Cubans (Spanish: Cubanos), are people born in Cuba or with Cuban
citizenship. Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of
different ethnic, religious and national backgrounds. As a result,
Cubans generally do not equate their ethnicity with nationality but
with citizenship and their allegiance to Cuba.The population of Cuba
was 11,167,325 inhabitants in 2012. The largest urban populations of
Cubans in Cuba (2012) are to be found in Havana (2,106,146), Santiago
de Cuba (506,037), HolguÃn (346,195), Camagüey (323,309), Santa
Clara (240,543) and Guantánamo (228,436). According to Cuba's Oficina
Nacional de Estadisticas ONE 2012 Census, the population was
11,167,325 including: 5,570,825 men and 5,596,500 women.Source.In the
2012 Census 64.1% or 7,160,399 self-identified as white. Based on
genetic testing the average European, African and Native American
ancestry found in those self-reporting to be "blanco (White)" 89.3%
were fully "European", 6.7% had some "African" ancestry and 4% had
"Native American or Other" ancestry. The majority of the European
ancestry comes from Spain. During the 18th, 19th and early part of the
20th century especially, large waves of Canary Islanders, Galicians,
Asturians and Catalans emigrated from Spain to Cuba. Other European
nationalities with significant influx include: English, French,
Germans, Irish, Italians, Poles and Scots. Europeans with lesser
influx were Greeks, Portuguese, Romanians and Russians. Central and
Eastern European influence was mostly during the Cold War years and
immigration from the British Isles was mostly to Havana and Pinar del
Rio Province. There is a small remnant of Jewish communities and there
are also diverse Levantine peoples, mainly Lebanese, Palestinians and
Syrians.
citizenship. Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of
different ethnic, religious and national backgrounds. As a result,
Cubans generally do not equate their ethnicity with nationality but
with citizenship and their allegiance to Cuba.The population of Cuba
was 11,167,325 inhabitants in 2012. The largest urban populations of
Cubans in Cuba (2012) are to be found in Havana (2,106,146), Santiago
de Cuba (506,037), HolguÃn (346,195), Camagüey (323,309), Santa
Clara (240,543) and Guantánamo (228,436). According to Cuba's Oficina
Nacional de Estadisticas ONE 2012 Census, the population was
11,167,325 including: 5,570,825 men and 5,596,500 women.Source.In the
2012 Census 64.1% or 7,160,399 self-identified as white. Based on
genetic testing the average European, African and Native American
ancestry found in those self-reporting to be "blanco (White)" 89.3%
were fully "European", 6.7% had some "African" ancestry and 4% had
"Native American or Other" ancestry. The majority of the European
ancestry comes from Spain. During the 18th, 19th and early part of the
20th century especially, large waves of Canary Islanders, Galicians,
Asturians and Catalans emigrated from Spain to Cuba. Other European
nationalities with significant influx include: English, French,
Germans, Irish, Italians, Poles and Scots. Europeans with lesser
influx were Greeks, Portuguese, Romanians and Russians. Central and
Eastern European influence was mostly during the Cold War years and
immigration from the British Isles was mostly to Havana and Pinar del
Rio Province. There is a small remnant of Jewish communities and there
are also diverse Levantine peoples, mainly Lebanese, Palestinians and
Syrians.
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