as a Last Name
- 14,196
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Power
Meaning & Origins
Irish (Leinster and Munster) and English (of Norman origin): habitational name for someone from Pois, a place in Picardy (said to have been named with Old French pois ‘fish’ because of its well-stocked river), from Old French Pohier ‘native of Pois’.
| 2,219th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 14,196
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Power per capita
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