The surname Kaid
An Arabic surname, carried by 557 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex K300
Origin
Arabic origin
Borrowed from Arabic قَائِد (qāʔid); this surname is predominantly found in Algeria.
One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 557 people named Kaid in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 554,301 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 376.
Who is named Kaid
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
68% of people named Kaid identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 13% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 68%
- Black (not Hispanic) 13%
- Two or more races 13%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 4.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Kaid
Kaid has the Soundex code K300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K300.
Other Arabic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Kaid come from?
- Borrowed from Arabic قَائِد (qāʔid); this surname is predominantly found in Algeria.
- How common is the surname Kaid?
- 557 people in the United States had the surname Kaid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 554,301 Americans. It ranked 39,486th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kaid?
- In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Kaid identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Kaid getting more or less common?
- More common. 376 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 557 in 2010, up 48%.