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👥 Family name profile
Aken
The family name Aken occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 624 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
624
Registered in 1863
2
river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Nickerie 1× · 344 registered enslaved persons
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Matappica 1× · 280 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Aken
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
40 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Frits Draakenstein Slavennaam: Frits | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Calesta Aken Slavennaam: Calesta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Carolina Aken Slavennaam: Carolina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charlotte Aken Slavennaam: Charlotte | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christoffel Aken Slavennaam: Christoffel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eduard Jacobus Aken Slavennaam: Eduard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Floortje Aken Slavennaam: Floortje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hendrik Jacobus Aken Slavennaam: Hendrik | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johan Nicodemus Aken Slavennaam: Johan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| John Thomas Aken Slavennaam: John | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rudolphina Aken Slavennaam: Rudolphina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Josephine Blanca Aken Slavennaam: Blanca | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Keetje Aken Slavennaam: Keetje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nella Aken Slavennaam: Nella | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Amelia Draken Slavennaam: Amelia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| George Robert Draken Slavennaam: Robert | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sultana Draken Slavennaam: Sultana | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charlotte Petronella Schaken Slavennaam: Petronella | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cornelis Schaken Slavennaam: Robijn | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johanna Susanna Schaken Slavennaam: Susantje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Adolph James Aken Slavennaam: Adolph | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Anna Aken Slavennaam: Anna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Esther Elizabeth Aken Slavennaam: Esther | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christiaan Makentos Slavennaam: Christiaan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elsina Makentos Slavennaam: Elsina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Kate Makentos Slavennaam: Kate | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mietje Makentos Slavennaam: Mietje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Ned Makentos Slavennaam: Ned | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Pierre Makentos Slavennaam: Pierre | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Samuel Makentos Slavennaam: Samuel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eduard Drakenland Slavennaam: Hoop | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacoba Charlotte Drakenland Slavennaam: Jacoba | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Petrus Arnoldus Drakenland Slavennaam: Columbus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Bebe Sophia Drakenstein Slavennaam: Bebe | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cordon Jacobus Drakenstein Slavennaam: Cordon | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hercules Cornelis Drakenstein Slavennaam: Hercules | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Kea Amalia Drakenstein Slavennaam: Kea | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Meliena Adriana Drakenstein Slavennaam: Meliena | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Simon Frederik Drakenstein Slavennaam: Simon | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Wilhelmina Josephina Drakenstein Slavennaam: Wilhelmina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Aken in open archives
Directly searchable collections from Dutch archives and museums.
Slavery & emancipation
📜 Slave register 1830–1863 (NA)
⛓ Emancipated 1863 (NA)
📃 Manumissions 1832–1863 (NA)
🌴 Maroons & Bushinengue (NA)
🚢 Slave Voyages (TASTD)
✡️ Jewish/Sephardic (Robles de Medina, Nassy, Pinto, da Costa, ...)
🕯 Jewish Cultural Quarter
🏛 Jewish Historical Museum
⚱ Beth Haim Ouderkerk
🏛 Jodensavanne Foundation
🌐 JewishGen — worldwide
Civil registry, church & notarial records
🏛 Civil registry Suriname
⛪ DTB registers Suriname
✝ EBG / Moravian Brethren (Utrecht)
🗄 Amsterdam City Archive (notarial)
Indentured labour & immigration
International databases
Genealogy & community
👪 SurinameseGenealogy.nl
📖 Surinamistiek — family names
📚 Surinamica.nl
🌴 Suriname Heritage Guide
🕊 NiNsee
🗺 Mapping Slavery
👤 Denie Kasan
💬 Stamboek Forum
Newspapers & other sources
📰 Delpher newspapers (1700–1995)
🗄 National Archives Suriname
📕 West-Indische Gids
📖 Buku Bibliotheca
✒ Caraïbische Letteren
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.