How common is the surname Whyte?

7,701 people in the United States had the surname Whyte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,092 Americans. It ranked 4,609th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Whyte?

Dillian Whyte, British boxer, followed by William Foote Whyte.

Where is the surname Whyte most common?

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

Is the surname Whyte getting more or less common?

More common. 6,298 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,701 in 2010, up 22%.

The surname Whyte

A surname, carried by 7,701 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whyte is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

From whyte (“white”). Uncertain semantics.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,701 people named Whyte in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,092 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,298.

#4,609

rank among US surnames

7,701

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+22.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,112)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,600	Hazel	7,711	40,040
#4,601	Wojcik	7,710	40,045
#4,602	Kehoe	7,708	40,055
#4,603	Sayers	7,705	40,071
#4,604	Romine	7,704	40,076
#4,605	Getz	7,703	40,081
#4,606	Abrego	7,702	40,086

Who is named Whyte

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

53% of people named Whyte identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 53%
Black (not Hispanic) 40%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Whytes

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dillian Whyte
British boxer, born 1988
William Foote Whyte
American sociologist (1914-2000)
William Pinkney Whyte
American politician (1824–1908)
Scott Whyte
American actor, born 1978
Sandra Whyte Sweeney
American ice hockey player, born 1970

Notable Whytes come mostly from the United States (4) and Jamaica (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Whyte

White

Whyte has the Soundex code W300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W300.

Questions

Where does the surname Whyte come from?: From whyte (“white”). Uncertain semantics.
How common is the surname Whyte?: 7,701 people in the United States had the surname Whyte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,092 Americans. It ranked 4,609th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Whyte?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Whyte identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Whyte?: Dillian Whyte, British boxer, followed by William Foote Whyte.
Where is the surname Whyte most common?: Wikidata records people named Whyte in the United States and Jamaica.
Is the surname Whyte getting more or less common?: More common. 6,298 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,701 in 2010, up 22%.