Whiteway
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English
Etymology
From Old English hwīt (“white”) + weġ (“way, road”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Whiteway (countable and uncountable, plural Whiteways)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- An eastern suburb of the City of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6373). [1]
- A former hundred in Dorset, England.
- A village, also known as Whiteway Colony, in Miserden parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9110). [2]
- A western suburb of Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7263).
- A small town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, named after former PM William Whiteway.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Whiteway is the 102197th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 176 individuals. Whiteway is most common among White (89.77%) individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Whiteway”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.