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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Powell
Name Distribution of Powell Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Powell families
 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
Powell Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Powell Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Powell Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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