McWhite

English

Etymology

Partly translated Anglicized form of Irish Mac Faoitigh, a patronymic from a Gaelic form of English White.

Proper noun

McWhite (plural McWhites)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McWhite is the 24370^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1028 individuals. McWhite is most common among Black/African American (73.74%) and White (21.69%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McWhite”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 562.