This is the hTML code for a ethnicity dropdown. The list is taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_contemporary_ethnic_groups . https://gist.github.com/Trshant/180328441d285549144f - code used for extracting the data from the html page.

Ethnicity list HTML dropdown

<select name="">
<option value="Han Chinese">Han Chinese</option>
<option value="Hindustani">Hindustani</option>
<option value="Arabs">Arabs</option>
<option value="Bengalis">Bengalis</option>
<option value="Germans">Germans</option>
<option value="Spaniards">Spaniards</option>
<option value="Italians">Italians</option>
<option value="Japanese">Japanese</option>
<option value="Russians">Russians</option>
<option value="Punjabis">Punjabis</option>
<option value="French">French</option>
<option value="Javanese">Javanese</option>
<option value="Biharis">Biharis</option>
<option value="English">English</option>
<option value="Telugu">Telugu</option>
<option value="Marathi">Marathi</option>
<option value="Vietnamese">Vietnamese</option>
<option value="Koreans">Koreans</option>
<option value="Tamils">Tamils</option>
<option value="Irish">Irish</option>
<option value="Turks">Turks</option>
<option value="Persians">Persians</option>
<option value="Gujaratis">Gujaratis</option>
<option value="Thais">Thais</option>
<option value="Portuguese">Portuguese</option>
<option value="Malayali people">Malayali people</option>
<option value="Pashtuns">Pashtuns</option>
<option value="Poles">Poles</option>
<option value="Ukrainians">Ukrainians</option>
<option value="Kannada">Kannada</option>
<option value="Oromo">Oromo</option>
<option value="Kurds">Kurds</option>
<option value="Malays">Malays</option>
<option value="Dutch">Dutch</option>
<option value="Azerbaijanis">Azerbaijanis</option>
<option value="Scottish">Scottish</option>
<option value="Romanians">Romanians</option>
<option value="Zhuang">Zhuang</option>
<option value="Greeks">Greeks</option>
<option value="Kazakhs">Kazakhs</option>
<option value="Swedes">Swedes</option>
<option value="Hungarians">Hungarians</option>
<option value="Jews">Jews</option>
<option value="Sinhalese">Sinhalese</option>
<option value="Norwegians">Norwegians</option>
<option value="Manchu">Manchu</option>
<option value="Czechs">Czechs</option>
<option value="Hui">Hui</option>
<option value="Mongols">Mongols</option>
<option value="Serbs">Serbs</option>
<option value="Uyghur">Uyghur</option>
<option value="Armenians">Armenians</option>
<option value="Turkmens">Turkmens</option>
<option value="Croats">Croats</option>
<option value="Bulgarians">Bulgarians</option>
<option value="Albanians">Albanians</option>
<option value="Volga Bulgars">Volga Bulgars</option>
<option value="Finns">Finns</option>
<option value="Tibetan">Tibetan</option>
<option value="Slovaks">Slovaks</option>
<option value="Danes">Danes</option>
<option value="Catalans">Catalans</option>
<option value="Georgians">Georgians</option>
<option value="Kyrgyz">Kyrgyz</option>
<option value="Circassians">Circassians</option>
<option value="Bosniaks">Bosniaks</option>
<option value="Galician">Galician</option>
<option value="Basques">Basques</option>
<option value="Assyrians">Assyrians</option>
<option value="Chuvash">Chuvash</option>
<option value="Tuaregs">Tuaregs</option>
<option value="Icelanders">Icelanders</option>
<option value="Gagauz">Gagauz</option>
<option value="Laz">Laz</option>
<option value="Faroese">Faroese</option>
</select>