Wilhite Family History
Wilhite Name Meaning
German: Americanized spelling of Willeit, a variant of Willeitner, a habitational name from a more recent form of the place name Weillitnen in northern Bavaria. Willeit is probably also a topographic name from Middle High German wil ‘small settlement’ + leite ‘slope’.
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Name Distribution of Wilhite Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wilhite families
 70 - 137  24 - 69 |
 1 - 23  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wilhite families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wilhite Family Origin
Wilhite Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Wilhite
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Wilhite Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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