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. | Irish | 33574 | 5.15% |
| 2. | English | 31874 | 4.89% |
| 3. | Mexican | 31173 | 4.78% |
| 4. | German | 27451 | 4.21% |
| 5. | Italian | 10226 | 1.57% |
| 6. | Scotch-Irish | 9968 | 1.53% |
| 7. | Scottish | 7788 | 1.19% |
| 8. | French (Except Basque) | 7189 | 1.10% |
| 9. | European | 4139 | 0.63% |
| 10. | Polish | 3715 | 0.57% |
| 11. | Vietnamese | 3045 | 0.47% |
| 12. | Dutch | 2888 | 0.44% |
| 13. | Asian Indian | 2667 | 0.41% |
| 14. | Honduran | 2232 | 0.34% |
| 15. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 2151 | 0.33% |
| 16. | Swedish | 1924 | 0.30% |
| 17. | Welsh | 1679 | 0.26% |
| 18. | Russian | 1577 | 0.24% |
| 19. | British | 1574 | 0.24% |
| 20. | Puerto Rican | 1476 | 0.23% |
| 21. | Norwegian | 1276 | 0.20% |
| 22. | Salvadoran | 985 | 0.15% |
| 23. | Guatemalan | 754 | 0.12% |
| 24. | Greek | 735 | 0.11% |
| 25. | Korean | 703 | 0.11% |
| 26. | Filipino | 691 | 0.11% |
| 27. | Ethiopian | 636 | 0.10% |
| 28. | French Canadian | 576 | 0.09% |
| 29. | Danish | 566 | 0.09% |
| 30. | Cuban | 527 | 0.08% |
| 31. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 490 | 0.08% |
| 32. | Swiss | 474 | 0.07% |
| 33. | Czech | 446 | 0.07% |
| 34. | Lebanese | 434 | 0.07% |
| 35. | Somalian | 412 | 0.06% |
| 36. | Eastern European | 401 | 0.06% |
| 37. | Austrian | 393 | 0.06% |
| 38. | Lithuanian | 389 | 0.06% |
| 39. | Japanese | 383 | 0.06% |
| 40. | Ukrainian | 380 | 0.06% |
| 41. | Hungarian | 376 | 0.06% |
| 42. | Cherokee | 337 | 0.05% |
| 43. | Jamaican | 332 | 0.05% |
| 44. | Colombian | 328 | 0.05% |
| 45. | Panamanian | 327 | 0.05% |
| 46. | Slovak | 296 | 0.05% |
| 47. | Nigerian | 284 | 0.04% |
| 48. | Scandinavian | 256 | 0.04% |
| 49. | Venezuelan | 251 | 0.04% |
| 50. | Cambodian | 250 | 0.04% |
| 51. | Portuguese | 248 | 0.04% |
| 52. | Kenyan | 241 | 0.04% |
| 53. | Finnish | 240 | 0.04% |
| 54. | Laotian | 235 | 0.04% |
| 55. | Brazilian | 230 | 0.04% |
| 56. | Uruguayan | 227 | 0.03% |
| 57. | Iranian | 220 | 0.03% |
| 58. | Peruvian | 203 | 0.03% |
| 59. | Sudanese | 200 | 0.03% |
| 60. | Northern European | 190 | 0.03% |
| 61. | Palestinian | 190 | 0.03% |
| 62. | Spaniard | 159 | 0.02% |
| 63. | Turkish | 154 | 0.02% |
| 64. | Chilean | 153 | 0.02% |
| 65. | Native Hawaiian | 148 | 0.02% |
| 66. | Canadian | 139 | 0.02% |
| 67. | Romanian | 139 | 0.02% |
| 68. | Iraqi | 134 | 0.02% |
| 69. | Spanish | 129 | 0.02% |
| 70. | Yugoslavian | 126 | 0.02% |
| 71. | Haitian | 122 | 0.02% |
| 72. | Egyptian | 112 | 0.02% |
| 73. | Latvian | 108 | 0.02% |
| 74. | Choctaw | 99 | 0.02% |
| 75. | Taiwanese | 98 | 0.02% |
| 76. | Indonesian | 93 | 0.01% |
| 77. | Zimbabwean | 89 | 0.01% |
| 78. | Argentinean | 88 | 0.01% |
| 79. | Croatian | 84 | 0.01% |
| 80. | Syrian | 83 | 0.01% |
| 81. | Pennsylvania German | 73 | 0.01% |
| 82. | Australian | 70 | 0.01% |
| 83. | Belgian | 69 | 0.01% |
| 84. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 66 | 0.01% |
| 85. | New Zealander | 63 | 0.01% |
| 86. | Nicaraguan | 62 | 0.01% |
| 87. | German Russian | 58 | 0.01% |
| 88. | Slovene | 57 | 0.01% |
| 89. | Malaysian | 53 | 0.01% |
| 90. | Czechoslovakian | 51 | 0.01% |
| 91. | Armenian | 51 | 0.01% |
| 92. | Slavic | 48 | 0.01% |
| 93. | Israeli | 48 | 0.01% |
| 94. | Moroccan | 47 | 0.01% |
| 95. | Serbian | 41 | 0.01% |
| 96. | Pakistani | 41 | 0.01% |
| 97. | Thai | 39 | 0.01% |
| 98. | Senegalese | 34 | 0.01% |
| 99. | Afghan | 32 | 0.00% |
| 100. | Bangladeshi | 31 | 0.00% |
| 101. | U.S. Virgin Islander | 30 | 0.00% |
| 102. | Cajun | 28 | 0.00% |
| 103. | Hmong | 23 | 0.00% |
| 104. | South African | 20 | 0.00% |
| 105. | Sri Lankan | 20 | 0.00% |
| 106. | Icelander | 20 | 0.00% |
| 107. | Dutch West Indian | 17 | 0.00% |
| 108. | Maltese | 15 | 0.00% |
| 109. | Celtic | 15 | 0.00% |
| 110. | Bulgarian | 14 | 0.00% |
| 111. | Bahamian | 14 | 0.00% |
| 112. | Blackfeet | 13 | 0.00% |
| 113. | Cape Verdean | 12 | 0.00% |
| 114. | Estonian | 12 | 0.00% |
| 115. | Micronesian | 12 | 0.00% |
| 116. | Liberian | 11 | 0.00% |
| 117. | Alaskan Athabascan | 7 | 0.00% |
| 118. | Bolivian | 6 | 0.00% |
| 119. | Jordanian | 5 | 0.00% |