Whiteway Surname

208,282nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,986 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Whiteway Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the White Way or Road [Old English hwít + weg]

Whiteway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada8271:44,5535,492
England5301:105,12811,010
United States3091:1,173,00683,866
Australia2261:119,45013,170
Wales231:134,5459,804
Isle of Man211:4,087875
Northern Ireland151:123,0027,073
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
France31:22,140,907385,998
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4091:59,5976,988
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Whiteway Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the White Way or Road [Old English hwít + weg]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Whitway; a location name in Hampshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Whiteways or Whiteaways bear an ancient Devonshire name. John de Wyteweye, of the Teignbridge hundred in the reign of Edward I., is referred to in the Hundred Rolls. An ancient estate in Kingsteignton, near Chudleigh, is called Whiteway, and a family of Whiteway resided in Chudleigh in the 16th and 17th centuries (Jones' "Chudleigh" and Westcote's "Devon"). The name was established in Ashburton in the 16th century, Whytewaye being the name of Ashburton churchwardens in 1539 and 1578 (W. A. and A.). The name is still represented in Chudleigh and Ashburton.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Whiteway Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Whiteway Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Whiteway is found in Canada more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Whiteway click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whiteway? popularity and diffusion

The surname Whiteway is the 208,282nd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,669,459 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Whiteway are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently used in Canada, where it is borne by 827 people, or 1 in 44,553. In Canada Whiteway is most frequent in: Newfoundland and Labrador, where 28 percent live, Manitoba, where 19 percent live and Ontario, where 15 percent live. Excluding Canada it occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in England, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 16 percent live.

Whiteway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whiteway has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Whiteway surname expanded 130 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 2,809 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whiteway Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Whiteway are 2.65% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.88% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Whiteway earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 21.88% more than the national average, earning $52,588 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.87% less than the national average, earning $45,771 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whiteaway9474/
Whitebay8818/
Whitaway882/
Witewa861/
Whitewash820/
Waitewa8012/
Whiteby802/
Witewad801/
Whitewhead781/
Whitebey754/
Whitewer751/
Westeway750/
Whitebooy7126/
Wetewa7121/
Wytewa7113/
Witeby7111/
Whitebaai711/
Witawa711/
Whitewich710/
Wettewa67886/
Wethiwa67157/
Wetewea6773/
Waitawa676/
Wetaway671/
Vitewad671/
Witheby670/

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