Peruvians of European descent

Peruvians of European descent

Total population
(6,200,000 of total population (19% white people))
Regions with significant populations
Mainly in Lima and many other places of the Peruvian coast and the North macroregion (especially in their highlands).
Languages
Predominantly Peruvian Spanish (Italian · German · English · French and some others languages are spoken by minorities)
Religion
Predominantly Christian (Roman Catholic, followed by Protestantism and Orthodox) minorities Judaism, Atheist and Agnostic
Related ethnic groups
White Latin Americans · White Hispanics · White Brazilians · White Argentines · White Colombians · White Mexicans · Spaniards · Europeans

Peruvians of European descent, also known as White Peruvians, according to international reliable references, currently make up about 19% of the total population of Peru, about 6,200,000 people. Traditionally, this group has been more dominant in the political, commercial, and diplomatic sectors of Peruvian society. European Peruvians live primarily in Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura, Cajamarca and Arequipa, mainly in the Peruvian coast. The following are the ethnic backgrounds of the majority of European-descended Peruvians: Spanish, Italian, German (includes Poles due to Partitions of Poland), French, British, Croatian and Irish. Peru is also home to some 42,000 Jews whose ancestors came mainly from Germany, Poland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova and Russia, among others.

History

European immigration to Peru began with the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

See also

• White Latin American