Whitelaw

English

Alternative forms

• Whitelow

Etymology

Habitational surname from Old English hwīt (“white”) + hlǣw (“hill, mound”).

Proper noun

Whitelaw (countable and uncountable, plural Whitelaws)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A village in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States.
3. A hamlet in the Municipal District of Fairview, No. 136, northern Alberta, Canada.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Whitelaw is the 21568^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1210 individuals. Whitelaw is most common among White (76.69%) and Black/African American (17.85%) individuals.

Further reading

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