European ancestry European American Individuals who self-identify or are reported by authors as European American. Term used by some communities to describe themselves and some US and UK government and other institutions on official forms used to collect demographic information. American of European ancestry White It should be noted that the synonym "Caucasian", while widely used in some part of the world, has strong associations with notions of white supremancy and should be avoided whenever possible. Caucasian Non-Hispanic White ethnicity category