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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.
o_O Caucasian is an old term from racial biology describing a race which originated from the Caucasus region. White is a label for someone who is light-skinned (usually but not always originating from Europe). Anglo-Saxons were a Germanic tribe and is today used for mainly ethnically English people.In the US all caucasians are called white by census, so this includes people originating from the Middle East and northern Africa. Not all white people are Anglo-saxon though.Only a minority of white Americans are in fact of Anglo-saxon descent. Serendipity Â· 6 years ago.thers saying Caucasian is an old term are wrong. What they mean is Caucasian is not fancied with 'slang Caucasoid is a particular skeletal type most found around North Africa, Middle East, Central and Europe, and Asia, and The British Isles. Caucasian is the name for the origin of the physical beings.