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
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