Cargill

English

Etymology

Probably from Pictish. The first element is equivalent to Welsh caer (fort, ramparts).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːɡɪl/

Proper noun

Cargill (countable and uncountable, plural Cargills)

  1. A hamlet in Perthshire, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1536). [1]
  2. A community in Brockton municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
    • 2022 January 15, Binyamin Appelbaum, “Building a Better Meatpacking Industry”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 15 January 2022:
      When a rival meatpacker filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the deal, the Reagan administration intervened on the side of Cargill.

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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.

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