A popular social networking site recently asked 30 000 people to name the coolest nationality in the world. And being American seems to be the most popular amongst the poll’s international voters. South Africa, unfortunately, did not make the list.

Social networking site Badoo asked 30 000 people across 15 countries to name the coolest nationality, and also found that the Spanish were considered the coolest Europeans, Brazilians the coolest Latin Americans and Belgians the globe’s least cool nationality.

Here’s Lloyd Price, Badoo’s Director of Marketing:

We hear a lot in the media about anti-Americanism. But we sometimes forget how many people across the world consider Americans seriously cool. America boasts the world’s coolest leader, Obama; the coolest rappers, Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg; and the coolest man in technology, Steve Jobs of Apple, the man who even made geeks cool.

Here is the list of the 10 coolest nationalities:

1. Americans
2. Brazilians
3. Spanish
4. Italians
5. French
6. British
7. Dutch
8. Mexicans
9. Argentinians
10. Russians

And the five uncoolest:

1. Belgians
2. Poles
3. Turks
4. Canadians
5. Germans

[Source: Reuters]