User blog comment:Matt-256/Overuse of American names/@comment-1009967-20101030183908/@comment-923138-20101030191040

I always figured Kat was Russian, since Jun seemed to be Russian and she and Jun were both from New Harmony, but that's just me. And you do actually get to see Emile's face in the Tribute Room, and it seems to be the same as his pre-Reach concept art (aka black).

It does slightly compound it when you consider that most colonies in Halo tend to follow the rule of "one colony, one ethnicity" trope, Harvest, New Jerusalem, Paris IV, and even Reach come mind. Even so, like Tony said, it hardly matters the name itself in comparison to what they DO. As Shakespeare once said... well, you all know Shakespeare once said!