White Latin Americans

White Latin Americans (Spanish: Latinoamericanos blancos) are Latin Americans of total or predominantly European or West Asian ancestry.

Individuals with majority — or exclusively — European ancestry originate from European settlers who arrived in the Americas during the colonial and post-colonial period. These people are now found throughout Latin America.

Most immigrants who settled Latin America for the past five centuries were from Spain and Portugal; after independence, the most numerous non-Iberian immigrants were from France, Italy, and Germany, followed by other Europeans as well as West Asians (such as Levantine Arabs and Armenians).

Composing 33-36% of the population as of 2010 (according to some sources), White Latin Americans constitute the second largest racial-ethnic group in the region after mestizos (mixed Amerindian and European people). Latin American countries have often tolerated interracial marriage since the beginning of the colonial period. White (Spanish: blanco or güero; Portuguese: branco) is the self-identification of many Latin Americans in some national censuses. According to a survey conducted by Cohesión Social in Latin America, conducted on a sample of 10,000 people from seven countries of the region, 34% of those interviewed identified themselves as white.