Cargill
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English
Etymology
Probably from Pictish . The first element is equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort, ramparts”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cargill (countable and uncountable, plural Cargills)
- A hamlet in Perthshire, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1536). [1]
- A community of Brockton municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
- A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cargill is the 7363rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4524 individuals. Cargill is most common among White (72.24%) and Black/African American (20.87%) individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cargill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 289.