How common is the surname Kinkead?

1,774 people in the United States had the surname Kinkead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,039 Americans. It ranked 16,261st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kinkead?

John Henry Kinkead, 3rd Governor of Nevada and 1st Governor of the District of Alaska (1826-1904).

Where is the surname Kinkead most common?

Wikidata records people named Kinkead in the United States.

Is the surname Kinkead getting more or less common?

More common. 1,711 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,774 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Kinkead

A surname, carried by 1,774 people in the United States.

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). Kinkead is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,774 people named Kinkead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,039 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,711.

#16,261

rank among US surnames

1,774

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,676)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,254	Ashcroft	1,775	173,941
#16,261	Kinkead	1,774	174,039
#16,265	Rake	1,773	174,137

Who is named Kinkead

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

92% of people named Kinkead identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kinkeads

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Henry Kinkead
3rd Governor of Nevada and 1st Governor of the District of Alaska (1826-1904)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kinkead

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

Questions

How common is the surname Kinkead?: 1,774 people in the United States had the surname Kinkead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,039 Americans. It ranked 16,261st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kinkead?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kinkead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kinkead?: John Henry Kinkead, 3rd Governor of Nevada and 1st Governor of the District of Alaska (1826-1904).
Where is the surname Kinkead most common?: Wikidata records people named Kinkead in the United States.
Is the surname Kinkead getting more or less common?: More common. 1,711 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,774 in 2010, up 3.7%.