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👥 Family name profile
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.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
375
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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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.
📜 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.
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.