Applewhite

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Applethwaite, in the Lake District, from Old Norse apaldr (“apple tree”) + þveit (“clearing”).

Proper noun

Applewhite (plural Applewhites)

1. A surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Applewhite is the 8882^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3687 individuals. Applewhite is most common among Black/African American (59.89%) and White (33.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Applewhite”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48.