White is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.
The family name is a variation of Weightman. See Waithman, and Wightman - A hunter. Teutoni, weyd-man, venator, auceps.
Variant of the Whyte. Variant of White meaning "the light or fair-complexioned person".
The light or fair-complexioned person, or one with white hair; descendant of Hwita meaning "white".
The family name is the variation of Wight. One who came from the Isle of Wight, i.e., that which has been raised, part of the former county of Hampshire.
Of light or fair complexion, corresponding with the French Le Blond, the Gaelic Bane, the Ital. Biondi, the Dutch De Witt, the Germ. Weiss, and the old classical Candidus, Chlorus, etc. The London Direct. shews almost 300 traders of this name. In the Hundred Rolls it is latinized Albus.
J. Yonge Akerman, Esq., late Sec. S. A., has suggested to me, that the name is far too common to allow of the supposition that it is derived solely from complexion, especially since the antithetical Black bears no proportion for numerousness—occurring in the above-mentioned repertory of names in the proportion of only one to ten. The Browns might be called in as allies of the Blacks, when the scale would be turned in favour of the dark complexion; According to historian Akerman, the name White is sometimes derived, not from Anglo-Saxon hnit (albus), but from huita, a sharpener, swordsmith, or armourer, and one Thurcil Hwita, mentioned in a document of the time of Canute (Codex Dipl.), might be cited on that side, as well as in proof of the great antiquity of the surname. Nisbet says: "As for the antiquity of the name, Sir James Dalrymple observes one Viniet Albus, witness in a charter of King Edgar to the church of Durham, who perhaps may be the first of the surname of White."
White is a variant of Whyte. The Scottish form of White. The Whytes, anciently free barons in the shires of Fife, Perth, etc., are said to have sprung from the noble family of Le Blanc in France. B.L.G.
A form of the Wight. 1. The Anglo-Saxon wiht means a man, a creature, anything; and the Old English, night, still retained in the phrase "luckless wight," has a similar signification. Another and more usual meaning of the word, is swift or active, as in the illustrative quotation of Haliwell:
"Y schalle gyf the two greyhowndys,
As wyght as any roo"
- that is, "as swift as any roe." The Scottish form of the word is nicht, which Historian Jamieson defines as, strong, powerful, active, clever; denoting strength of mind, or fertility of invention. 2. The Isle of Wight may possibly put in a claim in some cases.
How popular is White?
White is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, Wales, Northern Ireland, Zimbabwe, Thailand, France, Liberia, Nigeria, Spain, Germany, Barbados, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Tanzania, China, Philippines, Brazil, Dominican Republic, India, Bahamas, Argentina, Morocco, Mexico, Nicaragua, Malawi, Fiji, Japan, Chile, Portugal, Belize, Netherlands, Costa Rica, Belgium, Vanuatu, Switzerland, Botswana, Bermuda, Sweden, Italy, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, French Polynesia, Kenya, Egypt, Malaysia, Antigua and Barbuda, Denmark, Israel, Jersey, United States Virgin Islands, Guyana, Norway, Swaziland, Malta, Iraq, Isle of Man, Oman, Colombia, Guam, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Venezuela, Cayman Islands, Papua New Guinea.
White is ranked 433 on our list.
Despite the fact that the number of White bearers increased by 3.28 per cent in 2010 US census to 660491 since 2000, the surname slipped by 4 spots and ranked at 24. The last name was found in around 2 per thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
Race | 2010 | 2000 |
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White | 65.51 | 67.91 |
Black | 28.17 | 27.38 |
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Immigrants to US
From Ireland
Farmer Ann White from Great Britain aboard the Henrietta Mary from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 30 years old when she arrived in USA on May 15, 1846. Michael White (3 months old) Infant, Infant Mary White, Patrick White, aged 30, Henry White (50) Workman, Ellen White (20) Maid, Edwin White (24) Workman, John White, aged 24, 23 years old Michael White, and 1435 other White around 48.23% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and painter, spinster, weaver, mason, joiner, mechanic, clerk, servant, bonnet maker/ hatter, carpenter, gentleman, shoemaker, stone cutter, grocer, dressmaker, baker, seamstress, merchant, blacksmith, milliner, tailoress migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin and Galway.
From Germany
28 years old cook Clara White who was residing in Prussia migrated to USA on April 19, 1853 by Wisconsin put out from London. 28 years old Clara White, Servant Anna White, Pat. White (16) Laborer, Servant Adele White, S. White, Farmer Edward White, Arthur-L. White, aged 21, Johanna White, and 36 other White majority of whom were laborer and others worked as farmer and spinster migrated to US from London, Cork & Liverpool, Hamburg, Hamburg & Southampton and Bremen.
White Namesakes
- Joseph Blanco White, Spanish theologian and poet
- Henry Kirke White, English poet
- William A. White, Nova Scotian
- Eric Wyndham White, British administrator and economist
- Benjamin Franklin White, shape note "singing master"
- William Lindsay White, was American journalist, foreign correspondent
- Peregrine White, first
- James Landrum White, shape note singing teacher, composer
- David Patillo White, shape note singing teacher, composer
- Leslie White, American anthropologist
- Paul Dudley White, American physician and cardiologist, was
- Richard Grant White,
- Bruce White, KBE, FCGI, FICE
- Ethel Lina White, British crime writer, best
- Bryan D. White, younger son of George White and he joined the Loyal Order of Moose in Britain
- Kelli White, American former sprinter
- Phillips White, American farmer from South Hampton, New Hampshire
- Cornelius White, former Arena Football League wide receiver/linebacker
- Joel White, U.S. naval architect
- William Arthur White, British diplomat
- Hale White, British writer and civil servant
- Monty White, British young Earth creationist and was formerly the Chief Executive of the UK branch of Answers
- Jean White, founding pastor within the Metropolitan Community Church
- Howard D. White, scientist
- Frank G. White, American Army Major General
- Harold Leslie White, Parliamentary Librarian of Australia
- James Boyd White, American law professor, literary critic
- Cleitus the White, officer of Alexander the Great surnamed "White" to distinguish him
- Eg White, British musician, songwriter and producer
- Edward Lucas White, American author and poet
- Tim D. White, American paleoanthropologist and Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California
- Van Freeman White, politician from Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Sidney White, English first-class cricketer active 1921–33
- Robert Howard White, New Zealand local-body politician
- Isaac White, was born around 1756 in Prince William County
- Joseph M. White, Delegate to the US House of Representatives
- Miss Alex White, stage name for Alexandra Brooks White, a musician
- Windsor T. White, American automobile developer
- Kenneth White, Scottish poet, academic and writer
- Randy Wayne White, American writer of crime fiction and non-fiction adventure tales
- Jarobi White, American hip hop artist, chef, and a founding member of alternative hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest
- Leonard D. White, American historian
- Gilbert White, "parson-naturalist"
- Robert Michael White, White broke a number of records with the North American X-15 experimental aircraft during the 1960s
- Hayden White, American historian
- Barbara M. White, ambassador and president of Mills College
- Gilbert F. White, prominent American geographer
- Charles Abiathar White, American geologist, paleontologist
- Harrison White, emeritus Giddings Professor of Sociology at Columbia University
- Alvin S. White, American test pilot and mechanical engineer
- E. B. White, contributor to 'The New Yorker' magazine
- Patrick White, Australian writer who,
- T. H. White, English author best
- Ryan White, American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana,
- Byron White, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Barry White, American singer-songwriter, musician
- Andrew Dickson White, American historian and educator
- Great White, American hard rock band
White Namesakes
- Joseph Blanco White, Spanish theologian and poet
- Henry Kirke White, English poet
- William A. White, Nova Scotian
- Eric Wyndham White, British administrator and economist
- Benjamin Franklin White, shape note "singing master"
- William Lindsay White, was American journalist, foreign correspondent
- Peregrine White, first
- James Landrum White, shape note singing teacher, composer
- David Patillo White, shape note singing teacher, composer
- Leslie White, American anthropologist
- Paul Dudley White, American physician and cardiologist, was
- Richard Grant White,
- Bruce White, KBE, FCGI, FICE
- Ethel Lina White, British crime writer, best
- Bryan D. White, younger son of George White and he joined the Loyal Order of Moose in Britain
- Kelli White, American former sprinter
- Phillips White, American farmer from South Hampton, New Hampshire
- Cornelius White, former Arena Football League wide receiver/linebacker
- Joel White, U.S. naval architect
- William Arthur White, British diplomat
- Hale White, British writer and civil servant
- Monty White, British young Earth creationist and was formerly the Chief Executive of the UK branch of Answers
- Jean White, founding pastor within the Metropolitan Community Church
- Howard D. White, scientist
- Frank G. White, American Army Major General
- Harold Leslie White, Parliamentary Librarian of Australia
- James Boyd White, American law professor, literary critic
- Cleitus the White, officer of Alexander the Great surnamed "White" to distinguish him
- Eg White, British musician, songwriter and producer
- Edward Lucas White, American author and poet
- Tim D. White, American paleoanthropologist and Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California
- Van Freeman White, politician from Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Sidney White, English first-class cricketer active 1921–33
- Robert Howard White, New Zealand local-body politician
- Isaac White, was born around 1756 in Prince William County
- Joseph M. White, Delegate to the US House of Representatives
- Miss Alex White, stage name for Alexandra Brooks White, a musician
- Windsor T. White, American automobile developer
- Kenneth White, Scottish poet, academic and writer
- Randy Wayne White, American writer of crime fiction and non-fiction adventure tales
- Jarobi White, American hip hop artist, chef, and a founding member of alternative hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest
- Leonard D. White, American historian
- Gilbert White, "parson-naturalist"
- Robert Michael White, White broke a number of records with the North American X-15 experimental aircraft during the 1960s
- Hayden White, American historian
- Barbara M. White, ambassador and president of Mills College
- Gilbert F. White, prominent American geographer
- Charles Abiathar White, American geologist, paleontologist
- Harrison White, emeritus Giddings Professor of Sociology at Columbia University
- Alvin S. White, American test pilot and mechanical engineer
- E. B. White, contributor to 'The New Yorker' magazine
- Patrick White, Australian writer who,
- T. H. White, English author best
- Ryan White, American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana,
- Byron White, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Barry White, American singer-songwriter, musician
- Andrew Dickson White, American historian and educator
- Great White, American hard rock band
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