Samoans

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Samoans

From left to right: Mufi Hannemann, Malietoa Tanumafili II, Tauese Sunia, and Solofa "Rikishi" Fatu
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.