Cargill

English

Etymology

Probably from Pictish [Term?]. The first element is equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort, ramparts”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɑːɡɪl/

Proper noun

Cargill (countable and uncountable, plural Cargills)

1. A hamlet in Perthshire, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1536).
2. A community in Brockton municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
3. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Derived terms

• Invercargill

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cargill is the 7363^rd 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.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cargill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 289.

Anagrams

• grallic