Austrian Brazilians

Austrian Brazilians
Austro-brasileiro

Austrian descendants in São Paulo.
Total population
Unknown
Regions with significant populations
Mainly Santa Catarina, São Paulo and Minas Gerais.
Languages
Predominantly Portuguese
Austro-Bavarian, German,
Religion
Christianity (Mainly Roman Catholicism), Protestantism, and others
Related ethnic groups
Other White Brazilians, especially German Brazilians

Austrian Brazilians (Portuguese: Austro-brasileiro, Austríaco brasileiro) refers to Brazilians of full, partial, or predominantly Austrian ancestry, or Austrian-born people residing in Brazil. Brazil is home to the second largest German-Austrian population outside their respective nations, after the United States. German is the second most spoken language in the country.[1][2] The author Stefan Zweig who wrote about Brazil, and the Habsburg-Lorraine Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress consort of Brazil, are among the most prominent Austrians to settle in Brazil.

  1. ^ "Brazil". Ethnologue.
  2. ^ "Hunsrik". Ethnologue.