Spanish Brazilians
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 15 million 8% of the population (2008) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mainly Southeastern Brazil (particularly São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) | |
| Languages | |
| Iberian Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Other Spanish languages | |
| Religion | |
| Catholicism, some Protestantism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Part of a series on the |
| Spanish people |
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Other groups
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| Significant Spanish diaspora |
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Spanish Brazilians are Brazilians of full or partial Spanish ancestry.
Spanish immigration was the third largest among immigrant groups in Brazil; about 750,000 immigrants entered Brazil from Spanish ports. How many Spaniards came to Brazil before independence are unknown. Brazilian censuses do not research "ethnic origins" or ancestry, which makes it very difficult to give accurate numbers of Brazilians of Spanish descent. Brazilians of Spanish descent can be estimated as being 1.5 million people in the 6 main metropolitan areas (around 5% of their total population in 1998) or 10 and 15 million in the whole country, according to Brazilian media and the Spanish government respectively.