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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.
Report Abuse. White British isn't an ethnic origin. Ethnic origins is your background, your skin colour has nothing to do with your background. I am a British citizen, my ethnic background is English/Irish/Austrian/Hungarian.When I need to put my ethnicity on forms I just put English.Where you came from, that is your ethnic background.thnic origins is your background, your skin colour has nothing to do with your background. I am a British citizen, my ethnic background is English/Irish/Austrian/Hungarian. When I need to put my ethnicity on forms I just put English. Where you came from, that is your ethnic background.