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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.
In Southern Africa, the term Coloureds (also known as Bruinmense or Kleurlinge) is an ethnic label for people of mixed ethnic origin who possess ancestry from Europe, Asia, and various Khoisan and Bantu ethnic groups of southern Africa.Not all Coloured people share the same ethnic background.t least one genetic study indicates that Cape Coloureds have an ancestry from within the following ethnic groups, however this does not apply to all coloureds: 1  Indigenous Khoisan : (32-43%). 2  Bantu peoples, chiefly from Southern Africa : (20-36%). 3  Peoples from Western Europe, chiefly the Low Countries : (21-28%).