Arab Uruguayans are Uruguayan citizens or residents whose ancestry traces back to any of various waves of immigrants, largely of Arab cultural and linguistic heritage or identity, originating mainly from what is now Lebanon (of which there may be over 50,000 descendants). There are also there are individuals from the twenty-two countries which comprise the Arab world such as Egypt, Syria and Palestine. Most Uruguayans of Arabic descent are Christians, with some Muslim minorities. There was also a small influx of Arab Jews, who have since lost their Arab cultural identity.