# McWhite (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcwhite/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,028 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,370 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 300,336 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (981 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

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

## Who carries it

Share of people named McWhite in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Similar surnames

Machado, Mast, Michaud, Mosqueda, Macedo, McAtee, McQuade, McAdoo, Musto, McQuaid, Maust, Most.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.