Browse Submitted Surnames

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the usage is rapanui.
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Atan Rapanui
This name means Adam. This is the surname of the ariki "king" Atamu Tekena's family.
Pakarati Rapanui
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... [more]
Rapu Rapanui
People with this surname have a connection to the Rapa Nui Ngaure clan. Rapu is the surname of Rapanui insurrection leader and mayor of Rapa Nui aka Easter Island Alfonso Rapu (1942) who led a revolt against the Chilean government in 1965... [more]
Riroroko Rapanui
Riroroko is a surname that comes from the Miru Rapa Nui clan. This was concerning the Riro portion the name of a ariki "king" on Easter Island who succeeded Atamu Tekena. Riro was part of the Miru clan... [more]