 Arabs in the Philippines

According to Philippine ambassador to Jordan, Junever M. Mahilum-West, in 2016 an estimated 2 percent of the population of the Philippines, about 2.2 million people, could claim partial Arab ancestry.Arab traders have been visiting Philippines for nearly 2000 years for trade purposes, and traded extensively with local Malayan chiefs, datos and Rajahs that had various Rajahnates in the region.