Whitehurst

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Old English hwīt (“white”) + hyrst (“hurst, hillock, wooded hill”).

Proper noun

Whitehurst (countable and uncountable, plural Whitehursts)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A hamlet in Dilhorne parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9745).

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Whitehurst is the 4774^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7412 individuals. Whitehurst is most common among White (68.21%) and Black/African American (27.15%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Whitehurst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.