Distribution of the name 'White'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'White' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'White'
In the UK there are 35.227 phone book entries with the surname White and approximately 153.411 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname White is the 20. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 71 counties. Most occurrences are in Greater London: 2.972.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Hampshire (1.769), West Yorkshire (1.556), Kent (1.468), West Midlands (1.314), Gloucestershire (1.170), Essex (1.167), East Sussex (1.096), Dorset (1.037), as well as Central (995).
The following surnames sound like White: Wood, Wade, Watt, Wyatt, Whyte, Waite, Witt, Withey, Wait, Whitty, Wheat, Wadey, Whyatt, Wyeth, Whit, Witty, Wadee, Whiteway, Wythe, Waud, Wayte, Whittie, Wedd, Whitt, Weed, Waitt, Whaite, W00d, With, Weedy.
The distribution of the name 'White' in other countries
Occurrence of the name White in the counties
| Greater London - The surname White is is the 9. most common name - 2.972 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname White is is the 6. most common name - 1.769 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname White is is the 45. most common name - 1.556 persons |
| Kent - The surname White is is the 9. most common name - 1.468 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname White is is the 40. most common name - 1.314 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname White is is the 14. most common name - 1.170 persons |
| Essex - The surname White is is the 7. most common name - 1.167 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname White is is the 7. most common name - 1.096 persons |
| Dorset - The surname White is is the 6. most common name - 1.037 persons |
| Central - The surname White is is the 90. most common name - 995 persons |
| Surrey - The surname White is the 7. most common name - 989 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname White is the 67. most common name - 948 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname White is the 40. most common name - 863 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname White is the 32. most common name - 861 persons |
| Somerset - The surname White is the 6. most common name - 733 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname White is the 15. most common name - 689 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname White is the 26. most common name - 670 persons |
| Devon - The surname White is the 10. most common name - 633 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname White is the 16. most common name - 631 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname White is the 12. most common name - 622 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname White is the 9. most common name - 612 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname White is the 10. most common name - 611 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname White is the 21. most common name - 601 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname White is the 30. most common name - 600 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname White is the 29. most common name - 577 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname White is the 32. most common name - 570 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname White is the 43. most common name - 557 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname White is the 71. most common name - 529 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname White is the 26. most common name - 478 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname White is the 6. most common name - 475 persons |
| Lothian - The surname White is is the 63. most common name - 474 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname White is is the 22. most common name - 449 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname White is is the 43. most common name - 412 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname White is is the 25. most common name - 408 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname White is is the 30. most common name - 407 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname White is is the 8. most common name - 384 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname White is is the 14. most common name - 369 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname White is is the 33. most common name - 332 persons |
| Fife - The surname White is is the 69. most common name - 325 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname White is is the 19. most common name - 308 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname White is is the 43. most common name - 305 persons |
| Gwent - The surname White is is the 32. most common name - 300 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname White is is the 24. most common name - 270 persons |
| Tayside - The surname White is is the 107. most common name - 262 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname White is is the 5. most common name - 239 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname White is is the 6. most common name - 236 persons |
| Durham - The surname White is is the 47. most common name - 225 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname White is is the 45. most common name - 221 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname White is is the 81. most common name - 199 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname White is is the 53. most common name - 192 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname White is is the 47. most common name - 183 persons |
| County Down - The surname White is is the 45. most common name - 149 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname White is is the 53. most common name - 106 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname White is is the 23. most common name - 88 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname White is is the 40. most common name - 82 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname White is is the 75. most common name - 81 persons |
| Grampian - The surname White is is the 263. most common name - 81 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname White is is the 74. most common name - 47 persons |
| Highland - The surname White is is the 146. most common name - 43 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname White is is the 52. most common name - 43 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname White is is the 71. most common name - 39 persons |
| Powys - The surname White is is the 93. most common name - 33 persons |
| Borders - The surname White is is the 75. most common name - 32 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname White is is the 49. most common name - 27 persons |
| Avon - The surname White is is the 47. most common name - 27 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname White is is the 59. most common name - 18 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname White is is the 342. most common name - 12 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname White is is the 288. most common name - 10 persons |
| Humberside - The surname White is is the 87. most common name - 9 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname White is is the 113. most common name - 5 persons |
| Western Isles - The surname White is is the 261. most common name - 2 persons |
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