The Kincaid surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,075 people carried this name — #2,000 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 17,833 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Kincaid surname

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

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kincaid» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Kincaid in American newspapers,
1826–1920.

Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name Kincaid
Daily National Intelligencer 1826-09-13
Newspaper page from New-York Tribune carrying the name Kincaid
New-York Tribune 1890-03-01
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Kincaid
The Washington Times 1920-08-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 72,517 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kincaid in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

1,987 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kincaid. The most, 425, date from the 1900s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 756
Victoria 710
Queensland 344
Tasmania 62
South Australia 49
Western Australia 39
ACT (Canberra) 6
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kincaid.

Who carried it

People named Kincaid,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eugenio Kincaid
    Eugenio Kincaid 1797–1883 · missionary
  • Robert Kincaid
    Robert Kincaid 1832–1883 · politician
  • Harrison R. Kincaid
    Harrison R. Kincaid 1836–1920 · politician
  • Trevor Kincaid
    Trevor Kincaid 1872–1970 · zoologist
  • William M. Kincaid
    William M. Kincaid 1895–1967 · teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 78 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kincaid,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,124 records

1,124 records of the Kincaid name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 624
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 251
  • Other U.S. records 249
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Anna D. Kincaid

    Born 1905 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1945 in the Women's Army Corps at Cincinnati, Ohio; office machine operator. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Danville National Cemetery, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James E. Kincaid

    Born 1932; from Nicholas County, West Virginia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elizabeth Kincaid

    Arrived at New York in 1848 aboard the Erin Go Brough from Glasgow, aged 23; servant. From Great Britain.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,124 records for Kincaid in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia99 records

99 records of the Kincaid name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 43
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 39
  • Other Australian records 17
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William George Kincaid

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Joseph Somes, sailing from London in 1846. Native of Deal, Kent.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Robert Kincaid

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Hurricane, aged 26; Scottish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William L. Kincaid

    Engineer of Pascoe Vale, Victoria; died 1951.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 99 records for Kincaid in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada28 records

28 records of the Kincaid name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 8
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 8
  • Other Canadian records 12
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Helen Irene Kincaid

    Buried in 1993 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 67.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Bert Kincaid

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Elizabeth Kincaid

    Married 1945 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 28 records for Kincaid in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom7 records

7 records of the Kincaid name in the United Kingdom
  • Stirling Council burial records 4
  • Scottish rolls of honour, First World War 3
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Agnes Bow Bean Kincaid

    Died 1904, aged 45; buried at Bannockburn Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record Andrew Duncan Kincaid

    Born 1898. Died 1918. Named in the University of Edinburgh roll of honour, 1914-1919.

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Kincaid

    Died 1940, aged 80; buried at Bannockburn Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 3 of 7 records for Kincaid in the United Kingdom.

Counts: Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Kincaid name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Martha Kincaid

    Died 1923, aged 64; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Iain William Kincaid

    Died 1976, aged 18; buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Andrew Kincaid

    Died 1940, aged 94; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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