# Kincaid (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kincaid/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,075 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,000 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,081 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (17,833 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /kɪnˈkeɪd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Kincade, Kincaide, Kingcade, Kinkade, Kinkaid, Kinkead |

## Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Lennoxtown, from Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head, top”) + càithe (“pass”) or cadha (“quagmire”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kincaid in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kincaid in the United States.

## People named Kincaid

- Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer (born 1949)
- Aron Kincaid, actor, voice actor (1940-2011)
- Tim Kincaid, American pornographic film director
- Austin Kincaid, American pornographic actress and model
- April Hunter, American professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet and model

## Similar surnames

Kincade, Kinkade, Kinkead, Knight, Kingston, Knecht, Knighton, Knighten, Knights, Kinoshita, Kunst.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.