Venezuelans of European descent

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White Venezuelans

Venezolanos blancos (Spanish)
Total population
White ancestry predominates 13,169,949 (2011 census)[1] 43.6% of the Venezuelan population
Regions with significant populations
Entire country; highest percents found in Andean, Central, Capital region and major urban-conglomerations.[citation needed]
Languages
Venezuelan Spanish small minorities speak Italian, Catalan, Basque, Galician, Valencian, Aragonese, Occitan, Asturleonese, Portuguese, English, French, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Hungarian, Yiddish, and Alemán Coloniero, a dialect of German[citation needed]
Religion
Christianity[citation needed]
Related ethnic groups
Spaniard Venezuelan, Italo-Venezuelans, Portuguese Venezuelans, German Venezuelans, Ukrainian Venezuelans, Russian Venezuelans, Polish Venezuelans, Hungarian Venezuelans, Jewish Venezuelans, White Colombians, White Latin Americans[dubious – discuss]

European Venezuelans (Spanish: Venezolanos europeos), also known as White Venezuelans (Spanish: Venezolanos blancos) are Venezuelans who self-identify in the national census as white,^[1] tracing their heritage to European ethnic groups. According to the official census report, although "white" literally involves external caucasoid features such as fair skin, hair, and eyes, among others, the term "white" has been used in different ways in different historical periods and places, and so its precise definition is somewhat confusing.^[1]: 65

According to the 2011 National Population and Housing Census, 43.6% of the population identified themselves as white people.^[1] A genomic study shows that about 61.5% of the Venezuelan gene pool has European ancestry. Among the Latin American and Caribbean countries in the study (Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, El Salvador, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela), Brazil, Venezuela, and Argentina exhibit the highest European contribution.^[2]

The ancestry of European Venezuelans is primarily Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.^[3]

Other ancestries of European Venezuelans are: Germans, Poles, Greeks, Serbs and another minorities.^{[citation needed]}