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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]
Surnames appearing less than 100 times represented less than 10% of the population. [11] The most common surname remains Smith ; over two million Americans have that name and it is the most common name for white, native and multiracial residents.
Some of surname variants may be listed in the same page, while others, more popular ones, may deserve separate pages. Therefore in order to support search of similar surnames this template may include not only links to surname articles, but also redirects and links to disambiguation pages.
Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,354 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The top ten surnames cover about 20% of the population, with important geographical differences. The regional distribution of surnames within Spain was homogenized mostly through internal migrations, especially since 1950. Names typical of the old crown of Castile have become the most common all over the country.
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Whyte (surname) Wight is a surname . It is an older English spelling of either Wright (surname) or White (surname) , or perhaps denoted an inhabitant of the Isle of Wight .
Whyte is a surname and an older English spelling of White, and may refer to: Alain Whyte, an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter; Alexander Whyte, was a Scottish divine. He was born at Kirriemuir in Forfarshire in Scotland; Sir Alexander Frederick Whyte, (1883–1970) British politician; Alison Whyte, a Tasmanian-born Australian actress