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👥 Family name profile
Profijt
The family name Profijt occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 757 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
757
Registered in 1863
2
river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Commetewane 1× · 636 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden-para 1× · 121 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Profijt
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profijt | — | 1838 – Overgeschreven op plantage Houtt | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | afgeschreven van den naam van de – 1848 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | Overgeschreven van de plantage – 1848 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1830 – overleden | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | Afgeschreven van de Erven U. A. – 1851 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 23 november 1857 – overleden 24 Januarij 1859. | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1851 – overleden 16 Januarij 1856. | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1851 – Overleden 26 Nov. 1852. | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1851 – overleden 29 Decemb 1862. | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1851 – Van dit Hoofd van plantage Lot n | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | Van den naam van Plant Hope ( Lo – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 2 april 1863 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1830 – Verzonden 5 Febr 1831 met de Lep | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1830 – Overleden | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | Gekocht van J van Lauwers – 1838 Junij 15 Verkocht aan C. C. | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | bij onderhandsche Acte dd 23 Feb – 1838 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | Gekogt van plantage Crommelingsg – verkogt aan R.M. van Kampen | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | van M. C. Schroder – 1848 | ↗ |
| Profijt of Profiti | — | 1838 – Aan J M Druel. | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1838 – aan C. C. Graansma | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1838 – Aan J J Godefroij 3/5 Aandeelen | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | 1838 – Overgeschreven ten name van de p | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | van den boedel C.C. Graansma op – Aan LD Bergmalen | ↗ |
| Profijt | — | van den boedel J M. Druel bij pu – 1848 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Profijt 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
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.