When 'Asinate Meliame Mapa was born on 26 February 1906, in Nukunuku, Tongatapu, Tonga, her father, Nehumi Mapa, was 37 and her mother, 'Amelia Fanongo, was 33. She married Sailosi Mosese Nusi Malani. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 23 February 2003, in San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 96.
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Hispanic (Philippines) and Portuguese: nickname from Spanish and Portuguese mapa ‘map’, or from its old meaning ‘place where something comes from’.
Indian (Gujarat): from a Sanskrit word meaning ‘measure’, referring to the occupation of measuring corn in earlier times.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Grandma Meliame had a special place in her heart for my dad, Semisi Lote Mapa, maybe because she loved her older brother Fine so much. I remember as a young girl going to Tatakamotonga (Mu'a) and spen …
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