The White surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 639,515 people carried this name — #20 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 422 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
277 people named White live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 226 people named White.
Most of them — 158 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often French Polynesia.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
127 people named White have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 342 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 97 people named White live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
White in American newspapers,
1898–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,325,616 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named White,
with a public archive behind them.
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Douglas White war correspondent -
Harold White association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to White.
- Weyer 3,117 · U.S. census
- Weyh 176 · U.S. census
- Weyl 309 · U.S. census
- Weyland 563 · U.S. census
- Weyrich 249 · U.S. census
- Wheeler 121,684 · U.S. census
- Whitehead 43,310 · U.S. census
- Wiard 553 · U.S. census
- Wiatr 309 · U.S. census
- Wichlacz 190 · U.S. census
- Wick 8,057 · U.S. census
- Wicke 711 · U.S. census
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