Mestizo Colombians

Mestizo Colombians refers to Colombians who are of European (mostly Spaniard) and Amerindian ancestry.

Colombian international footballer Radamel Falcao is Mestizo Colombian, with Amerindian, Spanish and English ancestry.

According to a genetic research published in 2014, Mestizo Colombians genetic admixture is 60% European, 29% native Amerindian and 11% Subsaharan African.[1]

Multiethnic relationships in Colombia began shortly after the establishment of the first settlers in the territory. It is a direct result of the shortage of women in some sectors of the kingdom during the Spanish annexation. During the early colonial period most European contribution was on the paternal side.

Numbers and distribution

The 2018 Census reported that 87% of the population do not consider part of some the recognised ethnic groups, being mostly Mestizos and Whites.[2] According to external sources, Mestizos are the main racial group in Colombia, making up between 49% and 58% of country's population.[3][4]

The various ethnic groups exist in differing distributions throughout the nation, in a pattern that to some extent goes back to colonial origins. Mestizo Colombians are found throughout the country, mainly in Andean Region and Eastern Plains.

See also

References
  1. "Admixture in Latin America: Geographic Structure, Phenotypic Diversity and Self-Perception of Ancestry (Genmol-Candela)".
  2. "Geoportal del DANE - Geovisor CNPV 2018". geoportal.dane.gov.co. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  3. Lizcano Fernández, Francisco (2005). "Composición Étnica de las Tres Áreas Culturales del Continente Americano al Comienzo del Siglo XXI" [Ethnic Composition of Three Cultural Areas of the Americas at Beginning of the XXI Century] (PDF). Convergencia (in Spanish). 38 (May–August): 185–232. ISSN 1405-1435. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2008: see table on page 218{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. "Colombia a country study" (PDF).
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