Whitelaw
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editHabitational surname from Old English hwīt (“white”) + hlǣw (“hill, mound”).
Proper noun
editWhitelaw (countable and uncountable, plural Whitelaws)
- A surname from Old English.
- A village in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A hamlet in the Municipal District of Fairview, No. 136, northern Alberta, Canada.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Whitelaw is the 21568th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1210 individuals. Whitelaw is most common among White (76.69%) and Black/African American (17.85%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Whitelaw”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
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