Total population | |
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15,586,454 51.6% of the Venezuelan population [1] [2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Throughout Venezuela | |
Languages | |
Venezuelan Spanish small minorities speak Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, English, German, and French. | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Venezuelans, Mestizos, White Venezuelan, Afro-Venezuelan, Amerindian, Spaniards, Pardos, Mestizo Colombian, Latin Americans, Cocoa panyol |
Moreno Venezuelans are Venezuelans who are multiracial. It usually refers to multiracial Venezuelans who are either mulatto, mestizo, pardo, or zambo; this includes Moreno Venezuelans with European ancestry who intermarried those of non-Spanish European ancestry, such as Italian, Portuguese, and German. Some Moreno Venezuelans are also mixed with Asian ancestry ( Arabs and Chinese), although this particular admixture is not nearly as common as the aforementioned ones. The term Moreno can also refer to pure-blooded indigenous Venezuelans because of their brown skin, it refers sometimes to olive-skinned pure-blooded descendants of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese settlers.
According to the 2011 Census, people who identify as Moreno amount to 51.6% of Venezuela's population.
Per an autosomal DNA genetic study conducted in 2008 by the University of Brasília (UNB), Venezuela's gene pool is composed of 61% European contribution, 23% indigenous contribution, and 16% African contribution. [3]
The Census of Venezuela classifies the population as: