Somerville, Massachusetts — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Somerville, Massachusetts 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 | 13256 | 17.54% |
| 2. | Italian | 8841 | 11.70% |
| 3. | English | 5043 | 6.67% |
| 4. | German | 5039 | 6.67% |
| 5. | Portuguese | 4410 | 5.84% |
| 6. | Brazilian | 3004 | 3.98% |
| 7. | Polish | 2859 | 3.78% |
| 8. | Asian Indian | 2234 | 2.96% |
| 9. | French (Except Basque) | 2228 | 2.95% |
| 10. | Salvadoran | 2146 | 2.84% |
| 11. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 1989 | 2.63% |
| 12. | Russian | 1736 | 2.30% |
| 13. | French Canadian | 1660 | 2.20% |
| 14. | Scottish | 1615 | 2.14% |
| 15. | European | 1597 | 2.11% |
| 16. | Haitian | 1369 | 1.81% |
| 17. | Scotch-Irish | 1301 | 1.72% |
| 18. | Puerto Rican | 1127 | 1.49% |
| 19. | Swedish | 1110 | 1.47% |
| 20. | Greek | 986 | 1.30% |
| 21. | Mexican | 748 | 0.99% |
| 22. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 701 | 0.93% |
| 23. | Dutch | 661 | 0.87% |
| 24. | Canadian | 646 | 0.85% |
| 25. | Eastern European | 594 | 0.79% |
| 26. | Guatemalan | 567 | 0.75% |
| 27. | British | 560 | 0.74% |
| 28. | Honduran | 525 | 0.69% |
| 29. | Korean | 509 | 0.67% |
| 30. | Lithuanian | 397 | 0.53% |
| 31. | Ukrainian | 359 | 0.48% |
| 32. | Norwegian | 357 | 0.47% |
| 33. | Lebanese | 309 | 0.41% |
| 34. | Jamaican | 305 | 0.40% |
| 35. | Austrian | 304 | 0.40% |
| 36. | Vietnamese | 278 | 0.37% |
| 37. | Colombian | 270 | 0.36% |
| 38. | Welsh | 264 | 0.35% |
| 39. | Indonesian | 246 | 0.33% |
| 40. | Hungarian | 245 | 0.32% |
| 41. | Japanese | 245 | 0.32% |
| 42. | Pakistani | 230 | 0.30% |
| 43. | Cuban | 204 | 0.27% |
| 44. | Thai | 189 | 0.25% |
| 45. | Northern European | 180 | 0.24% |
| 46. | Romanian | 177 | 0.23% |
| 47. | Turkish | 165 | 0.22% |
| 48. | Scandinavian | 148 | 0.20% |
| 49. | Peruvian | 148 | 0.20% |
| 50. | Nicaraguan | 142 | 0.19% |
| 51. | Danish | 136 | 0.18% |
| 52. | Tlingit-Haida | 132 | 0.17% |
| 53. | Swiss | 132 | 0.17% |
| 54. | Panamanian | 115 | 0.15% |
| 55. | Chilean | 111 | 0.15% |
| 56. | Ethiopian | 107 | 0.14% |
| 57. | Iranian | 104 | 0.14% |
| 58. | Ghanaian | 104 | 0.14% |
| 59. | Czech | 101 | 0.13% |
| 60. | Finnish | 99 | 0.13% |
| 61. | Bahamian | 94 | 0.12% |
| 62. | Cambodian | 92 | 0.12% |
| 63. | Spanish | 89 | 0.12% |
| 64. | Belgian | 87 | 0.12% |
| 65. | Armenian | 86 | 0.11% |
| 66. | Czechoslovakian | 79 | 0.10% |
| 67. | Moroccan | 76 | 0.10% |
| 68. | Ecuadorian | 75 | 0.10% |
| 69. | Serbian | 74 | 0.10% |
| 70. | Cape Verdean | 74 | 0.10% |
| 71. | Bangladeshi | 71 | 0.09% |
| 72. | Spaniard | 71 | 0.09% |
| 73. | Egyptian | 65 | 0.09% |
| 74. | Croatian | 63 | 0.08% |
| 75. | Nigerian | 63 | 0.08% |
| 76. | Australian | 62 | 0.08% |
| 77. | Filipino | 61 | 0.08% |
| 78. | Venezuelan | 58 | 0.08% |
| 79. | Argentinean | 54 | 0.07% |
| 80. | South African | 50 | 0.07% |
| 81. | Albanian | 48 | 0.06% |
| 82. | Israeli | 48 | 0.06% |
| 83. | Afghan | 45 | 0.06% |
| 84. | Ugandan | 40 | 0.05% |
| 85. | Slovak | 35 | 0.05% |
| 86. | Latvian | 33 | 0.04% |
| 87. | Cajun | 33 | 0.04% |
| 88. | Laotian | 28 | 0.04% |
| 89. | Somalian | 26 | 0.03% |
| 90. | Uruguayan | 26 | 0.03% |
| 91. | Taiwanese | 26 | 0.03% |
| 92. | Maltese | 25 | 0.03% |
| 93. | Jordanian | 23 | 0.03% |
| 94. | Slovene | 21 | 0.03% |
| 95. | Yugoslavian | 21 | 0.03% |
| 96. | Icelander | 20 | 0.03% |
| 97. | Syrian | 20 | 0.03% |
| 98. | Kenyan | 20 | 0.03% |
| 99. | Bolivian | 17 | 0.02% |
| 100. | Bulgarian | 15 | 0.02% |
| 101. | Barbadian | 15 | 0.02% |
| 102. | Chippewa | 13 | 0.02% |
| 103. | Belizean | 13 | 0.02% |
| 104. | Malaysian | 13 | 0.02% |
| 105. | Palestinian | 12 | 0.02% |
| 106. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 11 | 0.01% |
| 107. | Paraguayan | 9 | 0.01% |
| 108. | Iraqi | 8 | 0.01% |
| 109. | Cree | 5 | 0.01% |
| 110. | Pennsylvania German | 4 | 0.01% |
| 111. | British West Indian | 3 | 0.00% |