Brief Life History of Osaiasi Amelali
When Osaiasi Amelali Vaka was born on 7 July 1896, in Tatakamotonga, Tongatapu, Tonga, his father, Heamasi Vaka, was 45 and his mother, Luseane Afu Nuku, was 24. He had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Maliasiu Hiva. He died from 1968 to 1969, in Fatumu, Tongatapu, Tonga, and was buried in Fatumu, Tongatapu, Tonga.
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Norwegian: habitational name from the farm name Vaka in Rogaland, which is probably from Old Norse vǫk ‘hole in ice’ (i.e. where the fjord does not freeze completely over in winter).
Indian (Tamil Nadu): apparently from Tamil vaka ‘property’. According to legend, this is a shortened form of Krishnavaka, the name of a community which migrated from Dwarka in Gujarat to Tamil Nadu carrying an idol of the Hindu god Krishna with them. — Note: Since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames, this name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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