Indigenous peoples in Suriname

Indigenous peoples in Suriname, 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).

Contemporary groups

• Akurio, Tapanahoni and Sipaliwini rivers, Kwamalasamutu
• Arawak (Lokono), Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela
• Kalina, Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela
• Saloema (Taruma), Kwamalasamutu on Sipaliwini river, Brazil, Guyana
• Sikiana, Kwamalasamutu on Sipaliwini river, Brazil
• Tiriyó, Tapanahoni River, Sipaliwini River, Brazil
• Waiwai (Uapixana, Vapidiana, Wapichan, Wapichana, Wapisana, Wapishshiana, Wapisiana, Wapitxana, Wapixana), Amazonas, Brazil, Suriname and Guyana
• Warao (Guarao, Guarauno, Warau, Warrau), Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname
• Wayana, Southwest Marowijne District, upper Tapanahoni river, Brazil, French Guiana

Distribution

See also

• Demographics of Suriname

Notes