How common is the surname Kinkade?

2,807 people in the United States had the surname Kinkade in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,991 Americans. It ranked 11,264th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kinkade?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kinkade identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kinkade?

Thomas Kinkade, American painter (1958-2012), followed by Amelia Kinkade.

Where is the surname Kinkade most common?

Wikidata records people named Kinkade in the United States.

How do you pronounce Kinkade?

Kinkade is /kɪŋˈkeɪd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Kinkade getting more or less common?

More common. 2,695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,807 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Kinkade

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,807 people in the United States.

Pronounced /kɪŋˈkeɪd/ 2 syllables Soundex K523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kinkade is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of Kincaid.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,807 people named Kinkade in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,991 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,695.

#11,264

rank among US surnames

2,807

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,855)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,256	Craighead	2,809	109,913
#11,257	Sterrett	2,808	109,952
#11,264	Buskirk	2,807	109,991
#11,269	Eckard	2,806	110,030
#11,272	Yeo	2,805	110,070
#11,273	Gallman	2,804	110,109

Who is named Kinkade

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Kinkade identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kinkades

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas Kinkade
American painter (1958-2012)
Amelia Kinkade
Actress and "pet psychic", born 1963
David Kinkade
American drummer, born 1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kinkade

Kinkade has the Soundex code K523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K523.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kinkade come from?: Variant of Kincaid.
How common is the surname Kinkade?: 2,807 people in the United States had the surname Kinkade in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,991 Americans. It ranked 11,264th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kinkade?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kinkade identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kinkade?: Thomas Kinkade, American painter (1958-2012), followed by Amelia Kinkade.
Where is the surname Kinkade most common?: Wikidata records people named Kinkade in the United States.
How do you pronounce Kinkade?: Kinkade is /kɪŋˈkeɪd/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Kinkade getting more or less common?: More common. 2,695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,807 in 2010, up 4.2%.