• PEOPLE NAME: WAYANA OF SURINAME


PEID: 16441

ROP: 110731

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Wayana - (way)

Alternate Name(s): Roucouyen, Upurui, Alukuyana, Oiana, Orkokoyana, Wajana, Oayana, Roucouyenne, Uaiana, Alucuyana, Urucuiana, Urukuyana, Upuriu, Wayâna, Waiana, Oyana

Primary Religion: Christianity - Evangelical Protestant

Country: Suriname

Also found in: Brazil; French Guiana

Population: 650

Global Population: 2,850


PEID: 16441

ROP: 110731

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Wayana of Suriname, numbering 650, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 2,850 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Wayana. The primary religion practiced by the Wayana is Evangelical Protestantism, a worldwide trans-denominational movement within Protestant Christianity that believes the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace alone, solely through faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ.


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