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Origin Of The Surname Powell
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Meaning Of The Surname Powell
Descendant of Hywel |
Interesting
Facts About
Powell
Powell is a Welsh surname and is patronymic which means it is used to pass down the male head of the household’s first name. If the household was rich enough to have servants this also often included the people in the household who were not direct family taking on the name. Powell comes from the Welsh name ‘Hywel’, and in Welsh before being anglicised the surname would have been found as ‘Ap Hywel’, meaning ‘Son of Hywel’. Colin Powell was a general in the American army. |
Powell Statistics
Powell is the number 85 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 76,973 share the surname Powell in the UK.
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