White (surname)

White is a surname either of English[1] or of Scottish and Irish origin, the latter being an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic MacGillebhàin, "Son of the fair gillie" and the Irish "Mac Faoitigh" or "de Faoite".[2][3][4] It is the seventeenth most common surname in England.[5] In the 1990 United States Census, "White" ranked fourteenth among all reported surnames in frequency, accounting for 0.28% of the population.[6] By 2000, White had fallen to position 20 in the United States[7] and 22nd position by 2014[5]

See also: Whyte (surname) and Wight (surname)

Notable people with the surname include:

  • White (Hampshire cricketer) (active 1789–1797, full name unknown), English cricketer
  • White (Surrey cricketer) (active 1850, full name unknown), English cricketer

A–B

C–E

F–I

J–K

L–P

R–S

T–Z

Fictional characters
  • Cammy White, video game character from the Street Fighter series
  • Carrie White, title character from the Stephen King novel and movie Carrie
  • Frank White, lead character in the 1990 film King of New York
  • Perry White, supporting character in the Superman comics
  • Snow White and the seven Dwarfs
  • Kerwin White, former ring name of Chavo Guerrero, Jr.
  • Mrs. White, one of six original Cluedo characters
  • Redd White, character from the video game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
  • Walter White (Breaking Bad), protagonist of the television series Breaking Bad

References
  1. White Meaning at Forebears
  2. "White Family History".
  3. "Irish Surname – White".
  4. Scottish Clans and their Tartans (1958), W. and A. K. Johnson, p. 22
  5. White Distribution at Forebears
  6. United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). 1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1–100). Retrieved on 4 July 2008.
  7. Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000
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