Braaf
The family name Braaf occurs on 4 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 622 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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Beneden-commewijne 2× · 454 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden-para 1× · 121 registered enslaved persons
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Boven Suriname 1× · 47 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Braaf
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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
21 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adolf Braaf Slavennaam: Adolf | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Affie Braaf Slavennaam: Affie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Anna Braaf Slavennaam: Anna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Arnold Braaf Slavennaam: Arnold | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Bebe Braaf Slavennaam: Bebe | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Esther Braaf Slavennaam: Esther | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacobus Braaf Slavennaam: Jacobus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacques Braaf Slavennaam: Jacques | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Kwamina Braaf Slavennaam: Kwamina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Livia Braaf Slavennaam: Livia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Paulina Braaf Slavennaam: Paulina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Truitje Braaf Slavennaam: Truitje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elisabeth Braafst Slavennaam: Elisabeth | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elisabeth Braafheid Slavennaam: Elisabeth | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Theresia Christina Braafheid Slavennaam: Theresia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albertina Braaf Slavennaam: Albertina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| David Braaf Slavennaam: Sultan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Isaak Braaf Slavennaam: André | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Julianna Braaf Slavennaam: Betje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Petrus Braaf Slavennaam: Admiraal | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mietje Elisabeth Braaf Slavennaam: Mietje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Braaf 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.