Samoan Australian
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Samoan 55,843 (by ancestry, 2011)[1] 19,092 (by birth, 2011).[2] | |||||||
| Regions with significant populations | |||||||
| Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne | |||||||
| Languages | |||||||
| English, Samoan | |||||||
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| Christian | |||||||
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| Samoans | |||||||
A Samoan Australian is an Australian resident who is of ethnic Samoan descent from the nation of Samoa. Many Samoans live in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.
According to the 2006 Australian census 15,244 Australians were born in Samoa and 193 in American Samoa[2] while 39,992 claimed Samoan ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.[1]
Notable Samoan Australians
- Alex Leapai
- Mark Hunt
- Tim Cahill
- Jay Laga'aia
- Aaron Edwards
- Ben Roberts
- Christian Lealiifano
- Peter Betham
- Karmichael Hunt
- Reni Maitua
- Brando Va'aulu
- Mark Taufua
- Ben Te'o
- Lagi Setu
- Anthony Milford
- Digby Ioane
- Ben Tapuai
- Junior Pelesasa
- Matt Toomua
- Josh Papalii
- Antonio Winterstein
- Daniel Vidot
- Josh McGuire
- Frank Pritchard
- Kyle Stanley
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia" (MICROSOFT EXCEL DOWNLOAD). 2006 census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2008-06-02. Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex - Australia" (MICROSOFT EXCEL DOWNLOAD). 2006 census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2008-06-02. Total count of persons: 19,855,288.
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