English (ethnic group)
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom 37.6 million in England and  Wales
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 United States
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25 milliona |
 Australia
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7.2 millionb |
 Canada
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6.6 millionc |
 New Zealand
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44,000–282,000 |
| Languages | |
| English | |
| Religion | |
| Traditionally Anglicanism, but also non-conformists and dissenters (see History of the Church of England), as well as other Protestants; also Roman Catholics (see Catholic Emancipation); other faiths (see Religion in England). | |
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aEnglish American, bEnglish Australian, cEnglish Canadian |
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The English are a nation and an ethnic group native to England, who speak the English language. The English identity is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Angelcynn ("family of the Angles"). Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD. England is one of the countries of the United Kingdom.
Historically, the English population is descended from several peoples — the earlier Britons (or Brythons) and the Germanic tribes that settled in Britain following the withdrawal of the Romans, including Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians. Collectively known as the Anglo-Saxons, they founded what was to become England (from the Old English Englaland) along with the later Danes, Normans and other groups. In the Acts of Union 1707, the Kingdom of England was succeeded by the Kingdom of Great Britain. Over the years, English customs and identity have become fairly closely aligned with British customs and identity in general.
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