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Origin Of The Surname Powers
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Meaning Of The Surname Powers
From The Town of the Fish
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Interesting
Facts About
Powers
Powers is a surname of French origin and would have been introduced to Britain by invading Normans. In France it was used as a locational surname, given to a person from Pois. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself comes from the French word ‘pois’ meaning fish. The place Pois got this name because of the abundance of fish in its river. |
Powers Statistics
Powers is the number 1742 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 6,173 share the surname Powers in the UK.
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