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👥 Family name profile
van
The family name van occurs on 3 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 298 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
3
plantations
5
Occurrences
298
Registered in 1863
3
river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Beneden - Suriname 1× · 115 registered enslaved persons
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Perica 1× · 98 registered enslaved persons
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Matappica 1× · 85 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name van
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avantuur | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Avans | — | uit Constantie. – overleden | ↗ |
| Avans | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Vanspijk | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Vangeen | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Savane | — | uit Luna – 1848 | ↗ |
| Avantuur | — | Van J. Keen Jr. in ruiling tegen – overleden | ↗ |
| Nervant | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Avantuur | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Avantuur | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Avans | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Avans | — | uit Sibellie – overleden | ↗ |
| Avance | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Van Spijk | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Avans | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Avantuur | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Savane | — | uit Pomona – overleden | ↗ |
| Avance | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Avans | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Avantuur | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Avantuur | — | Afgeschreven van den naam van pl – overleden | ↗ |
| Avantuur | — | Afgeschreven van Adam Steinart. – overleden | ↗ |
| Avantage | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Van Spijk | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Avans | — | 1838 – Overgeschreven ten name van de p | ↗ |
| Avantuur | — | uit Amimba – Overgeschreven ten name van de p | ↗ |
| Avantuur | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Avans | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Avantuur | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Avantuur | — | 1838 – Overgeschreven ten name van depl | ↗ |
| Vantohl | — | uit Eva – Overgeschreven ten name van G Fr | ↗ |
| Van Geen | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Avans | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Avans | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Vorst van Schwarsenberg | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Avantuur | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Avance | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Avans | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Avans | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Avantuur | — | Van den boedel Jacot van Imthurn – 1848 | ↗ |
| Avans | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| van Galen | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| van Halm | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Avans | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Provance | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Avantuur | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Avans | — | 1830 – Alle deze Slaven zijn van deze P | ↗ |
| Avantuur | — | 1830 – Alle deze Slaven zijn van deze P | ↗ |
| van Thol | — | geboren uit Sophicie – 1838 | ↗ |
| Avans | — | 1830 – op autorisatie van den Gouvr. Ge | ↗ |
🗄 Search van 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.