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powell Name Meaning and History

  1. English (of Welsh origin): Anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel ‘son of Hywel’, a personal name meaning ‘eminent’ (see Howell).
  2. 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).

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powell Family Facts

Distribution of powell Families in the US in 1920
Number of powell families
 839-1675
 280-838
 1-279
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