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👥 Family name profile
Wan
The family name Wan occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 234 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
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plantations
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Occurrences
234
Registered in 1863
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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× · 234 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Wan
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zwantje | — | verbonden aan de P. W. I. Bank – 1848 | ↗ |
| Kwansa | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Swankie | — | 1830 – overgeschreven op de prive naam | ↗ |
| Swantje | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Swankie | — | Van den boedel weduwe Wm. Elder, – 1848 | ↗ |
| Kwankie | — | Van den boedel weduwe Wm. Elder, – 1848 | ↗ |
| Swankie | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Kwankie | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Hannibal / Wangra | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Minowani | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Swankie | — | 1851 – overleden 8 Dec. 1853. | ↗ |
| Kwankie | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Hannibal /Wangra/ | — | 1851 – overleden 4 Mei 1861. | ↗ |
| Swantje | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Lowance | — | 4 mei 1854 – overleden 27 April 1859. | ↗ |
| Antwanetta | — | 1830 – Verkocht aan Susanna Cummings | ↗ |
| Antwanetta | — | Gekocht van Lucia van Butner. – 1838 | ↗ |
| Zwantje of Jaba | — | 1838 – Vrij geworden en den naam bekome | ↗ |
| Wan | — | Van den boedel J van Imthurn – 1848 | ↗ |
| Wanieka Jan | — | 1838 – Overgeschreven ten name van den | ↗ |
| Wan | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Sawana | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Wanjarie | — | geboren uit Saijore – Overleden 10 Novr. 1835 | ↗ |
| Kwannie | — | Gekocht van de weduwe Sipora Abr – 1838 | ↗ |
| Wan | — | 1851 – overleden 26 Mei 1857. | ↗ |
| Albertina Jacoba Wandelaar Slavennaam: Jacoba | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Bernard Wandelaar Slavennaam: Bernard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Carolina Francina Wandelaar Slavennaam: Francina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Saraatje Elisabeth Gewant Slavennaam: Saraatje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Minowannie Basfielt Slavennaam: Minowannie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Constantie Wan Slavennaam: Constantie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eliza Wan Slavennaam: Eliza | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Esther Wan Slavennaam: Esther | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hans Wan Slavennaam: Hans | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Philip Wan Slavennaam: Philip | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Tiena Wan Slavennaam: Tiena | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Wilhelmina Wan Slavennaam: Wilhelmina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Adriana Anna Wand Slavennaam: Anna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Flora Wand Slavennaam: Flora | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nicodemus January Wand Slavennaam: January | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Alijda Zwanenberg Slavennaam: Alijda | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cornelis Zwanenberg Slavennaam: Cornelis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Georgina Zwanenberg Slavennaam: Georgina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Juliana Zwanenberg Slavennaam: Juliana | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Maria Dina Zwanenberg Slavennaam: Dina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Valentijn Zwanenberg Slavennaam: Valentijn | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Salomé Wand Slavennaam: Cecilia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Flodoardo Kwant, van Slavennaam: Flodoardo | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Arnold Argwan Slavennaam: Hannibal | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Niesewand Johannes Austerlitz Slavennaam: Niesewand | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Wan 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.