Demonyms (National People Names)

Geographers call the word that describes where somebody comes from a DEMONYM (pronounced demo - nim) and we tend to use them quite a lot.

194 records

Country Code Name 1 Name 2 Name 3 Name 4 Name 5 Name 6
Afghanistan AF Afghan
Albania AL Albanian
Algeria DZ Algerian
Andorra AD Andorran
Angola AO Angolan
Antigua and Barbuda AG Antiguans Barbudans
Argentina AR Argentine Argentinean
Armenia AM Armenian
Australia AU Australian Ozzie Aussie
Austria AT Austrian
Azerbaijan AZ Azerbaijani
Bahamas BS Bahamian
Bahrain BH Bahraini
Bangladesh BD Bangladeshi
Barbados BB Barbadian Bajuns
Belarus BY Belarusian
Belgium BE Belgian
Belize BZ Belizean
Benin BJ Beninese
Bhutan BT Bhutanese
Bolivia BO Bolivian
Bosnia and Herzegovina BA Bosnian Herzegovinian
Botswana BW Motswana (singular) Batswana (plural)
Brazil BR Brazilian
Brunei BN Bruneian
Bulgaria BG Bulgarian
Burkina Faso BF Burkinabe
Burundi BI Burundian
Cambodia KH Cambodian
Cameroon CM Cameroonian
Canada CA Canadian
Cape Verde CV Cape Verdian Cape Verdean
Central African Republic CF Central African
Chad TD Chadian
Chile CL Chilean
China CN Chinese
Chinese Taipei TW Taiwanese
Colombia CO Colombian
Comoros KM Comoran
Congo (Brazzaville) CG Congolese
Congo (Kinshasa) CD Congolese
Costa Rica CR Costa Rican
Côte d'Ivoire CI Ivorian
Croatia HR Croat Croatian
Cuba CU Cuban
Czech Republic CZ Czech
Denmark DK Dane Danish
Djibouti DJ Djibouti
Dominica DM Dominican
Dominican Republic DO Dominican
Ecuador EC Ecuadorean
Egypt EG Egyptian
El Salvador SV Salvadoran
Equatorial Guinea GQ Equatorial Guinean
Eritrea ER Eritrean
Estonia EE Estonian
Ethiopia ET Ethiopian
Fiji FJ Fijian
Finland FI Finn Finnish
France FR French Frenchwoman Frenchman
Gabon GA Gabonese
Gambia GM Gambian
Georgia GE Georgian
Germany DE German
Ghana GH Ghanaian
Greece GR Greek
Grenada GD Grenadian Grenadan
Guatemala GT Guatemalan
Guinea GN Guinean
Guinea-Bissau GW Guinea-Bissauan
Guyana GY Guyanese
Haiti HT Haitian
Holy See VA none
Honduras HN Honduran
Hungary HU Hungarian
Iceland IS Icelander
India IN Indian
Indonesia ID Indonesian
Iran IR Iranian
Iraq IQ Iraqi
Ireland IE Irish Irishman Irishwoman
Israel IL Israeli
Italy IT Italian
Jamaica JM Jamaican
Japan JP Japanese
Jordan JO Jordanian
Kazakhstan KZ Kazakhstani
Kenya KE Kenyan
Kiribati KI I-Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of KP North Korean
Korea, Republic of KR South Korean
Kosovo Kosovar
Kuwait KW Kuwaiti
Kyrgyzstan KG Kyrgyz Kirghiz
Lao PDR LA Lao Laotian
Latvia LV Latvian
Lebanon LB Lebanese
Lesotho LS Mosotho (plural Basotho)
Liberia LR Liberian
Libya LY Libyan
Liechtenstein LI Liechtensteiner
Lithuania LT Lithuanian
Luxembourg LU Luxembourger
Madagascar MG Malagasy
Malawi MW Malawian
Malaysia MY Malaysian
Maldives MV Maldivan
Mali ML Malian
Malta MT Maltese
Marshall Islands MH Marshallese
Mauritania MR Mauritanian
Mauritius MU Mauritian
Mexico MX Mexican
Micronesia FM Micronesian
Moldova MD Moldovan
Monaco MC Monegasque Monacan
Mongolia MN Mongolian
Montenegro ME Montenegrin
Morocco MA Moroccan
Mozambique MZ Mozambican
Myanmar MM Burmese Myanmarese
Namibia NA Namibian
Nauru NR Nauruan
Nepal NP Nepalese
Netherlands NL Netherlander Dutchwoman Dutchman Hollander Dutch
New Zealand NZ New Zealander Kiwi
Nicaragua NI Nicaraguan
Niger NE Nigerien
Nigeria NG Nigerian
Norway NO Norwegian
Oman OM Omani
Pakistan PK Pakistani
Palau PW Palauan
Panama PA Panamanian
Papua New Guinea PG Papua New Guinean
Paraguay PY Paraguayan
Peru PE Peruvian
Philippines PH Filipino
Poland PL Pole Polish
Portugal PT Portuguese
Qatar QA Qatari
Republic of Cyprus CY Cypriot
Republic of Macedonia MK Macedonian
Romania RO Romanian
Russian Federation RU Russian
Rwanda RW Rwandan
Saint Kitts and Nevis KN Kittian and Nevisian
Saint Lucia LC Saint Lucian
Samoa WS Samoan
San Marino SM Sammarinese San Marinese
Sao Tome and Principe ST Sao Tomean
Saudi Arabia SA Saudi Saudi Arabian
Senegal SN Senegalese
Serbia RS Serbian
Seychelles SC Seychellois
Sierra Leone SL Sierra Leonean
Singapore SG Singaporean
Slovakia SK Slovak Slovakian
Slovenia SI Slovene Slovenian
Solomon Islands SB Solomon Islander
Somalia SO Somali
South Africa ZA South African
Spain ES Spaniard Spanish
Sri Lanka LK Sri Lankan
Sudan SD Sudanese
Suriname SR Surinamer
Swaziland SZ Swazi
Sweden SE Swede Swedish
Switzerland CH Swiss
Syrian Arab Republic SY Syrian
Tajikistan TJ Tajik Tadzhik
Thailand TH Thai
Timor-Leste TL East Timorese
Togo TG Togolese
Tonga TO Tongan
Trinidad and Tobago TT Trinidadian Tobagonian
Tunisia TN Tunisian
Turkey TR Turk Turkish
Turkmenistan TM Turkmen(s)
Tuvalu TV Tuvaluan
Uganda UG Ugandan
Ukraine UA Ukrainian
United Arab Emirates AE Emirian
United Kingdom GB Brit Briton British Englishman Englishwoman Brit
United Republic of Tanzania TZ Tanzanian
United States of America US American Yankee Yank
Uruguay UY Uruguayan
Uzbekistan UZ Uzbek Uzbekistani
Vanuatu VU Ni-Vanuatu
Venezuela VE Venezuelan
Viet Nam VN Vietnamese
Yemen YE Yemeni Yemenite
Zambia ZM Zambian
Zimbabwe ZW Zimbabwean

Notes

  • Last updated on July 23, 2015
  • Demonyms (National People Names) data as of July 23, 2015 courtesy of The Geography Site.