Find out how popular the last name Kincaide is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Kincaide.

Kincaide, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Kincaide surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kincaide in America

Kincaide is the 55741st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kincaide surname appeared 368 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Kincaide.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kincaide to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Kincaide

The surname Kincaide is of Scottish origin, deriving from the Gaelic words "ceann" meaning "head" and "cath" meaning "battle." The name is thought to have originated in the 12th or 13th century, and referred to a chief or leader in battle.

The earliest recorded spelling of the name is believed to be Kyncade, which appears in the Ragman Rolls of 1296, a record of Scottish landowners who swore allegiance to King Edward I of England. This suggests the name was present in Scotland by the late 13th century.

The Kincaides were an influential family in Stirlingshire, Scotland, with their ancestral lands centered around the village of Kincaid near Lennoxtown. The family's coat of arms features a stag's head, likely a reference to the meaning of their name.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Sir John Kincaid, who was knighted by Robert the Bruce in the early 14th century for his service in the Wars of Scottish Independence. Another notable Kincaid was Robert Kincaid (c.1590-1658), a Scottish minister and philosopher who served as the rector of the University of St Andrews.

The name Kincaide has also been associated with several notable American figures, such as Samuel Kincaid (1742-1822), a pioneer and soldier who served in the American Revolutionary War. James Kincaid (1808-1862) was a politician who served as the 9th Governor of New Hampshire from 1859 to 1861.

Other notable individuals with the surname Kincaide include Thomas Kincaid (1888-1967), an American painter known for his luminous landscape paintings, and Niven Kincaid Busch (1903-1985), an American playwright and novelist best known for his work "The Patch of Blue."

While the Kincaide name is most commonly associated with Scotland, it has also been found in Ireland and various parts of the United States, where it was carried by Scottish and Irish immigrants in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kincaide

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Kincaide.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Kincaide was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Kincaide has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Kincaide was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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