Tahitians

The Tahitians (Tahitian: Māʼohi; French: Tahitiens) are the indigenous Polynesian people of Tahiti and thirteen other Society Islands in French Polynesia. The numbers may also include the modern population in these islands of mixed Polynesian and French ancestry (French: demis). Indigenous Tahitians are one of the largest Polynesian ethnic groups, behind the Māori, Samoans and Hawaiians.

This article is about indigenous people of Tahiti. For other uses, see Tahitian.
Tahitians (Māʼohi)
Taʼata Tahiti (Maʼohi)
Tahitiens
Tahitian girls
Total population
c. 185,000
(Ethnic Tahitians worldwide)
Regions with significant populations
 French Polynesia   178,133
(on Tahiti only, August 2007 census)
 United States5,062 (2010)
 New Zealand1,737 (2018)
Languages
Tahitian, French
Religion
Predominantly Christian
(Reformed and Roman Catholic)
Tahitian mythology (minority)
Related ethnic groups
Other Polynesians (particularly Native Hawaiians and Rapa Nui)
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