Barbadians or Bajans
(pronounced ) are people who are identified with the country of
Barbados, by being citizens or their descendants in the Barbadian diaspora. The connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Barbadians, several (or all) of those connections exist and are collectively the source of their identity. Barbadians are a
multi-ethnic and
multicultural society of various ethnic, religious and national origins; therefore Barbadians do not necessarily equate their ethnicity with their Barbadian nationality.
Ethnic groups
Most Barbadians are of African or mixed-race descent. They are descendants of slaves brought from West Africa. White Barbadians are mainly of British and Irish descent. There is also a small population of Syrians, Lebanese, Jewish, Indian and Chinese people in the country.
Diaspora
Many Barbadians now live overseas and outside of Barbados; the majority have migrated to
Anglophone countries, including around 65,000 in the United States, 37,780
in Canada
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Places
* India (country code IN)
* Indiana, United States (postal code IN)
* Ingolstadt, Germany (license plate code IN)
* In, Russia, a town in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Businesses and organizations
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, some 19,000
in the United Kingdom, and some 500–1,000 Barbadians in
Liberia
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. In addition to Anglophone countries other groups of Barbadians have moved to Latin countries including
Brazil,
Cuba and
Panama.
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List of notable Barbadians
See also
* Barbadian nationality law
* Demographics of Barbados
This is a demography of Barbados including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Population
At the 2010 census Barbados had an estim ...
* Afro-Barbadians
* Barbadian Americans
* Barbadian Brazilians
* Barbadian British
* Barbadian Canadians
* Island Caribs
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