White Surinamese

White Surinamese
Regions with significant populations
Suriname, Netherlands, United States, Canada, Brazil, Guyana[citation needed]
Languages
Dutch, Sranan Tongo, Portuguese, English, French, German, Spanish, Polish, Yiddish, Hebrew[citation needed]
Religion
Christianity, Judaism, others[citation needed]
Related ethnic groups
White Caribbean, Dutch Surinamese, Portuguese Surinamese[citation needed]

White Surinamese or European Surinamese are Surinamese people whose ancestry lies within the continent of Europe.[citation needed]

As of 2012, people of solely European descent are a small minority in Suriname, accounting for only 1,667 people or 0.3% of the country's population.[1] The largest European ethnic groups in Suriname are the Dutch and the Portuguese.[2]

See also

References and footnotes

  1. ^ "Suriname Census 2012" (PDF). UNSD. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-29. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  2. ^ "CIA - The World Factbook -- Suriname". CIA. Retrieved 2013-05-13.