Sicilians

Sicilians
Siciliani
Regions with significant populations
Sicily   4,833,329 (inhabitants of Sicily)[1]
Diaspora
United States (of Sicilian ancestry)≈14,510,000[2][3]
Australia (of Sicilian ancestry)≈200,000[4]
Germany199,546[5]
Belgium89,581[5]
Switzerland64,456[5]
Argentina61,621[5]
France60,520[5]
Languages
Native
Sicilian
Primarily
Italian
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholicism (Latin and Byzantine Rite)
Minority Greek Orthodox, Judaism, Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
Italians, Greeks, Normans, Calabrians, Arbëreshë, Other people of the Mediterranean Sea

The Sicilians (Sicilian: Siciliani), or Sicilian people, are a Romance-speaking European ethnic group who are indigenous to the island of Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean, as well as the largest and most populous of the autonomous regions of Italy.

  1. ^ "Popolazione Sicilia (2001-2021) Grafici su dati ISTAT". www.tuttitalia.it.
  2. ^ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry" (PDF). www.census.gov.
  3. ^ Salerno, Vincenzo. "Diaspora – Sicilians Outside Italy". best of sicily. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ a b c d e Incardina, Carmelo. "MEI - Museo Nazionale Emigrazione Italiana". Museo Nazionale Emigrazione Italiana. Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2023.

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