title: Welsh Americans
text: Welsh Americans are an American ethnic group whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Wales.  In the 2008 U.S. Census community survey, an estimated 1.98 million Americans had Welsh ancestry, 0.6% of the total U.S. population.  This compares with a population of 3 million in Wales.  However, 3.8% of Americans appear to bear a Welsh surname.
  
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  Ethnic groups in the United States