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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]

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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.

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