Samoans
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Samoans | |
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From left to right: Mufi Hannemann, Malietoa Tanumafili II, Tauese Sunia, and Solofa "Rikishi" Fatu |
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Total population | c. 400,000 |
Regions with significant populations | Samoa, American Samoa, New Zealand, Australia United States |
Language | Samoan, English |
Religion | Protestantism |
Related ethnic groups | Native Hawaiians, Māori, Fijians, other Polynesian peoples |
Samoans are a Polynesian ethnic group which includes the vast majority of the inhabitants of the Samoan Islands (Samoa and American Samoa). There are migrant communities of Samoans in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, and the United States mainland.