👥 Family name profile

Duiker

The family name Duiker occurs on 6 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 1,279 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

1,279

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.

📍 Distribution by region

Commetewane 2× · 418 registered enslaved persons
Beneden-commewijne 1× · 447 registered enslaved persons
Beneden - Suriname 1× · 181 registered enslaved persons
Nickerie 1× · 169 registered enslaved persons
Beneden-para 1× · 64 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Duiker

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Beneden-commewijne

(DE) RESOLUTIE

447 registered enslaved persons

Commetewane

NIEUWZORG

317 registered enslaved persons

Beneden - Suriname

VOORBURG

181 registered enslaved persons

Nickerie

HAZARD

169 registered enslaved persons

Commetewane

BREUKELERWAARD

101 registered enslaved persons

Beneden-para

(LA) TOURTONNE

64 registered enslaved persons

🗄 Search Duiker 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

🇮🇳 Hindustani immigrants (NA) 🇮🇩 Javanese immigrants (NA) 🇨🇳 Chinese immigrants (NA)

International databases

🌐 FamilySearch 📂 Open Archieven 🗃 Archieven.nl 🔎 WieWasWie 🏛 CBG · Centre for Family History

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.