👥 Family name profile

Kuiper

The family name Kuiper occurs on 4 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 524 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

524

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 2× · 318 registered enslaved persons
Boven-commewijne 1× · 105 registered enslaved persons
Commetewane 1× · 101 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Kuiper

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Beneden-commewijne

LELIENDAAL

181 registered enslaved persons

Beneden-commewijne

PICARDIË

137 registered enslaved persons

Boven-commewijne

HAZARD

105 registered enslaved persons

Commetewane

BREUKELERWAARD

101 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Herculeskuiper	DE DRIE GEBROEDERS	1838 – overleden	↗
Kuiper	ANNA CATHARINA	1848 – 1851	↗
William / kuiper /	(DE) RESOLUTIE	1848 – 1851	↗
Kuiper	ANNA CATHARINA	1851 – Overleden 9 Junij 1853.	↗
Kuiper	JOHANNA CHARLOTTE	13 juli 1859 – overleden 16 Julij 1862.	↗
William /Kuiper/	(DE) RESOLUTIE	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Kuiper	—	1830 – 1838	↗
Kuiper	—	1838 – 1848	↗
Kuiper	—	1848 – 1851	↗
Kuiper	—	Aankoop bij Executie van JJ en L – verkoop aan C.G.L. Kuhn (zie fo	↗
Kuiper	—	Aankoop van M.W. van Brugh Duijc – verkoop aan S.A. Samuels (Zie fo	↗
Kuiper	—	1851 – Verkoop aan M. W. van Brugh Duij	↗
Kuiper	—	aankoop van C. G. L. Kuhn (Zie f – 1 juli 1863	↗

🗄 Search Kuiper 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.