This regulation was for everybody who was a free citizen. In 1946 the Surinamese law took effect where each child from a marriage and child outside marriage but acknowledged by the biological father got the father's name. Outside marriage children and not acknowledged by the father received the mother's name. No double family names were found in Suriname. Most names in Suriname are transcribed from Hakka and Cantonese in the Latin alphabet.
Complete names consist of a xing and ming.
Such as Chin A Sen, Lie Pauw Sam, Wong Tsang Soi. No real names are Sjak Shie which means Mrs Sjak. Sjak is a xing. Make believe names sound only Chinese but are not such as Fa Sie Oen. The origin of the name is not known.