Hungarian Brazilian
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 80,000 Hungarian Brazilians~ 100,000 [1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mainly Southern and Southeastern Brazil | |
| Languages | |
| Predominantly Portuguese followed by Hungarian | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Catholic, some Jewish | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other White Brazilians, Hungarian people |
Hungarian Brazilians (Portuguese: húngaro-brasileiros or magiar-brasileiros) are Brazilian citizens of full, partial, or predominantly Hungarian ancestry, or Hungarian-born people who emigrated to Brazil.
Although ethnic Hungarians live in all the countries of South America, active community life and organizations exist only in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, and Uruguay. Even though official census data are not available, according to greatly varying local estimates, 850,000 to 1,000,000 Brazilians are of Hungarian descent. In the case of Argentina and Brazil, the discrepancy between estimates may originate from the fact that the Hungarian diasporas in those two countries can look back to one-and-half century of history, and the fact that the ethnic identity of the non-first generation population of Hungarian origin is already vague in many cases. In terms of organization and social cohesion, the strongest Hungarian communities are those in Brazil and Argentina.
According to the data received from the local Hungarian communities, the number of grandparents and parents who immigrated from Hungary to Brazil is between 33,000 and 65,000. Their descendants already born in the country and who still record their Hungarian origin may number some 145,000 to 310,000.
The data provider mentions as a point of interest the estimate of several researchers that 150,000 persons immigrated from the 1890s until 1957 while, according to the publication of the Geographic Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the source of the World Federation of Hungarians, this number is between 70,000 and 90,000. It notes in this regard that it does not know the date of the preparation of the data and have no way to prove their authenticity. The majority of the Hungarians in Brazil reside in São Paulo and the surrounding areas. 500 to 1,000 persons visit Hungarian events, and 100 to 200 participate in Hungarian festive programs.
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