Euronesian

Euronesian is an umbrella term for people of mixed European and either Polynesian,[2] Melanesian or Micronesian descent. The term is most commonly used in Samoa and Fiji. Most Euronesians are descended from British or French colonizers, missionaries and traders and with some from Spaniards and Polynesians in Easter Island and from Spaniards and Micronesians in Guam, Northern Marianas, Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands, and Palau.

Euronesian
Total population
258,600[1]
Regions with significant populations
United States 125,628[1]

French Polynesia 45,000

New Caledonia 25,000

Samoa 18,000

Solomon Islands 18,000

Fiji 16,000

Papua New Guinea 5,100

American Samoa 4,700

Tonga 2,000

Kiribati 1,100

Cook Islands 1,000

Norfolk Island 80

Smaller populations in Pitcairn Islands, New Zealand and Australia.
Languages
Polynesian languages
Melanesian languages
Micronesian languages
English, French, Spanish
Religion
Protestantism, Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Polynesians, Americans, Australians, New Zealanders, English people, French people, other various European ethnic groups

See also

References

  1. Bridging 1990 and 2000 census race data: Fractional assignment of multiracial populations. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-11-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Pacific Islands Year Book and Who's who. 1971. p. 84.
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