How common is the surname Cargill?

4,524 people in the United States had the surname Cargill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,246 Americans. It ranked 7,363rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cargill?

Jade Cargill, American professional wrestler and fitness model, followed by C. Robert Cargill.

Where is the surname Cargill most common?

Wikidata records people named Cargill in the United States.

How do you pronounce Cargill?

Cargill is /ˈkɑːɡɪl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Cargill getting more or less common?

More common. 4,276 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,524 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Cargill

A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 4,524 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɑːɡɪl/ 2 syllables Soundex C624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cargill is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

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

Cargill is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,524 people named Cargill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,246 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,276.

#7,363

rank among US surnames

4,524

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,198)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,357	Mercurio	4,528	68,186
#7,359	Leverett	4,527	68,201
#7,361	Croteau	4,525	68,231
#7,363	Lacombe	4,524	68,246
#7,366	Midkiff	4,523	68,261
#7,367	Duck	4,521	68,291

Who is named Cargill

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

72% of people named Cargill identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cargills

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jade Cargill
American professional wrestler and fitness model, born 1992
C. Robert Cargill
American writer (born 1975)
Ansley Cargill
American tennis player, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cargill

Cargill has the Soundex code C624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C624.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cargill come from?: Probably from Pictish. The first element is equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort, ramparts”).
How common is the surname Cargill?: 4,524 people in the United States had the surname Cargill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,246 Americans. It ranked 7,363rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cargill?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Cargill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cargill?: Jade Cargill, American professional wrestler and fitness model, followed by C. Robert Cargill.
Where is the surname Cargill most common?: Wikidata records people named Cargill in the United States.
How do you pronounce Cargill?: Cargill is /ˈkɑːɡɪl/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Cargill?: Cargill is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Cargill getting more or less common?: More common. 4,276 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,524 in 2010, up 5.8%.