Surinamese people
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 1,000,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Suriname | 612,985 |
| Netherlands | 349,978 |
| France | 32,412 |
| Belgium | 20,000 |
| United States | 14,555 |
| Guyana | 4,662 |
| Aruba | 3,000 |
| Curaçao | 2,000 |
| Canada | 1,005 |
| Indonesia | 1,000 |
| Austria | 1,000 |
| Languages | |
| Dutch · Sranan Tongo · Sarnami Hindustani · Surinamese-Javanese · Hakka Chinese · Cantonese · Hokkien · Mandarin · Lebanese Arabic · Brazilian Portuguese · Ndyuka · Saramaccan · Matawai · Aluku · Paramaccan · Kwinti · Akurio · Arawak-Lokono · Carib-Kari'nja · Sikiana-Kashuyana · Tiro-Tiriyó · Waiwai · Warao · Wayana | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity · Hinduism · Islam · Winti · Kejawèn · Chinese folk religion (incl. Taoism and Confucianism) · Buddhism · Indigenous Amerindian religion · Irreligious | |
Surinamese people are people who identify with the country of Suriname. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Surinamese, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Surinamese.
Suriname is a multiethnic and multilingual society, home to people of various ethnic, racial, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, the Surinamese do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Suriname. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Surinamese or their ancestors arrived since the Age of Discovery and establishment of the colony of Surinam, primarily from Africa, Europe and Asia.