Tags: Ethnic Group.
Dutch Surinamese are Surinamese people of Dutch descent. Dutch people started arriving in Suriname (previously known as Dutch Guiana) in the 19th century with the boeroes (not to be confused with the South African Boeren) who were farmers arriving from the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Groningen. Furthermore the Surinamese ethnic group the Creoles persons of mixed African-European ancestry are partially of Dutch descent.
