WHITE is ranked as the 19th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 685,990.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 215.14 people named WHITE for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 100% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named WHITE is
755,253, the rank is 20
and the proportion per 100k Americans named WHITE is 237.07.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
WHITE is
67.9% White,
1.6% Hispanic origin,
27.4% Black,
0.4% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.8% Two or More Races,
and 1.0% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name WHITE have a higher likelyhood of being Black and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name WHITE is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name WHITE
The state with the most people named
WHITE is
Texas where
65,294 people have this name.
Mississippi is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named WHITE, as
438.06 in every 100,000
Mississippians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
New York.
Mississippi is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name WHITE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
23,641
183.54
100.0%
Indiana
16,314
247.3
100.0%
Iowa
5,946
191.38
100.0%
Kansas
7,159
246.52
100.0%
Michigan
20,481
206.67
100.0%
Minnesota
5,683
104.14
100.0%
Missouri
13,116
438.06
100.0%
Nebraska
3,278
174.25
100.0%
North Dakota
450
60.9
99.3%
Ohio
24,212
208.83
100.0%
South Dakota
778
91.21
99.7%
Wisconsin
6,613
114.86
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name WHITE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,370
185.93
99.9%
Arizona
11,710
173.95
100.0%
California
56,079
144.52
100.0%
Colorado
10,049
187.62
100.0%
Hawaii
1,794
126.39
99.9%
Idaho
3,373
206.37
99.9%
Montana
1,663
162.47
99.9%
Nevada
4,907
172.82
100.0%
New Mexico
3,782
181.35
99.9%
Oregon
8,519
214.57
100.0%
Utah
6,153
209.09
99.9%
Washington
13,964
197.75
100.0%
Wyoming
1,212
207.52
99.9%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name WHITE
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have WHITE as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named WHITE.
The most popular full name is James WHITE.
2.04% of all the people named WHITE
have this given name.
There are 9947 first
names associated with this last name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name WHITE