# Whyte (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,701 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,609 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 40,092 people |
| Change since 2000 | +22% (6,298 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From whyte (“white”). Uncertain semantics.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Whyte 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) | 53% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Whyte in the United States and Jamaica.

## People named Whyte

- Dillian Whyte, British boxer
- William Foote Whyte, American sociologist (1914-2000)
- William Pinkney Whyte, American politician (1824–1908)
- Scott Whyte, American actor
- Sandra Whyte Sweeney, American ice hockey player

## Similar surnames

White, Wood, Wade, Wyatt, Witt, Waite, Woody, Whitt, Watt, Wheat, Witte, Weed.

## 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.