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Sicilians Siciliani
Sicilian people walking in Catania, Italy.
Regions with significant populations
Sicily4,833,329 (inhabitants of Sicily)[1]
Diaspora
United States (of Sicilian ancestry)
≈14,510,000[2][3]
Australia (of Sicilian ancestry)
≈200,000[4]
Germany
199,546[5]
Belgium
89,581[5]
Switzerland
64,456[5]
Argentina
61,621[5]
France
60,520[5]
Languages
Native Sicilian Also Italian
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholicism (Latin and Byzantine Rite) Minority Greek Orthodox, Judaism, Islam, Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
Italians, Sicilian Americans, Greeks, Normans, Other people of the Mediterranean sea
The Sicilians (Sicilian: Siciliani), or Sicilian people, are a Romance-speaking ethnic group who are indigenous to the island of Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the largest and most populous of the autonomous regions of Italy.
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^"Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry" (PDF). www.census.gov.
^Salerno, Vincenzo. "Diaspora – Sicilians Outside Italy". best of sicily. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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