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Frequency: (1460)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Scottish (Aberdeen): unexplained. Perhaps of the same Gaelic origin as Argue 2, or a variant of Argyle.
2. Italian (Argò): either a variant of Agró, from Greek agros ‘field’, or a nickname from Greek argos ‘lazy’, ‘slothful’. Compare Agro.
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