| British Mixed-Race |
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.jpg.html)        Notable Mixed-Race Britons Top row: Lewis Hamilton, Corinne Bailey Rae, Rio Ferdinand, Ben Kingsley Bottom row: Myleene Klass, Melanie Brown, Ashley Cole, Michael Chopra |
| Total population |
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~863,000 (2005 estimate for UK) Around 1.4% of population |
| Regions with significant populations |
| London, West Midlands, Nottingham, Greater Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, West Yorkshire, Middlesbrough, Bristol, Leicester, Luton, Slough, Reading, Berkshire, Cardiff, Oxford, Milton Keynes, Derby |
| Languages |
| mainly English |
| Religion |
| Christianity, Islam, others |
Mixed Race was included as an ethnic classification on the UK Census from 2001. The census used 8 different sub-categories covering different combinations of Asian, Black and White ethnic origins. Colloquially it refers to British citizens whose parents are of different races or ethnic backgrounds, and to the offspring of such people.
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[edit] Statistics
In the 2001 census, people of mixed race made up 1.2% of the UK population with 677,117 people. The UK national statistics now estimate that as of 2006, almost 830,000 mixed race people reside in England alone, of which those of white and Black Caribbean origin make up the largest share.[1]
Mixed Race Population by Category (2006 Numbers)
- White and Black Caribbean: 274,500 or 0.5 percent. (14.6 percent increase since 2001)
- White and South Asian: 246,400 or 0.5 percent. (24.0 percent increase since 2001)
- White and Black African: 107,700 or 0.2 percent. (27.3 percent increase since 2001)
- Other mixed-race (example: Black and Asian): 200,900 or 0.4 percent. (23.2 percent increase since 2001)
Mixed Race breakdown in the United Kingdom
- England: 829,400 or 1.6 percent
- Scotland: 25,000 or 0.36 percent
- Wales: 12,800 or 0.25 percent
- Northern Ireland: 3,320 or 0.2 percent
Total in United Kingdom: 863,520 or 1.4 percent
The mixed race population is the fastest growing group, climbing by more than 21 percent in 5 years since the 2001 census. Of the mixed race population, the white and Black African category has grown the fastest.
The mixed race population has a younger age profile than any other minority ethnic group in Britain, where 50% is under 16 years of age. By the year 2020, mixed race Britons are expected to have outnumbered British Indians (currently more than 1.6 million members), to become the largest ethnic minority in Britain, showing a 50% increase in the mixed race population in a decade to come[1][2]. According to National statistics, in 2005, 3.5 percent of all births in Britain were mixed race or 22,730 babies though this number could be higher in the 2008 year.[2]
[edit] Notable mixed-race/ethnic Britons
[edit] Mixed Black Caribbean and White
- Corinne Bailey Rae, (Kittitian father/English mother), singer
- Melanie B (Nevisian father/English mother), singer and actress. Member of the Spice Girls
- George Bridgetower (Afro-Caribbean father/European mother) 19th century violinist
- Craig Charles (Afro-Caribbean father/Irish mother), actor
- Danny Cipriani, (Trinidadian father/English mother), rugby player
- Richard Colvin Reid, (Jamaican father/English mother), Islamist terrorist
- Craig David, (Grenadian father/Jewish Mother), singer
- James DeGale, (Grenadian father/English Mother), Olympic gold medalist boxer
- Alesha Dixon (Jamaican father/English mother), singer
- Roland Gift, (Afro Caribbean and English), singer and actor
- Goldie, (Jamaican and Scottish) DJ and actor
- Colin Jackson, (Jamaican Maroon and Scottish) Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete
- Dominique Jackson, actress
- David James, (English/Jamaican) footballer
- Lee Jasper (Jamaican father/British mother), former race advisor
- Colin Kazim-Richards, (Antiguan father, Turkish Cypriot mother) footballer
- Cleo Laine (Jamaican father/English mother), singer
- Ms. Dynamite, (Scottish mother/Jamaican father), singer
- Leona Lewis (Guyanese father/Anglo-Welsh mother), singer and winner of the 2006 X-Factor
- Angela Griffin, (Caribbean father/English mother)
- Bruce Oldfield, (Afro-Caribbean father/Irish mother), fashion designer
- Mary Seacole, (Scottish father/Jamaican mother), 19th century nursing pioneer
- Zadie Smith (English father/Jamaican mother), novelist
- Mel & Kim, (Jamaican father/British mother), singers
- Rio Ferdinand and Anton Ferdinand (St. Lucian father/Anglo-Irish mother), footballers
- Jeremy Guscott (Afro Caribbean father/English mother), rugby player
- Lewis Hamilton (Grenadian father/English mother), Formula 1 driver
- Dame Kelly Holmes, (Jamaican father/English mother), athlete
- Ashley Cole (Barbadian father/English mother), footballer
- Shanaze Reade (Jamaican father/Irish mother), Olympic BMX biker
- Richard Reid (Jamaican father/English mother), shoe bomber
- Louis Smith, (Jamaican father/English mother), Olympic Gymnast
- Theo Walcott (Jamaican father/English mother), footballer
- Griminal (Jamaican father/English mother), UK Grime Artist
[edit] Mixed Black African and White
- Sade Adu, (Nigerian father/English mother), singer
- Adam Afriyie (Ghanaian father / English mother), politician (MP for Windsor)
- Freema Agyeman (Ghanaian father / Iranian mother), actress
- Dame Shirley Bassey (Nigerian father/English mother), singer
- Paul Barber (Sierra Leonean father/English mother), actor
- Paul Boateng (Ghanaian father/Scottish mother), cabinet minister and ambassador
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Sierra Leonean father/English mother) 19th century composer
- Jaye Davidson (Ghanaian father/English mother), actor
- Tupele Dorgu (Nigerian father / Irish mother) actress
- Jackie Kay (Nigerian father/Scottish mother), poet
- Thandie Newton (English father/Zimbabwean mother), actress
- Sophie Okonedo (Nigerian father/Jewish mother), actress
- Nigel Quashie (Ghanaian father/ Scottish mother) footballer
- Slash (musician) (African American mother/English father), musician
- John Amaechi (Nigerian father/English mother), basketball player
- Curtis Davies (Sierra Leonean father/English mother), footballer
- Robert Earnshaw (Welsh father/Zambian mother), footballer
- Daley Thompson (Nigerian and Scottish), decathlete
- Rochelle Wiseman (Sierra Leonean father/English mother), singer
- Robert Wedderburn (Scottish father/African mother), revolutionary Spencean
- Rachel Yankey (Ghanian father/ English mother), footballer
[edit] Mixed Other Black and White
- Damon Buffini, (Afro-American father, English mother), Businessman
- Dina Carroll (African American and English), singer
- Oona King (African-American father/Jewish mother), former Labour MP
- Wentworth Miller (African-American,Jamaican,German,English,Jewish father/ Russian,French,Dutch,Syrian,Lebanese, mother) British born American Actor
[edit] Mixed South Asian and White
- Gabrielle Anwar (Indian father / English mother), actress
- Nigel Barker (English father / Sri Lankan mother), model and photographer
- Michael Caine (Romani father / English mother), actor
- Michael Chopra (Indian father / English mother), footballer
- Shelley Conn (Anglo-Sri-Lankan father / English mother), actress
- Glen Duncan (Anglo-Indian), author
- Jules Faife (Anglo-Indian), musician
- Bryan Ferry (Anglo-Indian), singer, musician and songwriter
- Engelbert Humperdinck (British father / Anglo-Indian mother), singer
- Nasser Hussain (Indian father / English mother), cricketer
- Noel Jones (European father / Anglo-Indian mother), diplomat
- Katrina Kaif (Indian Kashmiri father / White British mother), actress
- Boris Karloff (Anglo-Indian father (Edward John Pratt) / English mother), actor
- Sara Karloff (Anglo-Indian father (Boris Karloff) / White American mother), writer
- Natasha Khan (Pakistani father / English mother), singer and songwriter
- Ayub Khan-Din (Pakistani father / English mother), playwright and actor
- Sir Ben Kingsley (Kenyan Indian father / English-Russian-German-Jewish mother), actor
- Rudyard Kipling (Anglo-Indian), author and poet
- India Knight (Indian mother), journalist
- Anna Leonowens (Anglo-Indian mother / British father), travel writer, educator and social activist
- Louis T. Leonowens (Anglo-Indian mother (Anna Leonowens) / British father), officer
- Frederick Akbar Mahomed (Bengali-Irish father / English mother), physician
- John Mayer (Anglo-Indian), composer
- Alistair McGowan (Anglo-Indian father / English mother), impressionist, comedian and actor
- Jimi Mistry (Indian Parsi father / Irish mother), actor
- Rhona Mitra (Indian father / Irish mother), actress and model
- Dileep Narayana (Indian father / English mother), wrestler
- Betty Nuthall (Anglo-Indian), tennis player
- Merle Oberon (Anglo-Sri-Lankan mother / unknown father), actress
- Nerina Pallot (half-French father / Indian mother), singer and songwriter
- Mark Ramprakash (Indian Guyanese father / English mother), cricketer
- Cliff Richard (English father / Anglo-Indian mother), singer, actor and businessman
- Jasmine Sabu (Indian father (Sabu Dastagir) / White American mother), film-maker and animal trainer
- Paul Sabu (Indian father (Sabu Dastagir) / White American mother), musician
- Peter Sarstedt (Anglo-Indian), singer and songwriter
- Tara Sharma (Indian father (Partap Sharma) / English mother), actress
- Nicollette Sheridan (English father / Anglo-Indian mother), actress
- Ariane Sherine (Parsi mother / American father), journalist
- Indira Varma (Indian father / English mother), actress
- Benjamin Walker (Jewish-Indian father / White British mother), author
- Rav Wilding (Indian Mauritian father / English mother), television presenter and police officer
[edit] Mixed East Asian and White
- Mutya Buena (Filipino father / Irish-Chinese-Spanish mother), singer
- Rachel Grant (English father / Filipino mother), actress
- Myleene Klass (Austrian father / Filipino mother), classical musician, model, and TV presenter
- Max Minghella (English father (Anthony Minghella) / Chinese mother), actor
- KT Tunstall (Irish father / half-Chinese mother), singer
- Rory Underwood (English father / Chinese mother), rugby player
- Tony Underwood (English father / Chinese mother), rugby player
[edit] Mixed Other Asian and White
- Jim Al-Khalili (Iraqi father / English mother), theoretical nuclear physicist, academic author and broadcaster
- Helen Richardson (Anglo-Indian father / Burmese mother)
- Zuleikha Robinson (English father / Burmese-Indian mother)
- Melanie Sykes (Anglo-Indian / Anglo-Burmese), model and TV presenter
[edit] Other Mixed
- Billy Boston, mixed-race Welsh rugby player
- David Jordan (Indian father / Montserratian mother), singer and songwriter
- Sufiah Yusof (Pakistani father / Malay mother), Former math prodigy
[edit] References
- ^ Smith, Laura (2007-01-23). "Mixed messages". Comment is Free. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-07-13.
- ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/newspapers/sunday_times/britain/article1295000.ece[dead link]