Tracing the Whitesides Family Name

If your family name is Whitesides, its origin lies with Whiteside, a long-established English surname. The name is usually explained as “White hillside”.

• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• The 2010 US Census counted 1,881 people named Whitesides, ranking it number 15,551 among American surnames.
• Whitesides adds a patronymic ending to Whiteside, marking ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’.

Family crest and blazon

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