as a Last Name
- 207,390
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Powell
Meaning & Origins
English (of Welsh origin): Anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel ‘son of Hywel’, a personal name meaning ‘eminent’ (see Howell).
| 89th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 207,390
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Powell per capita
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