Last Name WHITEMAN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Nickname: The white man, from the pallid appearance of the bearer. Similar names are Blackman and Greenman. Nickname: The wightman. 'Wight' meaning active, brave, strong.

Origin	English, Jewish, Native American, Irish

Rank	4,432 (2000 US census)	4,737 (1990 US census)

Count	7,395 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.91%, or 6353 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.98%, or 294 total occurrences, as black,
0.55%, or 41 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
5.99%, or 443 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.66%, or 123 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.91%, or 141 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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