English (widespread, but especially common in the West Midlands):
topographic name for someone who lived in a white house, from Middle
English whit ‘white’ + hous ‘house’, or a habitational
name from a place named with these elements, as for example Whittas in
Cumbria.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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