How common is the surname Applewhite?

3,687 people in the United States had the surname Applewhite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,739 Americans. It ranked 8,882nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Applewhite?

Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader (1931–1997).

Where is the surname Applewhite most common?

Wikidata records people named Applewhite in the United States.

Is the surname Applewhite getting more or less common?

More common. 3,370 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,687 in 2010, up 9.4%.

The surname Applewhite

A Norse place surname, carried by 3,687 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A143

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Applewhite is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

Habitational surname from the village of Applethwaite, in the Lake District, from Old Norse apaldr (“apple tree”) + þveit (“clearing”).

Applewhite is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,687 people named Applewhite in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,739 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,370.

#8,882

rank among US surnames

3,687

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+9.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,926)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,873	Gailey	3,690	83,671
#8,875	Laflamme	3,689	83,694
#8,878	Stanger	3,688	83,716
#8,882	Geddes	3,687	83,739
#8,885	Hollon	3,686	83,762
#8,887	Bisson	3,685	83,784
#8,888	Langham	3,684	83,807

Who is named Applewhite

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

60% of people named Applewhite identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 60%
White (not Hispanic) 34%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Applewhites

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marshall Applewhite
American cult leader (1931–1997)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Applewhite

Appleton

Applewhite has the Soundex code A143, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A143.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Applewhite come from?: Habitational surname from the village of Applethwaite, in the Lake District, from Old Norse apaldr (“apple tree”) + þveit (“clearing”).
How common is the surname Applewhite?: 3,687 people in the United States had the surname Applewhite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,739 Americans. It ranked 8,882nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Applewhite?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Applewhite identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Applewhite?: Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader (1931–1997).
Where is the surname Applewhite most common?: Wikidata records people named Applewhite in the United States.
What type of surname is Applewhite?: Applewhite is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Applewhite getting more or less common?: More common. 3,370 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,687 in 2010, up 9.4%.