The 56 Chinese Ethnicities - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
91.6474%(1000M) Most of the Chinese people we meet. 汉族 Han
98%
0.7555%(10M) Men of this ehnicity traditionally carry a knife everywhere they go, but has been prohibited from doing this by the Chinese gov't. Think of Ürümqi! ئۇيغۇر Uyghur
89%
0.4488%(5M) Major ethnicity of China's northern neighbor. ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ Mongol
88%
0.4713%(6M) Long history of oppression, within it, a culture of beauty and rising dragons in the sunlight. བོད་པ་ Tibet
88%
0.1374%(1M) Our culture is something much more than kpop. 중국조선족 Korean
84%
0.7794%(10M) Mainly resides in the vast plains of ___ria. ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ Manchu
82%
0.1097%(1M) Sky blue field with a golden eagle, a sun with 32 rays and an ornate pattern. Anything familiar? қазақтар Kazakh
78%
0.7943%(10M) Largest minority with Islamic beliefs. خُوِذُو Hui
73%
<0.01%(<100K) They utterly differ from the well known ____s from the stan country.They speak Sarikoli, not ___. tujik ziv Tajik
70%
<0.04%(<500K) Red background, yellow fiery ball which is actually a yurt in the middle. And they escaped from the Russians trying to slaughter them. Again, familiar? Кыргыз Kyrgyz
68%
<0.01%(<100K) A surprisingly small number of people, if you ask me. Pусские Russian
65%
1.27%(16M) Mainly resides in the Guangxi region. Bouxcuengh Zhuang
64%
<0.04%(<500K) Their DNAs indicate that Greeks mixed with an East Asian population at around 1200 CE. Tu
61%
<0.001%(<100K) Last of the ethnic groups from the stans. Oʻzbeklar Uzbek
61%
0.7072%(9M) Some may be preferably referred to as Hmong. Hmongb Miao
58%
0.6538%(8M) The Sichuan __ language. ꆈꌠ Yi
54%
0.1098%(1M) The Beijing gov't likes them because they fought against the Kuomintang and for the Communist party. Hlai Li
53%
0.0532%(708K) Earliest settlers of Guangdong, speaks Hakka influenced language and not pronounced like the female pronoun. 山客話 She
51%
0.1451%(1M) "White people" literally, since they hold the color as of high esteem. Baipho Bai
48%
0.2161%(2M) They cover the dead in wet money paper as a part of an elaborate funeral procedure. Gaeml Dong
46%
0.0946%(1M) Xishuangbanna ___ autonomous prefecture. ᦅᧄᦺᦑᦟ Dai
43%
0.0003%(3556) Relatives of those from ___stan, Russia. تاتار Tatar
43%
<0.01%(<100K) Ethnically Vietnamese. Kinh tộc, 粤 Gin
40%
0.0003%(4009) Indigenous people of the island. Some of them are even related to the ethnic groups of Madagascar. Taiwanese Aborigines
40%
<0.04%(<500K) Legend says that they are people originated from two female ancestors Ya Htawm and Ya Htai who used to be tadpoles. Va Wa
39%
<0.04%(<500K) Their language (literally "water language") has as much as 70 consonants, and they use their own script, only for divination purposes. They use written Mandarin for daily purposes. 水族 Sui
35%
<0.01%(<100K) Traditionally used to drink reindeer milk in the Russian north. Эвэнкил Evenki
33%
<0.01%(<500K) Ma, along with Han, is the most widespread surname as it substitutes for Muhammad. سالارچا Salar
32%
0.2098%(2M) A minority group in Vietnam as well. người Dao Yao
32%
0.6268%(8M) They worship a white tiger totem traditionally. 毕孜卡 Tujia
31%
0.1246%(1M) They build their houses with bamboo, stone and mud. Haqniq Hani
29%
0.0466%(621K) independent ethnic group arose through contact with Central Asians. Christmas? دْوݣسِيْاݣ Dongxiang
28%
<0.001%(<10K) Self designated as people of the land. Нанай Hezhen
28%
0.0527%(702K) Originated from Tibet even before the Tibets. လီဆူလူမျိုး Lisu
27%
<0.01%(<100K) Descendants of the people who fled from Mongolia when the Uyghur Khaganate collapsed in 840. yoɣïr lar Yugur
27%
0.2153%(2M) They actually counsider themselves as the Z____ people. buxQyaix Bouyei
26%
<0.04%(<500K) They were heavily influenced by the Sichuan earthquake in 2008. Rrmea Qiang
26%
<0.01%(<500K) The former name Dahur is considered derogatory. Дагуур Daur
25%
<0.04%(<500K) They live in the Xinjiang province, located in the far west as well as Liaoning and Jilin, located in the far east bordering North Korea. ᠰᡞᠪᡝ Xibe
24%
<0.04%(<500K) With the Lao ethnic group, they were recruited by the CIA to fight against the communist Pathet Lao. Ladhof Lahu
23%
<0.04%(<500K) They are known for their known for their fierce independence, disciplined fighting skills, embrace of Christianity, herbal healing and jungle survival skills. Jinghpaw Jingpo
22%
<0.01%(<100K) The gov't helped them create a latin based script for their language. Despite that, (NO WRITTEN FORM) Nu
22%
<0.01%(<100K) Music and dancing is a huge part of their culture. They use Chinese characters to write their language. 阿昌族 Achang
21%
<0.001%(<10K) Mainly hunters, the Chinese gov't is persuading them to abandon their traditional life style of hunting. (NO WRITTEN FORM) Oroqen
21%
0.0413%(550K) Most of them practices Taoism. Kláo Gelao
19%
<0.04%(<500K) Exceptionally harboring a rich and distinct culture, they also have their own religion based on the Tibetan Bon religion, the Dongba. (COULDN'T FIND INFO) Nakhi
19%
<0.01%(<100K) Believed to have been descended from Muslim Mongol soldiers (NO WRITTEN FORM) Bonan
18%
<0.01%(<500K) Rhymes with slang. And they speak a language called "U". Pouma Blang
14%
<0.001%(<10K) Not to be confused with the duleng people, a subethnic of another ethnic group. Most of them speak Mandarin and Burmese as well. Tvrung kvt Derung
14%
0.0003%(3682) Diverse amalgamation of Sino-Tibetan-speaking tribespeople living in a region in southeastern Tibet. (COULDN'T FIND INFO) Lhoba
14%
<0.04%(<500K) They wear jackets with large buttons. 仫佬族 Mulao
14%
<0.01%(<100K) They typically reside at elevations above 9000 feet. (NO CURRENT WRITTEN FORM) Pumi
14%
<0.01%(<100K) They were the last recognized national minority, recognized in 1979. (NO WRITTEN FORM) Jino
13%
<0.001%(<100K) Residing in Tibet, larger numbers of these people live in India, and about 3000 live in Bhutan. མོན་པ་ Monba
13%
<0.01%(<100K) Poppy cultivation during the fight against the Burmese gov't instigated a serious drug addiction among their people. (COULDN'T FIND INFO) De'ang
11%
<0.01%(<500K) Over 80% have the same surname, Tan. (NO WRITTEN FORM) Maonan
11%
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