- Barbadian British
"'Ethnic group
group=Barbadian British
flagicon|Barbados flagicon|UK
caption=Ashley Cole ,Shaznay Lewis ,Tegan Summer Dean Leacock ,Dennis Bovell
poptime= Barbadian born 2001:
21,601cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls|title=Country-of-birth database|publisher=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |accessdate=2008-09-21]
Barbadian born and ancestry 2008:
Unknown
Over 0.04% of the UK's population
popplace=
langs=English (British English ,Bajan )
rels=PrimarilyProtestantism
related=British African-Caribbean community ,Caribbean British ,Black British ,Black African ,Multiracial ,Indo-Caribbean ,Indo-Guyanese ,Barbadian American Barbadian (or Bajan) British people are citizens or residents of the
United Kingdom whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in theCaribbean island ofBarbados .Population
"See: " Demographics of the British African-Caribbean community
According to the
2001 UK Census , around 22,000 people born inBarbados were living in the United Kingdom, this represents around 8% of all Caribbean born people living in the country. In 2001, Barbados was the 2nd most common birthplace in the Caribbean for British people and 47th most common out of all nations.http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls] It is unknown how many British born people are of Barbadian descent, despite Black Caribbean being an official ethnic group in the UK census, this wasn't subcategorised to allow people to claim heritage in the Caribbean nation, and this isn't even considering recent immigrants or those of partial Barbadian descent. Out of the 565,900 Afro-Caribbeans in the UK in 2001 (750,000 in 2008), [ [http://www.ons.gov.uk/census/index.html 2001 UK Census] ] only 254,740 where born in the Caribbean. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/born_abroad/countries/html/caribbean.stm BBC Born Abroad, Caribbean] ]ee also
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Black British
*Barbadian American
*British Mixed
*Caribbean British
*British African-Caribbean community References
External links
* [http://www.ncbauk.org/ National Council of Barbadian Associations UK]
* [http://www.itzcaribbean.com/Barbados_anniversary.php ITZ Barbadian]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/born_abroad/countries/html/caribbean.stm BBC Born Abroad, the Caribbean]
* [http://barbados.embassyhomepage.com/ Barbados Embassy London]
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