Re: AKO
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> Is this a Hawaiian or Chinese last name?
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> Don't most Chinese last names have only one syllable?
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"Go" or "Ko" means brother in Cantonese, "Ah" is a term of familiarity.
In the olden days in Hawaii, a Pake might be called Ah Ko by their sibs
and by acquaintenances. Others might be call Ah Gin or Ah Gan (I forget
what those names mean). Eventually many of these Chinese names became
"Hawaiianized" to Ako, Akina, Akana, etc. to be added to the Hawaiian
Akos, Akinas and Akanas. Many of the early Chinese intermarried with
Hawaiians anyway so it didn't really make a difference what their
original ethnicity of their family was. So the answer is "both".
.
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