Finland. The people of Finland have one of the highest concentrations of blond hair in the world. In large portions of Finland, 80% of the population has blond hair (and a full 89% of the population has blue eyes).
The ethnic Miao people of Guizhou province from China, a subgroup of Hmong people, have been described as having blue eyes and blonde hair.
Scandinavian countries ie: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland have the highest individuals with blonde hair and blue eyes.
What percent of the population has blonde hair and blue eyes? A study found that in the United States 16.6% of the population has blue eyes. The study also found that 28.3% of the population has blonde hair and that 9.3% of the population has blonde hair and blue eyes.
It should be noted that even full Asian or full black people can have blonde hair and/or blue eyes. Hair and eye color aren't specific to one group of people, anyone can have it.
The rarest natural hair colour is red, which makes up only one to two percent of the global population.
Blue is the second most common eye color globally, with an estimated 8 to 10 % of people having blue eyes. A majority of these people are of European descent, however, Black people can be born with blue eyes even though it's pretty rare.
There's a little genetic tweak that makes the combination of red hair and blue eyes the rarest of them all.
4. Having blonde hair doesn't necessarily mean having blue eyes. It's a stereotype. Although red hair, light eyes, and light skin do tend to go together, blondies can have eyes that are blue, green, brown, and more.
Recessive Traits
In order for these traits to show outwardly, a person needs to have inherited two recessive genes—one from each parent. Typical recessive traits are tallness, blonde hair, and blue eyes.
Finland. The people of Finland have one of the highest concentrations of blond hair in the world. In large portions of Finland, 80% of the population has blond hair (and a full 89% of the population has blue eyes).
Blue eyes are predominant in northern and eastern Europe, particularly around the Baltic Sea. Blue eyes are also found in southern Europe, Central Asia, South Asia, North Africa and West Asia.
Scientists think the traditional blue-eyed allele near OCA2 had a single origin in Europe 6,000-10,000 years ago5. And since the traditional blue-eyed allele is recessive, each blue-eyed person would have European ancestry on both sides of their family.
Estonia is the country with the most blue-eyed individuals in the world. 89% of its population have blue eyes.
So over time, humans who were lighter-pigmented survived longer than those who were darker in the north. This also means their genes prevailed over dark ones, this is why many ethnic Scandinavians are blonde-haired or light-pigmented.
While it's more common for Italians to have hazel/brown eyes, around 14% are blue-eyed according to a recent French magazine article. So next time someone tells you Italians only have dark eyes, tell them to take a step back from the usual stereotype and, maybe, take a trip to Italy in order to see how diverse it is.
The reason why these two traits are linked is that the genes responsible for hair and eye color happen to be close together on the same chromosomes. When genes like these are close together, the traits tend to end up coming in pairs (blonde hair/blue eyes, etc.).
Blonds get white hair just like brunets, but some blondes only appear to get a lighter blond while others experience their blonde hairs getting darker and duller as the white hairs begin to appear. Still, blondes can, over time, have a full head of white hair.
#BLONDE! The contest for the most attractive hair colour is obviously won by the blonde color with 35% of the overall vote, followed by the brunette. The bronze goes to Pippi Longstocking (people 30 and above will understand ? ). And the fourth place is for black hair colour.
What is the rarest eye color? Green is the rarest eye color in the world, with only 2% of the world's population (and fewer than one out of ten Americans) sporting green peepers, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
Italians have all different eye colors including brown, hazel, green, and blue. There are blonde, brunette, and red-haired Italians. The more North you move in Italy the more frequently you will see Italians with blue eyes. The map below illustrates this trend.
Blue Eyes are More Sensitive to Light
Melanin in the iris of the eye appears to help protect the back of the eye from damage caused by UV radiation and high-energy visible “blue” light from sunlight and artificial sources of these rays.