Cargill
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Pictish [Term?]. The first element is equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort, ramparts”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Cargill (countable and uncountable, plural Cargills)
- A hamlet in Perthshire, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1536). [1]
- A community in Brockton municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
- A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Derived terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- 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[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cargill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 289.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Pictish
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
- en:Villages in Scotland
- en:Places in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
- en:Places in Scotland
- en:Villages in Ontario
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in Ontario
- en:Places in Canada
- English surnames
- English surnames from Scottish Gaelic