Italo-scozzesi (Italian) | |
|---|---|
 David Rizzio, who rose to become the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots | |
| Total population | |
| No exact numbers but estimates range from 35,000 to 100,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Throughout Scotland specifically Glasgow · | |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Christian: Mostly Roman Catholic | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Italians, Italians in the United Kingdom, Welsh Italians, Scots, Genoese in Gibraltar, Italian Americans, Italian Australians, Italian Canadians, Italian New Zealanders, Italian South Africans |
Italian Scots (Italian: italo-scozzesi) are Scottish people of Italian descent. They can either be those whose ancestors emigrated to Scotland or Italian-born people residing in Scotland. This term can also refer to people of mixed Scottish and Italian descent. A recent Italian voter census estimated that there are between 70,000 to 100,000 people in Scotland of Italian descent or having Italian nationality, which is up to 1.9% of the overall Scottish population.
Latest available figures from the 2011 United Kingdom Census show there were 6,048 people born in Italy living in Scotland. This was up from 4,936 in 2001 and 3,947 recorded in 1991.[1] In 2016, Ronnie Convery, secretary of the Italian Scotland charitable organisation and director of communications at the Archdiocese of Glasgow, asserted that a completely new dimension was being added to the Italian Scots community. He said, “There has been a brand new migration over the past two years, and the biggest one we have seen in 100 years."[1]
Migration to Scotland from Italy has been predominantly from the provinces of Lucca and Frosinone.[2] Additional provinces with fairly significant emigration to Scotland include Isernia, La Spezia, Pistoia, Parma, Latina, Massa-Carrara and Pordenone. The Scottish Italian community settled mostly in the Glasgow area, most of whom are of Tuscan origin. The smaller Italian community in and around Edinburgh is predominantly of Lazian origin.[3]
- ^ a b "What impact have Scots-Italians had on Scotland?". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
- ^ Scotland is immigrant choice for a new Italian connection Gerry Braiden, The Herald (4 January 2014)
- ^ Interactive map of Italians in Scotland in the 1930s barganews.com (16 December 2015)