Kazakhstan's population includes an ethnic group.
The Kazakhs ( also spelled Kazaks , Qazaqs ; Қазақ , قازاق , Қазақтар , قازاقتار ; the English name is transliterated from Russian ) are a Turkic people who mainly inhabit the southern part of Eastern Europe Ural mountains and northern parts of Central Asia ( largely Kazakhstan , but also found in parts of Uzbekistan , China , Russia and Mongolia ) , the region also known as Eurasian sub-continent . Kazakhstan . By the 16th century , the Kazakh emerged as a distinct group , divided into three jüz ( ancestor branches occupying specific territories ) . Kazakhstan 's 131 ethnicities include Kazakhs ( 63 % of the population ) , Russians , Uzbeks , Ukrainians , Germans , Tatars , and Uyghurs .