👥 Family name profile

Kam

The family name Kam occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 263 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

263

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

Beneden-para 1× · 263 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Kam

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Beneden-para

HOUTTUIN

263 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

16 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Bachus of Kampoe	GROND EENDRAGHT	1838 – overleden	↗
Kameel	SUIKERPLANTAGE ALKMAAR	1830 – 1838	↗
Kam of Keau	PICARDIË	Afgeschreven van Jams Mac Killop – 1848	↗
Kambel	HOUTGROND BERLIJN	1848 – 1851	↗
Kamma	HOUTGROND ONORIBO	1848 – 1851	↗
Kam of Kean	PICARDIË	1848 – 1851	↗
Kambel	BERLIJN	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Kamma	HOUTGROND ONORIBO	1851 – overleden 1 Augs 1860.	↗
Askam	POELWIJK	verkregen van P. Maij qq de Erve – 1 juli 1863	↗
Akamino	CATHARINA SOPHIA	Afkomstig van de Houtvelling And – overleden 21 Mei 1861.	↗
Adriaan of Akama	—	1838 – Besmet verklaard en naar Batavia	↗
Shankamont	—	1838 – Aan J Plantaan Thijm en P. J. M	↗
Askam	—	1848 – 1851	↗
Kameel	—	uit Maria – overleden	↗
Mankament of Mahomet	—	Gekocht van Johan Bent op voorwa – 1838	↗
Askam	—	1851 – overgeschreven op naam van plant	↗

🗄 Search Kam 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.