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Roots in numbers
An overview of the plantations, surnames and regions in our database — open for research and education.
501
plantations
28,762
registered people
7,544
family names
6,688
unique surnames
Top surnames (by plantation count)
Breakdown by region
| Region | plantations | registered people | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beneden-commewijne | 40 | 6,903 |
|
| Beneden - Suriname | 18 | 3,193 |
|
| Nickerie | 26 | 2,912 |
|
| Matappica | 16 | 2,339 |
|
| Boven-cottica | 17 | 2,155 |
|
| Beneden-para | 30 | 2,058 |
|
| Commetewane | 10 | 2,007 |
|
| Boven Para | 9 | 1,670 |
|
| Perica | 9 | 1,396 |
|
| Boven Suriname | 16 | 1,316 |
|
| Boven-commewijne | 8 | 998 |
|
| Beneden-saramacca | 11 | 803 |
|
| Boven-saramacca | 5 | 643 |
|
| Coppename | 1 | 369 |
|
| Coronie | 13 | 0 |
|
| Cottica | 66 | 0 |
|
| Matappica | 43 | 0 |
|
| Nickerie | 31 | 0 |
|
| Para | 14 | 0 |
|
| Perica | 2 | 0 |
|
| Saramacca | 23 | 0 |
|
| Suriname | 12 | 0 |
|
| Warappakreek | 2 | 0 |
|
| Commewijne | 50 | 0 |
|