Ethnic groups in Suriname

Javanic-speaking ethnic originally from central and eastern regions of Java Island

Africans in the Americas and islands of the Indian Ocean who escaped from slavery, through flight or manumission, and lived in independent settlements, were referred to as maroons in English, and as cimarrones in Spanish America. The English word "maroon" likely derives from the Spanish word "cimarron".

indigenous people inhabiting northeastern Venezuela and western Guyana

ethnic group of enslaved African origin

ethnic group

Indo-Surinamese, Indian-Surinamese, or Hindustani Surinamese are nationals of Suriname who trace their ancestry to the Indian subcontinent. Their ancestors were indentured labourers brought by the Dutch and the British to the Dutch colony of Suriname, beginning in 1873 and continuing during the British Raj. Per the 2012 Census of Suriname, 148,443 citizens of Suriname are of Indo-Surinamese origin, constituting 27.4% of the total population, making them the largest ethnic group in Suriname on an individual level. They are a subgroup of Asian Surinamese and Indo-Caribbean people.

indigenous people, living in Suriname, who were first contacted in 1969

marroon tribe in Suriname

The Sikiana are an Indigenous people, living in Brazil, Suriname, and Venezuela.

A Chindian (; ; ; ) is an informal term used to refer to a person of mixed ancestry originating from India and China. This includes individuals from the various ethnic groups native to modern-day China and India.

ethnic group

Surinamese residents of ethnic Chinese origin

Pre-European inhabitants of Suriname

Afro-Surinamese are the inhabitants of Suriname of mostly West African and Central African ancestry. They are descended from enslaved Africans brought to work on sugar plantations. Many of them escaped the plantations and formed independent settlements together, becoming known as Maroons. They maintained vestiges of African culture and language. They are usually split into two ethnic subgroups (Creoles and Maroons).

ethnic group in Suriname

surinamese of Portuguese birth or descent