Tam
The family name Tam occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 375 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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Matappica 1× · 356 registered enslaved persons
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Nickerie 1× · 19 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Tam
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
🔊 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamboer | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Tamboer | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Tamboer | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Atama | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Tamboer | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Tamboer | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Tammerlan | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Tam | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Tam | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Tam | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Tam | — | 1838 – Naar Batavia verzonden. | ↗ |
| Tamboer | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Tamboer | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Tamboij of Koffij | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Tamboer | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Tamira | — | provisioneel vrijgesteld van bet – ingevolg resolutie dd 31 Julij 1 | ↗ |
| Tam | — | Ten name van plantage Nieuwstar – 1848 | ↗ |
| Tambe | — | 1838 – Krachtens Resolutie No. 456/391 | ↗ |
| Tamera | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Tamerlan | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Tamia | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Tamerlan | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Tamboer | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Tambra | — | 22 Februarij 1837 bij Resolutie – 1838 | ↗ |
| Tamboer | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Tamboer | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Tamboer | — | 1830 – Overleden | ↗ |
| Tamera | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Stam | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Tamar | — | Afgeschreven van plantage Glouch – 1848 | ↗ |
| Tamburine | — | uit IJabba – 1848 | ↗ |
| Tamera | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Tambourine | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Tambour | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Tamara | — | 1848 – Overleden. | ↗ |
| Atama | — | 1848 – overleden | ↗ |
| Tamerlan | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Tam | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Jonatam | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Tamboer | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Tamboer | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Tamboij | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Tam | — | 1848 – overleden 24e Maart 1851. | ↗ |
| Tama | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Tamire | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Tamra | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Tamra | — | 1848 – Overleden | ↗ |
| Frederik / Attama / | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Tamera | — | 1848 – Overleden | ↗ |
| Tamboer | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Tam 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.