👥 Family name profile

Arco

The family name Arco occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 377 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

377

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.

📍 Distribution by region

Beneden-commewijne 1× · 377 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Arco

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Beneden-commewijne

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377 registered enslaved persons

🔊 Sounds like…

Other surnames with the same phonetic code (Soundex/Metaphone). Possible spelling alternatives or related families.

Ark 2 Areas 1 Arius 1

📜 People in the Slave Register

17 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Garcon	—	Ten name van plantage Nieuwstar – 1848	↗
Garcon	—	1830 – Overleden	↗
Carcon	—	1830 – 1838	↗
Garcon	—	1848 – overleden 30 Julij 1851.	↗
Garcon	—	1851 – Overleden 30 Julij 1851.	↗
Garcon	—	1838 – Besmet verkaard en verzonden.	↗
Garcon of Aldise	—	1838 – Aan F. W. Werle.	↗
Marco	—	1 September 1838 In executie voo – 1848	↗
Garcon	—	1838 – 1848	↗
Garcon	—	5 november 1838 in executie voor – overleden	↗
Garcon	—	Van den naam C. Kersten en Co. v – gemanumitteerd onder den naam va	↗
Garcon	—	1851 – Verkoop aen C. Kenter en fr. van	↗
Garcon	—	Aankoop van J. E. Vels ( zie fo – overgeschreven op het Respect Ra	↗
David Arco Slavennaam: Arco	—	1863	↗
Anthonie Hendrik Harcour Slavennaam: Anthonie	—	1863	↗
Elisabeth Garconius Slavennaam: Adjuba	—	1863	↗
Paulus Garconius Slavennaam: Jasmijn	—	1863	↗

🗄 Search Arco 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

🇮🇳 Hindustani immigrants (NA) 🇮🇩 Javanese immigrants (NA) 🇨🇳 Chinese immigrants (NA)

International databases

🌐 FamilySearch 📂 Open Archieven 🗃 Archieven.nl 🔎 WieWasWie 🏛 CBG · Centre for Family History

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.