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👥 Family name profile
Dank
The family name Dank occurs on 3 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 864 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
3
plantations
3
Occurrences
864
Registered in 1863
3
river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Beneden-saramacca 1× · 407 registered enslaved persons
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Boven Suriname 1× · 243 registered enslaved persons
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Commetewane 1× · 214 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Dank
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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
50 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dankbaarheid | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Dankbaarheid | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Cicilia Kaatje Dankbaar Slavennaam: Kaatje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mattheus October Dankbaar Slavennaam: October | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Thomas Dankbaar Slavennaam: Thomas | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Constant Frans Goddank Slavennaam: Constant | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Grietje Dankhemel Slavennaam: Grietje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Karel Dankhemel Slavennaam: Karel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Martha Dankhemel Slavennaam: Martha | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Bienvenue Jonathan Dankoor Slavennaam: Bienvenue | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Francois Theodorus Dankoor Slavennaam: Francois | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| George Petrus Dankoor Slavennaam: George | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Magdalena Salomé Dankoor Slavennaam: Magdalena | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nicolaas Bout Slavennaam: Dankbaarheid | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Adam Dank Slavennaam: Paris | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cornelia Dank Slavennaam: Rachel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Daniel Dank Slavennaam: Frans | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Adolphina Dankers Slavennaam: Jana | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| August Hans Dankers Slavennaam: Hans | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Carolina Magdalena Dankers Slavennaam: Caro | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charlotte Dankers Slavennaam: Lotje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Constantia Dankers Slavennaam: Philida | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Emanuel Johannes Dankers Slavennaam: Johannes | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Gideon Rudolf Dankers Slavennaam: Rudolf | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Joseph Willem Dankers Slavennaam: Wimpie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Josephina Dankers Slavennaam: Josephina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Marianna Anna Dankers Slavennaam: Anna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nanette Dankers Slavennaam: Nannie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rudolf Philip Dankers Slavennaam: Philip | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charlotte Dank Slavennaam: Charlotte | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| George Dankbaar Slavennaam: George | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albertina Augustina Dankerlui Slavennaam: Augustina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christiaan Louis Dankerlui Slavennaam: Louis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Francois Dankerlui Slavennaam: Francois | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frederika Adolphina Dankerlui Slavennaam: Adolphina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Geertruida Dankerlui Slavennaam: Matje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johan Dankerlui Slavennaam: Johan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louisa Nanette Dankerlui Slavennaam: Nanette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mathilda Philippina Dankerlui Slavennaam: Philippina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Petrus Charles Dankerlui Slavennaam: Tjarles | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Samuel Rudolf Dankerlui Slavennaam: Rudolf | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albertina Adriana Dank Slavennaam: Albertina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Anna Elisabeth Dank Slavennaam: Anna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| David Dank Slavennaam: David | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Josina Saradina Dank Slavennaam: Josina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louisa Hermina Dank Slavennaam: Louisa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mijntje Sara Dank Slavennaam: Mijntje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sara Elisabeth Dank Slavennaam: Sara | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Seraphina Roxanna Dank Slavennaam: Seraphina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| William Dank Slavennaam: Willem | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Dank 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
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