<P> White is a surname either of English or of Scottish and Irish origin, the latter being an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic MacGillebhàin, "Son of the fair gillie" and the Irish "Mac Faoitigh" or "de Faoite". It is the seventeenth most common surname in England . In the 1990 United States Census, "White" ranked fourteenth among all reported surnames in frequency, accounting for 0.28% of the population . By 2000, White had fallen to position 20 in the United States and 22nd position by 2014 </P> <P> Notable people with the surname include: </P>

Where does the last name white originate from