Africa
The family name Africa occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 109 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Boven Suriname 1× · 109 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Africa
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🔊 Sounds like…
Other surnames with the same phonetic code (Soundex/Metaphone). Possible spelling alternatives or related families.
📜 People in the Slave Register
42 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | — | Verbonden aan de P. W I. Bank – 1848 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | van plantage Louisenburg – 1848 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | geboren uit Quashiba – 1838 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | uit Teuntje – overleden | ↗ |
| Africa | — | Uit Bridget. – 1848 | ↗ |
| Africaan | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Africa / kleine/ | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Africa / groote | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1848 – overleden 5 November 1851. | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Africaan | — | 1851 – van dit hoofd af- en overgeschre | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1851 – overleden 11 April 1853. | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1851 – overleden 25 Septbr 1860. | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1851 – Overleden 5 November 1851. | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1851 – overleden 31 Augs 1855. | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1851 – afgeschreven als weggelopen Zie | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | Ingeschreven krachtens de Gouv . – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Africaan | — | Van den naam van plantage Nieuw – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | Verkregen van P. Maij qq de Erve – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1830 – overleden | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | gekocht van A van Merten – 19. April 1836 verkocht R. O Fe | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 19. April 1836 gekocht van D. Me – 1838 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | Bij Aankoop van A. van Meerten. – 1838 | ↗ |
| Africa | — | 1851 – overgeschreven op naam van plant | ↗ |
| George African | — | 7 februari 1862 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Africa Wezel Slavennaam: Africa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albertina Africa Rust Slavennaam: Africa (grote) | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christina Vlieri Slavennaam: Africa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jeanette Hoepel Slavennaam: Africa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cuffy Jacob Africa Slavennaam: Cuffy | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Theresa Africana Slavennaam: Theresa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Africa in open archives
Directly searchable collections from Dutch archives and museums.
External collections are maintained by third parties. Hits are name-based and may not all refer to this specific plantation — always verify in the source.