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In the Genealogy section of About.com the surname White is of English, Scottish, and Irish origin. Alternate spellings of White are Whyte, Whiet, Wight, and Whytte. Here is the link to check it out: http://genealogy.about.com/od/surname_meaning/p/white/htm.
Like all official U.S. racial categories, White has a Not Hispanic or Latino and a Hispanic or Latino component, the latter consisting mostly of White Mexican Americans and white Cuban Americans. The term  Caucasian  is often used interchangeably with White, although the terms are not synonymous.Whiteâ refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East or North Africa. It includes people who indicated their race(s) as âWhiteâ or reported entries such as Irish, German, Italian, Lebanese, Arab, Moroccan or Caucasian.