Topic summary
South African Americans

Americans of South African birth or descent Ethnic group South African AmericansTotal population139,322 (2022)Regions with significant populationsGreater Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, South Florida, New York, Atlanta, Phoenix, San Francisco, Maryland, IllinoisLanguagesSouth African English, American English, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Zulu, Tswana, see languages of South AfricaReligionRoman Catholic, Reformed Churches, Jewish, Methodism, Anglicanism, minority: irreligionRelated ethnic groups South African Canadians White Africans Zimbabwean Americans Namibian Americans Other African immigrants to the United States Part of a series on Naturalized and EthnicAfrican AmericansRepresentation of Afro-descendant Americans Terms Identity African American Black Afro-American Negro African Afro-descendant in the Americas Concepts Black Power Pan-Africanism Double consciousness Intersectionality Black is Beautiful Origins United States African Americans Caribbean Antiguan and Barbudan Bahamian Barbadian Belizeans Garifuna Bermudian Dominican (Dominica) Grenadian Afro-Guyanese Jamaican Kittian and Nevisian St. Lucian Trinidadian Vincentian Afroboricua Virgin Islander Haitian Afrocubano Afrohondureñ