Portugese people ... Hawaii ?

Question

Ola! =)

Are there any places in Hawaii with high populations of Portugese people?

Where?

Like, what cities or places?

Also - I hear that there is a lot of localism, is that true?

Thanks! =)

Answer 1

Well, there are some people who have a Portuguese background, but there is not really a location where they have any enclaves or forts.  They are mixed in with the rest of the citizenry!  There was a historical need for workers in the sugar and pineapple plantations, and so there was a larger number of (imported) workers, but that was so long ago now, that those old areas are no longer just singularly one group or another.  If you mean local-ism as in on a specific island, or in a specific area, my memory of the Portuguese-Hawaiian's I knew were from Maui and Lanai.  But I also knew people on Oahu, Kauai, and The Big Island.  Many of the people I knew who could trace their families back to some Portuguese ancestors, were primarily from the East, as in Macao, and the Dutch East Indies, and Indonesia.  

Are you looking for a new home?  If so, then I suggest you do some sort of search by typical last name that tends to be Portuguese, and see where that takes you.