indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from given name)
Usage Rapa Nui
Meaning & History
This name was from a given name before it became a surname due to the Rapanui adopting Catholic names as first names and making their original first names their surnames. This surname was the most common Rapanui surname from 1937-1996. This is the surname of a filmmaker named Leo Pakarati and former Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Governor Enrique Pakarati.