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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Samoans of Fiji

The Samoans of Fiji, numbering approximately 1,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a Polynesian ethnic group indigenous to the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia that is politically and geographically divided between the Independent State of Samoa and American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States of America They are an Diaspora people, with Samoan as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Polynesian people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Samoan is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Samoan

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Fiji
People Cluster: Polynesian
Primary Language(s): Samoan (smo)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 1,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG008236
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Samoan
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Samoan Speakers

Media Resources in Samoan:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Samoan:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Bible Society of South Pacific✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Samoan bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Samoans are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Samoans:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Samoans of Fiji

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.
readIsaiah 55:5

Pray that those who do not know God will access the gospel, run to Him, and discover that He is the one their souls have been longing for.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
readColossians 4:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, their speech will always be gracious and ready to answer for the hope which is within them.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
readJohn 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Samoan Across Countries (ROP3 - 108580) reported in the following countries:

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9 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SamoansPG011059SamoansVanuatu350No Longer UnreachedSamoanProtestantism
SamoansPG043514SamoansUnited States70,000No Longer UnreachedSamoanProtestantism
SamoansPG018321SamoansTuvalu50No Longer UnreachedSamoanProtestantism
SamoansPG018306SamoansTokelau150No Longer UnreachedSamoanProtestantism
SamoansPG010683SamoansSamoa219,000No Longer UnreachedSamoanProtestantism
SamoansPG018506SamoansNew Zealand177,000No Longer UnreachedSamoanProtestantism
SamoansPG008236SamoansFiji1,300No Longer UnreachedSamoanProtestantism
SamoansPG050503SamoansCanada1,200No Longer UnreachedSamoanProtestantism
SamoansPG050229SamoansAmerican Samoa42,000No Longer UnreachedSamoanProtestantism

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