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Guyanese British
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Valerie Amos, Tommy Eytle, Eddy Grant
Leona Lewis, Randy Turpin |
| Total population |
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Guyanese born 2001:
20,872 [1]
Guyanese born and ancestry 2008:
50,000 - 70,000 [2]
0.1% of the UK's population
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| Regions with significant populations |
| Throughout the UK, in particular Greater London, West Midlands and Greater Manchester |
| Languages |
| English (British English, Guyanese Creole), Akawaio, Hindi, Macushi, Wai-Wai, Arawakan, Cariban |
| Religions |
| Hinduism, Pentecostalism, Roman Catholic, Islam, Anglicanism |
| Related ethnic groups |
| British African-Caribbean community, Caribbean British, Black British, Black African, Multiracial, Indo-Caribbean, Indo-Guyanese, Amerindian |
Guyanese British people are citizens or resident of the United Kingdom who's ethnic origins lie fully or partially in the South American nation of Guyana.
[edit] Background
The region which is now Guyana was under British rule for centuries, and between 1814 and 1966, the country was even called British Guiana. Guyana is one of the few South American countries to be non-romance speaking and remains in the Commonwealth of Nations, many Guyanese emigrants choose Anglophone countries to move to such as the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Guyana is an extremely diverse nation, and this is obvious in the UK's Guyanese community, there are no dominant ethnic groups (with Guyanese people of African, Indian and Native South American descent), and unlike many of the UK's ethnic groups, the Guyanese British community doesn't have one distinct religion, with 28.4% identifying as Hindu, 16.9% Pentecostal, 8.1% Roman Catholic, 7.3% Muslim, 6.9% Anglican, 3% Seventh-day Adventist, 16.5% other Christian denominations, 4.3% no religion, 0.5% Rastafarian, 0.1% Baha'i, and 2.2% as having another faith.[3] The largest wave of Guyanese migrants to the UK occurred after World War II, when the British government encouraged mass immigration from the countries of the British Empire and Commonwealth to fill shortages in the labour market. However Guyanese people have been migrating to the UK since before the 20th Century, and they continue to do so today (although the Black Caribbean community in England is only growing at 0.7% per year, compared to a 6.1% growth rate in the Black African community).[4] Guyana and the UK maintain a strong relation, and in 2001 over 20,000 Guyanese people were living in the UK, by most recent estimates there could be up to 70,000 full or partial blooded Guyanese British people.[5]
[edit] Famous Guyanese British people
This is a list of famous Guyanese British people.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Place of birth data collated by OECD based on 2001 UK Census
- ^ Place of birth data collated by OECD based on 2001 UK Census
- ^ Final Version
- ^ Percentage growth rate of the Black British community between 2004 and 2005
- ^ Place of birth data collated by OECD based on 2001 UK Census
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