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Latvians in the United Kingdom

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Latvian British
Lielbritānijas latvieši
Monument at the Latvian burial grounds at theBrookwood Cemetery
Total population
United KingdomLatvian-born residents in the United Kingdom: 98,660
(2021/22 Census)[note 1]
England:87,365 (2021)[1]
Scotland:6,924 (2022)[2]
Wales:1,219 (2021)[1]
Northern Ireland:3,152 (2021)[3]
Regions with significant populations
London,Birmingham,Manchester,Liverpool,Kingston upon Hull,York,Kings LynnandGlasgow
Languages
English,Latvian,Russian.
Religion
Christianity·Judaism•Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
Balts
  1. ^Does not include ethnic Latvians born in the United Kingdom or those with Latvian ancestry

Latviansin theUnited Kingdomare those born or raised in the UK, or residents, who are of ethnicallyLatviandescent or originate fromLatvia,a country in North-Eastern Europe.

History, population and settlement[edit]

Viktoria Modesta (Viktorija Moskaļova), British model and musician ofLatvian Russianorigin

In the early 20th century,Latvianworkers began to settle in Glasgow. Notable groups of Latvian-born migrants historically also included people ofLatvian Jewish,Baltic GermanandLatvian Russianorigin.

Significant numbers of Latvians moved to the UK afterWorld War 2in 1947 under a government backed scheme calledWestward Ho.The first group ofdisplaced persons(DPs) from the British zone of occupation of Germany arrived in the UK in 1947, called theBalt Cygnets.[4]

The2001 UK Censushad recorded 4,275 UK residents born in Latvia.[5]

Another wave of Latvian migration to the United Kingdom came after theaccession of Latvia to the European Union,of which the UK was then part, in 2004.

The2011 UK Censusalready recorded 53,977 Latvian-born residents in England, 692 in Wales,[6]4,475 in Scotland,[7]and 2,297 in Northern Ireland.[8]

In 2021, there were approximately 90,000 Latvian nationals estimated to be residing in the United Kingdom. Historically, the highest estimated number of Latvian nationals residing in the United Kingdom was in 2017, when there were 117,000.[9]

There is a Latvian section at theBrookwood cemeterynear London.[10]

Latvian burial ground, Brookwood Cemetery[edit]

Notable British people of Latvian descent[edit]

SeeCategory:British people of Latvian descent

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"Country of birth (extended)".Office for National Statistics.Retrieved28 March2023.
  2. ^"Table UV204 - Country of birth: Country by Country of Birth by Individuals".National Records of Scotland.Retrieved24 May2024.'2022' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Country of birth: UV204'
  3. ^"MS-A18: Country of birth - full detail".Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 22 September 2022.Retrieved25 May2023.
  4. ^McDowell, Linda (2008)."On the Significance of Being White: European Migrant Workers in the British Economy in the 1940s and 2000s".In Dwyer, Claire; Bressey, Caroline (eds.).New Geographies of Race and Racism.Aldershot: Ashgate. pp. 51–64.ISBN978-0-7546-7085-8.
  5. ^"Country-of-birth database".Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived fromthe originalon 4 May 2011.Retrieved26 November2017.
  6. ^"2011 Census: Country of birth (expanded), regions in England and Wales".Office for National Statistics.26 March 2013.Retrieved25 November2017.
  7. ^"Country of birth (detailed)"(PDF).National Records of Scotland.Retrieved25 November2017.
  8. ^"Country of Birth – Full Detail: QS206NI".Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.Retrieved25 November2017.
  9. ^Number of Latvian nationals resident in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2021- Statista.com
  10. ^Latvian Cemetery - Exploring Surrey's Past

Bibliography[edit]

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