Powell Family History
Powell Name Meaning
English (of Welsh origin): Anglicized form of Welsh ap
Hywel ‘son of Hywel’, a personal name meaning ‘eminent’
(see Howell).Irish: mainly of Welsh origin as
in 1 above, but sometimes a surname adopted as equivalent of Gaelic
Mac Giolla Phóil ‘son of the servant of St. Paul’ (see
Guilfoyle).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Powell Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Powell families
 839 - 1,675  280 - 838 |
 1 - 279  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Powell families
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2,434 - 4,866 812 - 2,433 |
1 - 811 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Powell families
|
53 - 104 18 - 52 |
1 - 17 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Powell Family Origin
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Powell Family Occupations
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