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White

in the US

There are 527,918 people with the last name "White" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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White 17
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  1. is 13th most common Garcia
  2. is 14th most common Martin
  3. is 15th most common Thompson
  4. is 16th most common Rodriguez
  5. is 17th most common White
  6. is 18th most common Jackson
  7. is 19th most common Lee
  8. is 20th most common Martinez
  9. is 21st most common Harris

Most Common First Names for White

James, Robert, John, David, William, Mary, Michael, Richard, Charles, Linda

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Meaning & History

1. English, Scottish, and Irish: from Middle English whit ‘white’, hence a nickname for someone with white hair or an unnaturally pale complexion. In some cases it represents a Middle English personal name, from an Old English byname, Hwīt(a), of this origin. As a Scottish and Irish surname it has been widely used as a translation of the many Gaelic names based on bán ‘white’ (see Bain 1) or fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1). There has also been some confusion with Wight.

2. Translated form of cognate and equivalent names in other languages, such as German Weiss, French Blanc, Polish Białas (see Bialas), etc.

FOREBEARS Peregrine White (1620–1704), brother of Resolved, was born in Cape Cod harbor on board the Mayflower, thus becoming the first child of English descent to be born in New England. His father, William White, was the son of the rector of Barham, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England; he died in 1621 during the first winter at Plymouth Colony.John White, who came to Cambridge, MA, in 1632 and who was later one of the founders of Hartford, CT, is the ancestor of a noted American family, which included the architect Stanford White (1853–1906). The name was brought to North America from the British Isles independently by many other bearers from the 17th century onward.

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