Polish Brazilians

Polish Brazilians
Brazil Poland

Polish descendants in Curitiba.
Total population
2 million[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Brazil: Mainly Southern and Southeastern Brazil Brazilian diaspora in Canada: Toronto and Montreal; Argentina: Misiones; and Paraguay: Itapúa.
Languages
Portuguese · Polish · Russian (Historically) · Yiddish
Religion
Roman Catholicism (ethnic Poles· Judaism (Polish Jews· Minor: Islam (Polish Tatars)
Related ethnic groups
Russian Brazilians, Ukrainian Brazilians, Lithuanian Brazilians, White Brazilians, White Latin Americans

Polish Brazilians (Portuguese: polono-brasileiros, Polish: Polonia brazylijska) refers to Brazilians of full or partial Polish ancestry who are aware of such ancestry and remain connected, to some degree, to Polish culture, or Polish-born people permanently residing in Brazil. Also, a Polish Brazilian may have one Polish parent.

Polish immigrants began arriving in Brazil in the late 19th century and their total number was estimated at around 200,000.[2]

  1. ^ "Polonia w liczbach: Polska Diaspora na świecie (dane szacunkowe 2007)" [Polish numbers: Polish Diaspora in the world (estimated 2007)] (in Polish). Wspólnota Polska. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b Dvorak, Anna (2013). A Hidden Immigration: The Geography of Polish-Brazilian Cultural Identity (Thesis). UCLA.