# Cargill (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cargill/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,524 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,363 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 68,246 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.8% (4,276 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɑːɡɪl/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

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

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cargill in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cargill in the United States.

## People named Cargill

- Jade Cargill, American professional wrestler and fitness model
- C. Robert Cargill, American writer (born 1975)
- Ansley Cargill, American tennis player

## Similar surnames

Cargile, Carrasquillo, Carswell, Churchill, Criswell, Carrizales, Crossley, Crossland, Churchwell, Creswell, Crisler, Crosley.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.