Indigenous peoples in Suriname

Indigenous Surinamese
Schoolchildren of the Kali'na community at Bigi Poika in Suriname.
Total population
20,344 (in 2012)
3.8% of Suriname's population[1]
Regions with significant populations
Paramaribo, Wanica, Para, Marowijne, Sipaliwini
Languages
Akurio, Lokono, Carib-Kari'nja, Sikiana-Kashuyana, Tiro-Tiriyó, Waiwai, Warao, Wayana, Dutch, Sranan Tongo, English
Religion
Native American religion, Christianity (Catholicism and Protestantism), others

Indigenous Surinamese,[a] also known as Native Surinamese or Amerindian Surinamese, are Surinamese people who are of Indigenous ancestry. As of the 2012 population census they comprised 3.8% of Suriname's population (20,344 Native Surinamese among 541,638 total population).[1]

Contemporary groups

Distribution

Distribution of Indigenous and Maroon peoples in Suriname
Distribution of Native Surinamese by resort according to the 2012 census

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Dutch: Inheemse Surinamers; Eastern Maroon Creole: Ingii or Lebiman (lit. 'red man')[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Census statistics 2012". Algemeen Bureau voor de Statistiek in Suriname. Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  2. ↑ "Aukan–English Dictionary". SIL Global.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Suriname." Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.
  4. ↑ Peter Rivière (1981). "A Report on the Trio Indians in Suriname". New West Indian Guide. The Hague: Nijhoff Publishers. p. 2.
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