Italians in the United Kingdom

Italian Brits

Italo-britannici (Italian)
Distribution of Italian citizens in England, Wales & Northern Ireland by local authority.
Total population
c. 280,000 (by birth)[1] c. 500,000 (by ancestry)[2]
Regions with significant populations
London Bedford Peterborough Manchester Glasgow Glamorgan Liverpool
Languages
British English Welsh Scots Italian and Italian dialects
Religion
Roman Catholicism Anglicanism Presbyterianism Orthodox Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Italians, Italian Scots, Welsh Italians, Genoese in Gibraltar, Italian Americans, Italian Australians, Italian Canadians, Italian New Zealanders, Italian South Africans, Italians, Italian Belgians, Italian Finns, Italian French, Italian Germans, Italian Romanians, Italian Spaniards, Italian Swedes, Italian Swiss, Corfiot Italians, Genoese in Gibraltar, Italians of Crimea, Italians of Odesa

Italians in the United Kingdom, also known as Italian Brits (Italian: italo-britannici)^[3] are citizens and/or residents of the United Kingdom who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to the United Kingdom during the Italian diaspora. The phrase may refer to someone born in the United Kingdom of Italian descent, someone who has emigrated from Italy to the United Kingdom, or someone born elsewhere (e.g. the United States), who is of Italian descent and has migrated to the UK. More specific terms used to describe Italians in the United Kingdom include: Italian English, Italian Scots, and Italian Welsh.