Population of the island of Mauritius

The island of Mauritius has more than 1 million residents, including descendants of Indians and Pakistanis, mixed European and African races, Creoles (indigenous) and a small number of Chinese and European descendants. There are more than 30,000 overseas Chinese and Chinese immigrants on the island, mainly Hakkas from Meizhou City, Guangdong Province. These Hakka people have lived here for a long time and only know that their ancestors are Chinese. The names of these people are very special. They are all added with their baptismal name and their father's surname after their surname. Most of them are semi-localized.

As early as the 18th and 19th centuries, Cantonese and Fujianese immigrated to Mauritius, and most of them came here to do business. There was a large-scale immigration wave in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and the majority of immigrants were Hakkas. They left their hometowns and traveled across the ocean to Mao Island. With strong perseverance and the fighting spirit of pioneers, they worked hard to survive on the island, thrive, and live and work in peace and contentment.

There is also a theory that the Hakkas on this island are the descendants of the Hakkas from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It is said that the Hakka family of Hong Xiuquan, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom king, had no way to escape when they were chased by Qing soldiers, so they had to go southwest, cross the Indian Ocean, and settle on the island of Mauritius, where they set up camp and settled down.