Explore the Family Name Whitenight

The meaning of Whitenight

Americanized form of Weitknecht, a variant of Weidknecht: occupational name for a young hunter, from Middle High German weide ‘hunting ground’ + knecht ‘youth’. Compare Weidemann.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Whitenight in the United States?

The surname Whitenight saw a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, it ranked 40,019 in popularity, but by 2010 it had moved up to rank 39,486, representing a change of 1.33%. The count of people with this last name also increased from 516 to 557 during this period, which represents a 7.95% growth. Despite this growth in absolute numbers, the proportion of people with the surname Whitenight per 100,000 remained stable at 0.19.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#40,019	#39,486	1.33%
Count	516	557	7.95%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.19	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Whitenight

In terms of ethnicity, the Whitenight surname is predominantly associated with White individuals based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, 97.29% of those with the Whitenight surname identified as White, although this decreased slightly to 95.51% by 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic or of two or more races both saw significant increases. The percentage identifying as Hispanic doubled from 1.16% in 2000 to 2.33% in 2010. Similarly, the percentage of those identifying as of two or more races increased from 0.97% in 2000 to 1.97% in 2010, showing over a 100% increase. The percentages for Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native were either zero or suppressed for privacy in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.29%	95.51%	-1.83%
Hispanic	1.16%	2.33%	100.86%
Two or More Races	0.97%	1.97%	103.09%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%