pacific islander surnames
( origin, meaning )

aholelei ( tongan )
akana ( hawaiian )
akau ( hawaiian )
'akau'ola ( tongan )
akiona ( tongan )
akiona ( hawaiian )
anewy ( polynesian )
aoao ( hawaiian )
apa ( samoan )
aperahama ( maori )
apikotoa ( tongan )
atan ( rapa nui, from adam )
ausage ( samoan )
auva'a ( samoan, crew )
avelino ( polynesian )

beeber ( samoan )

ey ( samoan )

fainga'a ( tongan )
fainu ( tongan )
fakahokotau ( tongan )
faleafa ( tongan )
faletutulu ( samoan )
fangupo ( tongan )
fatafehi ( tongan )
fifita ( tongan )
finau ( tongan )
fonua ( tongan )
fotuaika ( tongan )
fualalo ( tongan )
fuimaono ( samoan )
fukofuka ( tongan )

gilchrist ( samoan )

halaholo ( tongan )
halapio ( tongan )
hale ( hawaiian, house )
hauata ( polynesian/tahitian )
haumono ( tongan )
haupeakui ( tongan )
havili ( tongan )
hekekia ( hawaiian, from hezekiah )
henare ( maori, henry )
heneralau ( hawaiian )
hingano ( tongan )
hoapili ( hawaiian, attached to the bosom )
hoopii ( hawaiian )
hoopiiaina ( hawaiian )
hopoate ( tongan )
horomona ( moriori )

ihimaera ( maori, from ishmael )
ikahihifo ( tongan )
ikaika ( hawaiian, mighty )
ikilei ( tongan )
ioane ( samoan, from john )

kaaka ( maori, from te kao )
ha'anā'anā ( hawaiian, black magic )
kahale ( hawaiian, house )
kahananui ( hawaiian )
kahinu ( maori )
kahue ( hawaiian )
kahuila ( hawaiian )
kainoa ( hawaiian )
kalani ( hawaiian )
kalaniuvalu ( tongan )
kalawai'a ( hawaiian )
kamaka ( hawaiian )
kamakawiwo'ole ( hawaiian, fearless eye )
kamalani ( hawaiian )
kareama ( maori )
kauanoeanuhea ( hawaiian )
kauhane ( hawaiian, spirit )
kawana ( hawaiian )
keahi ( hawaiian )
keala ( hawaiian )
kealoha ( hawaiian )
keikilawa ( hawaiian )
kekoa ( hawaiian )
kelekolio ( hawaiian )
kolomatangi ( tongan )

laei ( polynesian )
lahela ( hawaiian, ewe )
latu ( tongan )
leialoha ( hawaiian )
leiataua ( samoan )
lotulelei ( tongan )

ma'afu ( tongan )
mahelona ( hawaiian )
mahi'ai ( hawaiian, food from the farm )
maibuca ( tuvaluan )
manuokafoa ( tongan )
manupuna ( tongan )
misipeka ( samoan )
moala ( tongan/samoan, uncertain )
mo'okini ( hawaiian )

nae'ole ( hawaiian )
ngata ( maori )

ofahengaue ( tongan )
olakauatu ( tongan )
opetaia ( maori )
'ōpūnui ( hawaiian )

paewai ( maori, driftwood )
pakarati ( rapa nui )
pangai ( tongan )
paoa ( hawaiian )
parata ( maori, brother )
pere ( maori )
pōhānō ( hawaiian, wheezy )
puletua ( samoan, authority )
punga ( maori, reason )

rameka-waapu ( maori, mythological creature )
rangihau ( maori, windy weather )
rapu ( rapa nui, ngaure clan )
riroroko ( rapa nui, miru clan )
rīwai ( maori, from levi )

sepuloni ( tongan )
seufale ( samoan )
silatolu ( tongan )
soakai ( tongan )

talakai ( tongan )
talanoa ( tongan )
tanginoa ( tongan )
tanielu ( samoan, daniel )
tapu ( moriori, sacred )
tatola ( tongan )
taukeiaho ( tongan )
taumalolo ( tongan )
taumoepenu ( tongan )
teheiura ( tahitian )
te hira ( maori )
tenadii ( maori )
te'o ( samoan )
te poki ( maori, to clear the garden )
teriimana ( tahitian )
teriyong ( polynesian )
tetuanui ( tahitian )
tilo ( samoan )
topasna ( polynesian )
tua ( samoan )
tu'ikolovatu ( tongan )
tuilotolava ( tongan )
tuivailala ( tongan )
tukuafu ( tongan )
tupou ( tongan )
tu'ungafasi ( tongan )

unga ( tongan )
utoikamanu ( tongan )

vaealiki ( tongan )
vaha'akolo ( tongan )
vainikolo ( tongan )
vaipulu ( tongan )
vaitai ( tongan )
vakapuna ( tongan )
vi ( tongan )
vunipola ( tongan )

waititi ( maori, melodious )
warbrick ( maori )
wero ( maori, to cast a spear )
winiata ( maori )

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