| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 258,600[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States 125,628[2] 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 Easter Island c. 1,000 Pitcairn Islands c. 47 Unknown populations inAustralia andNew Zealand. | |
| Languages | |
| Polynesian languages Melanesian languages Micronesian languages English,French,Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly (Christianity) Protestantism andRoman Catholicism Minority : Indigenous religion,Animism,Islam, someAtheism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Polynesians,Micronesians,Melanesians,Vazaha,Americans,Australians,New Zealanders,English people,French people, other variousEuropean ethnic groups |
Euronesian is anumbrella term andportmanteau for people of mixedEuropean and eitherPolynesian,[3]Melanesian orMicronesian descent.[4] The term is most commonly used inSamoa.British orFrench colonizers, missionaries and traders, as well as some descendants ofSpaniards andPolynesians inEaster Island (where Chilean law names themmestizos), and descendants of Spaniards andMicronesians inGuam,Northern Marianas,Marshall Islands,Caroline Islands, andPalau.[5]ʻAfakasi is the common term of reference for euronesians in Samoa;[1] in Fiji, the termKailoma is usually used.[6]
Distinct Euronesian groups include the HawaiianHapa haole, Tahitiandemis,Ōbeikei Islanders,Pitcairn Islanders,Norfolk Islanders, andPalmerston Islanders.
One of the Samoan terms for the islands' part-European population is 'afakasi. This term does not necessarily have the same negative connotations as its English translation 'half-caste'.
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