
22.Salvadoran9850.15%
23.Guatemalan7540.12%
24.Greek7350.11%
25.Korean7030.11%
26.Filipino6910.11%
27.Ethiopian6360.10%
28.French Canadian5760.09%
29.Danish5660.09%
30.Cuban5270.08%
31.Dominican (Dominican Republic)4900.08%
32.Swiss4740.07%
33.Czech4460.07%
34.Lebanese4340.07%
35.Somalian4120.06%
36.Eastern European4010.06%
37.Austrian3930.06%
38.Lithuanian3890.06%
39.Japanese3830.06%
40.Ukrainian3800.06%
41.Hungarian3760.06%
42.Cherokee3370.05%
43.Jamaican3320.05%
44.Colombian3280.05%
45.Panamanian3270.05%
46.Slovak2960.05%
47.Nigerian2840.04%
48.Scandinavian2560.04%
49.Venezuelan2510.04%
50.Cambodian2500.04%
51.Portuguese2480.04%
52.Kenyan2410.04%
53.Finnish2400.04%
54.Laotian2350.04%
55.Brazilian2300.04%
56.Uruguayan2270.03%
57.Iranian2200.03%
58.Peruvian2030.03%
59.Sudanese2000.03%
60.Northern European1900.03%
61.Palestinian1900.03%
62.Spaniard1590.02%
63.Turkish1540.02%
64.Chilean1530.02%
65.Native Hawaiian1480.02%
66.Canadian1390.02%
67.Romanian1390.02%
68.Iraqi1340.02%
69.Spanish1290.02%
70.Yugoslavian1260.02%
71.Haitian1220.02%
72.Egyptian1120.02%
73.Latvian1080.02%
74.Choctaw990.02%
75.Taiwanese980.02%
76.Indonesian930.01%
77.Zimbabwean890.01%
78.Argentinean880.01%
79.Croatian840.01%
80.Syrian830.01%
81.Pennsylvania German730.01%
82.Australian700.01%
83.Belgian690.01%
84.Trinidadian And Tobagonian660.01%
85.New Zealander630.01%
86.Nicaraguan620.01%
87.German Russian580.01%
88.Slovene570.01%
89.Malaysian530.01%
90.Czechoslovakian510.01%
91.Armenian510.01%
92.Slavic480.01%
93.Israeli480.01%
94.Moroccan470.01%
95.Serbian410.01%
96.Pakistani410.01%
97.Thai390.01%
98.Senegalese340.01%
99.Afghan320.00%
100.Bangladeshi310.00%
101.U.S. Virgin Islander300.00%
102.Cajun280.00%
103.Hmong230.00%
104.South African200.00%
105.Sri Lankan200.00%
106.Icelander200.00%
107.Dutch West Indian170.00%
108.Maltese150.00%
109.Celtic150.00%
110.Bulgarian140.00%
111.Bahamian140.00%
112.Blackfeet130.00%
113.Cape Verdean120.00%
114.Estonian120.00%
115.Micronesian120.00%
116.Liberian110.00%
117.Alaskan Athabascan70.00%
118.Bolivian60.00%
119.Jordanian50.00%