Ethnic origins of people in Malaysia

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Given here are the ethnic origins of Malaysian residents (citizens, landed immigrants, and non-citizen temporary residents) as recorded by them on their 2010 census form. The relevant census question asked for "the ethnic or cultural origins" of the respondent's ancestors and not the respondents themselves.

As data were collected by self-declaration, labels may not necessarily describe the true ancestry of respondents. Also note that many respondents acknowledged multiple ancestries. These people were added to the "multiple origin" total for each origin listed. These include responses as varied as a respondent who listed eight different origins and a respondent who answered "Chinese Malaysian" (leading to him/her being counted once for "Chinese" and once for "Malaysian"). As with all self-reported data, understanding of the question may have varied from respondent to respondent.

Classification of 2010 Census ethnic group is as set by Inter-Agency Technical Committee (IATC) in Appendix 1. IATC is a committee formed to co-ordinate and monitor the implementation and use of standardised codes, classifications and definitions used by the Department of Statistics, Malaysia and other government agencies. For the purpose of tabulation and analysis, as well as taking into account the diverse ethnic group in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Federal Territory of Labuan and Sarawak, major ethnic groups according to region as follows:

Peninsular Malaysia | Sabah and
Federal Territory of Labuan | Sarawak

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Malaysian Citizens
Bumiputera

Malay

| Bumiputera

Malay
Kadazan-Dusun
Bajau
Murut

| Bumiputera

Malay
Iban
Bidayuh
Orang Ulu
Melanau

Other Bumiputera

* Negrito
* Senoi
* Melayu Asli / Proto-Malay
* Bajau
* Balabak / Molbog
* Bidayuh
* Bisaya / Bisayah
* Bukitan
* Bulongan
* Dusun
* Iban
* Idah / Ida'an
* Iranun / Ilanun
* Kadayan / Kedayan
* Kadazan
* Kajang
* Kanowit
* Kayan
* Kejaman
* Kelabit
* Kenyah
* Lahanan
* Lisum
* Lugat
* Lun Bawang
* Lundayuh / Lundayeh
* Malay Bruneian
* Melanau
* Murut
* Orang Sungai / Sungoi
* Penan
* Punan
* Rungus
* Sabup
* Sekapan
* Sian
* Siamese
* Sipeng
* Suluk / Tausug
* Tabun
* Tagal
* Tanjong
* Tidung
* Ukit
* Other Sabah Bumiputera
* Other Sarawak Bumiputera

Other Malays/ Anak Dagang
Indonesian

* Malay
* Acehnese
* Banjarese
* Batak
* Buginese
* Javanese
* Mandailing
* Minangkabau
* Sundanese
* Other ethnic groups from Indonesia

Non-Bumiputera
Chinese

* Cantonese
* Foochow
* Hainanese
* Henghua
* Hokchia
* Hokchiu
* Hokkien
* Khek / Hakka
* Kwongsai
* Teochew / Chaoshanese
* Other Chinese

Indian

* Muslim Indian / Malabari
* Malayali
* Punjabi
* Sikh
* Sinhalese
* Tamil Indian
* Tamil Sri Lankan
* Telugu
* Other Indians

Others

* Arab
* Bangladeshi
* Burmese
* Cambodian
* Cocos Islander
* Filipino
* Japanese
* Korean
* Nepalese
* Pakistani
* Thai
* Vietnamese
* Other Asian Nationality
* British
* Danish
* English
* French
* German
* Irish
* Italian
* Scottish
* Spanish
* Other European Nationality
* African
* American
* Australian
* New Zealander
* Eurasian
* Other Nationality

Non-Malaysian Citizens
(including Permanent Residents)

* African
* Arab
* Bangladeshi
* Burmese
* Chinese
* East Timorese
* Filipino
* Indian
* Indonesian
* Iranian
* Japanese
* Korean
* Nepalese
* Pakistani
* Sri Lankan
* Thai
* Vietnamese
* Refugee / Refugee Article 1/1951 / United Nations Specialised Agency / United Nations Organisation / Unspecified Nationality
* Stateless / Stateless Person Article 1/1954
* Other Nationality

Information collected in the census including ethnic group and citizenship was based on respondent's answer and did not refer to any official document.

Information on citizenship should be used with caution as it is subject to content and coverage errors especially for non-citizens as in censuses in most countries.

## Further reading

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* Saw Swee-Hock (6 January 2015), The Population of Malaysia (Second Edition), Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, pp. 220–, ISBN 978-981-4620-36-9

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Ethnic groups in Malaysia

Malaysians

Bumiputera|

| Malay
(list)|

| Anak Jati|

* Johorean Malay
* Kedahan Malay
* Kelantanese Malay
* Malaccan Malay
* Negeri Sembilanese Malay
* Penangite Malay
* Perakian Malay
* Perlisan Malay
* Pahang Malay
* Selangorian Malay
* Terengganuan Malay
* Bruneian Malay
* Kedayan
* Sarawakian Malay

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Anak Dagang|

* Cocos Malays
* Christmas Island Malays
* Chams
* Acehnese
* Banjarese
* Batak
* Mandailing
* Bugis (Bugis-Malay)
* Javanese
* Baweanese
* Makassar
* Minangkabau
* Kerinci
* Ocu
* Rawa
* Sundanese
* Burmese Malays
* Patani Malays
* Siamese

Orang Asal
(Other
Indigenous peoples)|

| Peninsular
Malaysia|

* Proto-Malay
* Jakun
* Orang Kanaq
* Orang Laut
* Orang Kuala
* Orang Seletar
* Semelai
* Temoq
* Temuan
* Semang
* Batek
* Lanoh
* Jahai
* Kensiu
* Kintaq
* Mendriq
* Mintil
* Mos
* Senoi
* Semai
* Mah Meri
* Cheq Wong
* Temiar
* Jah Hut
* Semaq Beri

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Sarawak|

* Dayak
* Bidayuh
* Bukitan
* Iban
* Selako
* Orang Ulu
* Kayan
* Kelabit
* Kenyah
* Lun Bawang
* Penan
* Punan
* Sa'ban
* Ukit
* Others
* Bisaya
* Melanau
* Miriek

Sabah|

* Kadazan-Dusun
* Kadazan
* Dusun
* Kwijau
* Lotud
* Mangka'ak
* Maragang
* Minokok
* Rumanau
* Bisaya
* Ida'an
* Illanun
* Lun Bawang
* Murut
* Orang Sungai
* Dumpas
* Tambanuo
* Rungus
* Sama-Bajau
* Suluk
* Tidong

Peranakan|

* Peranakan Arab
* Peranakan Eropah (including Kristang)
* Jawi Peranakan
* Peranakan Siam (Sam-Sam)
* Peranakan Turki

Chinese
(list)|

* Hokkien
* Cantonese
* Hakka
* Hainanese
* Teochew
* Foochow
* Henghua
* Penangite Chinese

| Peranakan|

* Peranakan Cina (Baba-Nyonya)
* Sino-Native

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Indian
(list)|

* Gujarati
* Penangite Indian
* Punjabi
* Malayali
* Indians in Sabah
* Indians in Sarawak
* Sri Lankan
* Tamil
* Telugu

| Peranakan|

Peranakan Chitty

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Mixed ancestry
(non-Peranakan)|

* Chindians

Foreign ethnicities
/expatriates|

* African
* Arab (Hadhrami)
* Bangladeshi
* Burmese (Rohingya)
* China/Taiwan Chinese
* East Timorese
* Filipino (Zamboangans)
* Indian
* Indonesian
* Iranian
* Japanese
* Jewish (former)
* Korean
* Nepali
* Pakistani
* Singaporeans
* Thai
* Vietnamese

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Ethnicity

Concepts|

* Clan
* Ethnic group
* Ethnographic group
* Ethnolinguistic group
* Ethnonational group
* Ethnoreligious group
* Ethnographic realism
* Hyphenated ethnicity
* Indigenous peoples
* In-group and out-groups
* Meta-ethnicity
* Metroethnicity
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* Influence
* Monoethnicity
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* Panethnicity
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* Population
* Race
* Supraethnicity
* Symbolic ethnicity
* Tribe

Ethnology|

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* Autoethnography
* Clinical
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* Institutional
* Netnography
* Online
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* Salvage
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* Australia
* Aboriginal groups
* Torres Strait Islanders
* Europe
* Oceania
* Indigenous
* European

Identity and
ethnogenesis

* Cross-race effect
* Cultural assimilation
* Cultural identity
* Demonym
* Development
* Endonym
* Ethnarch
* Ethnic flag
* Ethnic option
* Ethnic origin
* Ethnic religion
* Ethnicity in censuses
* Ethnofiction
* Ethnonym
* Folk religion
* Historical
* Imagined community
* Kinship
* Legendary progenitor
* Lineage-bonded society
* Linguistic homeland
* Mores
* Mythomoteur
* Nation-building
* Nation state
* National language
* National myth
* Origin myth
* Pantribal sodality
* Statistext
* Tribal name
* Tribalism
* Detribalization
* Neotribalism
* White ethnic

Multiethnic society|

* Consociationalism
* Cultural appropriation
* Diaspora politics
* Dominant minority
* Ethnic democracy
* Ethnic enclave
* Ethnic interest group
* Ethnic majority
* Ethnic media
* Ethnic nationalism
* Ethnic pornography
* Ethnic theme park
* Ethnoburb
* Ethnocracy
* Ethnographic film
* Ethnographic village
* Ethnopluralism
* Indigenous rights
* Middleman minority
* Minority rights
* Model minority
* Model minority myth
* Multinational state

Ideology and
ethnic conflict

* Allophilia
* Ethnic bioweapon
* Ethnic cleansing
* Ethnic hatred
* Ethnic joke
* Ethnic party
* Ethnic penalty
* Ethnic slurs
* Ethnic stereotype
* Ethnic violence
* Ethnocentrism
* Ethnocide
* Ethnosymbolism
* Indigenism
* Indigenization
* Nativism
* Separatist movements
* Xenocentrism
* Xenophilia
* Xenophobia

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* Minzu (anthropology)

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