Javanese Surinamese
ꦎꦫꦁꦗꦮꦯꦸꦫꦶꦤꦩꦺ Wong Jåwå Surinamè (in Javanese) Javaanse Surinamers (in Dutch) | |
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Wayang Kulit played by Surinamese Javanese | |
| Total population | |
| c. 126,500 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Paramaribo: 23,670 (10%) · Wanica: 21,175 (18%) · Commewijne: 14,829 (47%) | |
| Suriname | 102,000 (2019) (ancestries with people from Java, including Javanese, Sundanese, Chinese-Indonesians, Madurese and mixed racials)
88,000–90,000 (2022) (Javanese Surinamese only) |
| Netherlands | 21,700 (2008) |
| French Guiana | 2,800 |
| Languages | |
| Surinamese-Javanese · Dutch · Sranan Tongo, Indonesian, French | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Sunni Islam 67.0% Minority: Christianity 21.4%, Kejawèn 5.6%, Hinduism 1.2%, No religion 2.8%, Other 0.8%, Unknown 1.2% | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Javanese · Javanese French Guianans | |
Javanese Surinamese are an ethnic group of Javanese and by extension Indonesian descent in Suriname. They have been present since the late 19th century, when their first members were selected as indentured laborers by the Dutch colonizers from the former Dutch East Indies.