-Over 60% are descended from the Alamanic German people native to Switzerland (Switzerland had ethnic Germans before Germany existed)
-Around 20% are a Arpitan French people. They originated in Switzerland, and speak Swiss French and Standard French as their native languages.
-over 5% are Ticinese Italians, who speak Lombard dialects.
-1% are Romansh people.
There are also "non-native" minorities, the largest of which are South Slavic peoples (such as Serbs and Croats) and Turks.
2001,
92.1% European
4.2% Arabs/Maghreb
2.8% Asian
0.9% Other
2012
91.1% EUROPEAN
-51.8% German
-19.9% French
-13.5% Italian
-3.3% Former Yugoslavia (Rise from 0.1% in 1991)
-1.6% Former USSR
-1.0% Other (Notably, Dutch, Portuguese, and Swedish)
5.1% ARAB/MAGHREB
-2.7% Turkish
-1.0% Maghreb (Algerian, Moroccan, Tunisia, and Egyptian)
-0.7% Afghan
-0.2% Pakistani
-0.4% Other (Notably, Iraqi and Iranian)
2.8% ASIAN
-1.4% Chinese
-0.6% Bangladeshi
-0.4% Indian
-0.4% Other (Notably, Sri Lanka, Indonesian, and Vietnamese)
1.0% OTHER
-0.5% Mixed Race (Most is non-white Mix)
-0.3% Latin American
-0.2% Other
Switzerland is divided by different mountain ranges, this being said, towards the north and east they speak mostly German, on the other side of the Alps(FrenchAlps) they speak French, then to the south it is mostly Italian. The majority of the Swiss population speak more than one language depending on where they live.
It is Swiss. This last name comes from Switzerland.
My Meda line comes from Northern Italy, near Switzerland.
Switzerland is made up of 4 native races, German, French, Italian and Romany: German 63.7% - Germaniac Peoples are the largest ethnicity in the Switzerland French 20.4% - The French peoples are the secound largest Italian 6.5% - The Italians the Third Romansh 0.5% - The Romany Peoples are very small native minority
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Ethnicity is a little more involved than that. You can be part of any ethnicity and be born in Germany. Ethnicity has more to do with the heritage of your parents.
ethnicity is like your social political background of your ancestors. Where your great grandparents came from is part of your ethnicity. Your culture is also a main part of your ethnicity
Ethnicity is where your family originated for example, my family comes from Greece thus my ethnicity is Greek
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Bern is the capital of Switzerland, though not the biggest city