Guianese people

Guianese people are people identifying with the country of Guiana. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural.

Guiana is a multiethnic and multilingual society, home to people of various ethnic, racial, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants.

As a result, the Guianese do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Guiana. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Guianese or their ancestors arrived since the Age of Discovery and establishment of the many colonies, primarily from Africa, Europe and Asia.