# Kinnaird (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kinnaird/  
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) | 1,390 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,441 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 222,119 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.5% (1,425 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kinard |

## Etymology

A Scottish habitational surname, from Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head”) + aird (“summit, peak”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kinnaird 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Kinard, Kennard, Kinnard, Konrad, Kenworthy.

## 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.