👥 Family name profile

Piano

The family name Piano occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 494 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

494

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

Matappica 1× · 280 registered enslaved persons
Commetewane 1× · 214 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Piano

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Matappica

NIEUW MEERZORG

280 registered enslaved persons

Commetewane

SCHOONOORD

214 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Piano	ARENDRUST	1838 – 1848	↗
Piano	NIEUWE HOOP	1838 – 1848	↗
Piano	ARENDRUST	1848 – 1851	↗
Piano	NIEUWHOOP	1848 – 1851	↗
Piano	’t VERTROUWEN	Afgeschreven van den naam van de – 1851	↗
Piano	ARENDRUST	1851 – van dit hoofd af en op dat van p	↗
Piano	NIEUWE HOOP	1851 – overleden 8 Augs 1855.	↗
Piano	RUST EN WERK	Van den naam van plantage Arendr – 1 juli 1863	↗
Piano	’t VERTROUWEN	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Piano	—	1830 – 1838	↗
Piano	—	1830 – Overgeschreven ten name van J.C.	↗
Piano	—	bij Ervenis verkregen van M. M. – 1838	↗
Piano	—	1830 – 1838	↗
Piano	—	1838 – overleden	↗
Piano	—	1838 – Overgeschreven ten name van de p	↗
Piano	—	1838 – 1848	↗
Piano	—	1851 – verkoop op den 8 Augs 1861 op ve	↗

🗄 Search Piano 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.