Explore the Family Name Whitestone

The meaning of Whitestone

English (Leicestershire) and Scottish: habitational name from Whitstone (Cornwall), Whitestone (Devon) or Whitestone Farm in Birdham (Sussex). In Scotland it may be from Whiteston (Perthshire) or Whitestone (Birse, Aberdeenshire), but the surname may not have survived in Scotland. The placenames derive from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + stān ‘stone’ or their later Scots equivalents. Alternatively, a variant of Whiston.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Whitestone has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the name was ranked 76,208th most popular and it fell to 76,768th in 2010, marking a change of -0.73%. However, the count of individuals with this surname has slightly increased from 235 in 2000 to 250 in 2010, registering a growth of 6.38%. The proportion of people with this last name per 100,000 has decreased by 11.11% from 0.09 to 0.08.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#76,208	#76,768	-0.73%
Count	235	250	6.38%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Whitestone

The ethnicity breakdown for the Whitestone surname, as derived from the Decennial U.S. Census data, shows that the majority of Whitestones identify as White, with an increase from 86.81% in 2000 to 88.8% in 2010. There was a very minor decrease in those identifying as Black, moving from 7.66% to 7.60% over the same period. The data showed no Whitestones identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year. The percentage identifying with two or more races dropped from 2.55% in 2000 to 0% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	86.81%	88.8%	2.29%
Black	7.66%	7.6%	-0.78%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.55%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%